Stephen Colbert Testifying Before Congress Mocks What Little Integrity Our Government Has Left

When the midterm election are over and the analysis of why there was such a massacre of Democrat Congressmen and Senators, pundits are going to point to today’s stunt of having comedian Stephen Colbert tesfy in character before a congressional committee as the final sign Democrats have completely lost any governing credibility.

I liken it to the Mark Foley scandal prior to the 2006 midterms. The Republican majority had been spending taxpayer money like a drunken sailor on shore leave. Their recklessness was more than enough to merit being booted from power. But it was Foley’s creepy flirting with a young male staffer that added that last bit of out of touch absurdity that plagues Washington.

Frankly, with Hollywood losing popularity rapidity with its movie and television offerings, reputation for progressive preaching, and sending baggy pants comedian Al Franken to the Senate, Democrats ought to be running scared from Tinsel Town. The anti-Tea Party rally organized by Jon Stewart and Colbert shortly before the election is not goig to help. The rally will be beyond their control. Why invite Colbert to make things worse?

I am fine with celebrities involving themselves in political issues, even in ones I do not agree with. It alleviates their guilt for becoming wealthy engaging in such a frivolous business as entertainment. Many of them are still worthy of mockery because of their hapless ignorance or irreverence. Personally, I think Colbert fit’s the latter. Whatever the case, allowing a celebrity to take a key role in a policy hearing, even as a joke, is an embarrassment to our country.