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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
The only negative I can see is that Colbert's comedy is based on him pretending to be Republican and acting out every Liberal stereotype of what a Republican is and what they believe. Whatever Democrat invited Colbert to an offical committee meeting didn't do it to bridge the divide between the 2 positions. He did it for the theatre and to pick up some cheap political points from that segment of the american population who bases their political positions on what they see on the comedy network.
That segment of the population already votes Democrat when they vote so I really don't see the benefit of staging this performance.
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The benefit, as has already been stated, is to bring attention to the issue. Obviously it's not an attempt to 'bridge the divide'. No one is doing that in Washington at all, it's in both parties advantage to maintain the partisanship.
Also, it should be pointed out, this is not the first time someone has appeared before congress "in character". Republican Randy "Duke" Cunningham called Sesame Street Muppet Elmo to appear before congres in 2002 to urge to support increases in funding for music education.
Also, Comedy Central does better political reporting than anyone else these days. Which is fataing ridiculous, but it's true.