Colbert

Not sure if anyone noticed, but there hasn’t been any dedication to Stephen Colbert on this blog yet. There was one post way back in October, but it the writer seemed kind of hostile toward Colbert’s presidential candidacy, so that doesn’t really do anyone any justice or good, right? Right.

Anyway, I was over at a friend’s place this weekend and he had a nice flatscreen and a new Playstation 3, so, you know, we had the internet hook-up. After wading through some YouTube, we settled on getting caught up on the Conan-Colbert throwdown, which pits the two television personalities battling over made Mike Huckabee. Good stuff, but I'm not going to link to it because he's done better...

Colbert shines most brightly when he's on a more interesting stage, like at the White House Correspondent's Dinner. It's kind of long, and when I say long I mean 10 minutes. So I'll quote a particular passage.

"The greatest thing about this man is he's steady, you know where he stands. He believes the same thing Wednesday that he believed on Monday. No matter what happens Tuesday. Events can change, this man's beliefs never will."

Colbert's presidential bid is a thing of the past. I mean, it's tough to run a successful campaign in this country. You need money, resources, name recognition, money, connections, money... And if Mitt Romney, who is apparently worth $ 250 to $ 500 million dollars, and whose Dad friggin' owned Michigan, couldn't make it through primary season before dropping out, how could we expect anything else? Oh, the bid was a joke? Hmmm...

Okay, this is slightly more tempting and easier than clicking the underlined links perhaps.

"You know what I hate about people who criticize you? They criticize what you say, but they never give you credit for how loud you say it"