Humorless Democrats can't run a distraction right!

Can't the Democrats do anything right?

I mean, consider that the biggest White House scandal yet (dubbed "Panthergate") has become impossible to ignore, with even Justice Department officials calling the case a "travesty of justice". And just as Christopher Coates, former voting chief for the department's Civil Rights Division was "testifying in a long-awaited appearance that had been stonewalled by the Justice Department for nearly a year," the Democrats had the incredible good fortune of being presented with a perfect opportunity for a distraction in the form of an "appearance" in front of Congress by comedian Stephen Colbert.

Leave it to those humorless Democrats to miss the opportunity. Colbert might have provided an excuse for the MSM to ignore Panthergate, but geez! Just a quick scroll through the many links at Memeorandum shows that while he might have been a distraction, Colbert made the Democrats look even more foolish than they are.

"Mockery of Congress"; "Reporters not amused"

"knocked Democrats off message"

Colbert embarrasses Dems; Conyers asks comedian to leave (Conyers, btw, is a clown who takes himself very, very seriously.)

Making the Democrats look more foolish than they are is very hard work, and it took Colbert to do it. I think Glenn came up with the best bottom line:

"the presence of a professional clown among a bunch of amateurs"
But if I could elaborate on the, um, "bottom" line, I think that what really demonstrates what a humorless and foolish bunch of incompetents the Democrats are is that they apparently wouldn't even let the man enter his colonoscopy video into the Congressional Record.

What a humorless bunch of dorks. Hell, even the TaxProf Blog featured the Colbert colonoscopy video, and that was back in February when there wasn't such a pressing and urgent need for a major national distraction.

As I say, the Democrats can't do anything right.

Once the dust settles, I am enough of an optimist to think the Justice Department scandal might be considered more pressing and urgent than the bowels of a professional comedian. Perhaps when that time comes some of the more sober and reasonable minds in Congress can take a closer look into the details of the distraction, and at that time the colonoscopy video could be put into the record and shown in its entirety.

(Not as a Filibuster Video, mind you, but as a serious illustration of the ineffectiveness of the Democrats' distraction management capabilities.....)

posted by Eric on 09.25.10 at 11:04 AM





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Colbert has come and gone. The NBP case remains. As you point out the Democrats are incompetent at running distractions.

M. Simon   ·  September 25, 2010 12:36 PM

Colbert has "come" and gone? Exactly how did you mean that?

Considering his "corn packer" gay jokes, we can't be too careful!

http://www.observer.com/2010/politics/stephen-colberts-big-gay-house-subcommittee-joke

:)

Eric Scheie   ·  September 25, 2010 05:57 PM

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