Category: Stephen Colbert

The Name is Plame. Valerie Plame.

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Valerie Plame Wilson gave sworn testimony yesterday before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. This should answer any lingering questions about Plame’s status as a former covert CIA operative. She is no longer a covert CIA operative, of course, only because her cover was blown by people with security clearance.

I didn’t bother editing this video clip, so it starts and ends somewhat abruptly. I included Georgia Republican Representative Lynn Westmoreland because it’s funny to see that he appears to be a bit smitten by Plame, and also because he made a memorable appearance on The Colbert Report last year.

 

Dems Cautioned: Beware of Colbert!

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The Democratic Caucus chairman, Rep. Rahm Emanuel from Illinois, has cautioned freshman legislators to stay away from Stephen Colbert. Emanuel’s concern, apparently, is they’ll be made to look ridiculous. Keith Olbermann comments, and provides a bunch of sample interviews lifted from ComedyCentral.com.

Colbert is Colbert

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Some of the pass-offs from Jon Stewart to Stephen Colbert are real gems, even when they manage to flub it. This one from a couple of weeks ago I couldn’t find on Comedy Central, so I’ll resort to posting it myself. Colbert provides some bedtime reading from Ayn (A is A) Rand.

I went through an Ayn Rand period in college, when I read both “The Fountainhead” and “Atlas Shrugged”. Like the science-fiction writings of L. Ron Hubbard, I genuinely enjoyed Ayn Rand’s novels. If nothing else, they’re solid romantic soap operas. But as I did with Hubbard’s Dianetics, I decided Rand’s Objectivism wasn’t for me.