Colbert: 'Fox can't do it alone' to make war with Iran inevitable

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Colbert: 'Fox can't do it alone' to make war with Iran inevitable
Mike Aivaz and Muriel Kane
Published: Tuesday October 2, 2007


Stephen Colbert commented Monday on Congressional passage of the Lieberman-Kyl Amendment which "calls on President Bush to declare Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization."

"But not everyone supports our troops enough to give them the job security a war with Iran would provide," Colbert continued. "People like Senator Jim Webb, who voted against the amendment, calling it 'Dick Cheney's fondest pipe dream.' Well that is completely unfair. Everyone knows Dick Cheney's fondest pipe dream is driving a bulldozer into the New York Times while drinking crude oil out of Keith Olbermann's skull."

Colbert then played a clip of John Edwards saying, "You cannot give this president the authority, and you cannot even give him the first step of that authority."

"First step?" questioned Colbert. "That implies there's more than one step to war with Iran. ... The last time I walked off a cliff, one step did it."

Colbert stressed the necessity of making war with Iran seem inevitable and decried the failure of the media to perform this task as effectively as they did before the invasion of Iraq -- with the notable exception of Fox News. "Last week, Sean Hannity outlined what a war with Iran might be like," said Colbert, displaying a montage that segued from planes and missiles to the explosion of the Death Star and dancing Wookies.


Rest of article and video at: http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Colbert_The_Word_on_war_with_1002.html

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1. Colbert -- Telling the truth

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2. Colbert has a remarkably agile mind...

I love watching him mix it up with guests who fancy that they're "quicker" than him. They NEVER are.

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3. That's a keeper

I always thought Colbert was talented, but I still prefer Stewert-but that is a classic!