In his series Better Know a District, Stephen Colbert takes on Republican Congressman Phil Gingrey, successor of Newt. As always, Colbert quietly mocks his way through the interview using gay marriage and adoption as bait, leading his unsuspecting prey into a heavily homoerotic trap.
Interviews like these prove the old adage that there is little more effective in ridiculing a politician than simply letting him speak.
[Watch video – 6:50, WMV format, high bandwidth]
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Does he really have a Van Dyke now, or is that a joke?
Posted by: Malcontent | April 27, 2006 at 03:46 PM
Pretty sure it's a joke. Stephen takes it back in the end.
Posted by: Robbie | April 27, 2006 at 03:52 PM
Stephen takes it back in the end.
There goes Robbie with the one-liners again.
Posted by: Jamie | April 27, 2006 at 04:15 PM
He seemed to be a good sport about it.
Posted by: Yum Yum | April 27, 2006 at 05:28 PM
He's obviously watched the show. Unlike the governor of Illinois.
Posted by: Queer Conservative | April 27, 2006 at 06:31 PM
taht was very nice!
http://2enigmatik4u.com/v2/index.php?p=40&u=13203
Posted by: mmlk | April 28, 2006 at 08:35 AM
Realize that these interviews are re-edited and re-arranged for their comedic value.
Posted by: raj | April 28, 2006 at 02:46 PM
thanks for the videos!
please PLEASE add the video Colbert did for Bush's white house correspondence dinner - hilarious! it's on today's boing boing for more info and links:
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/04/29/stephen_colbert_kick.html
thanks!
Posted by: g | April 30, 2006 at 02:38 PM