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Old 10-16-2009, 07:45 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Are their politics different?
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GREAT question.. and IMO.. no, not really.

I do watch Colbert occasionally, and while it seems some of his stuff is TIC.. I have my doubts that it really is. And his self promotion gets a little old after awhile..
I read an interview with Colbert where he was asked about the show. Besides making satire of politics, the main point of his show is poking fun at the various overly opinionated self promoting "news" personalities that currently exist on whatever network.

So that self promotion that gets old is him mimicking your favorite/least favorite show host. Whether it's O'reilly, Hannity, Olbermann, Mandow, Matthews, etc.
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