This episode didn’t completely slip past me, although I confess I did sleep through most of it when it originally aired. I love the reprise of Stephen dancing behind Barney Frank. But the reason it’s here is a lovely shout out to The Book of Job.
Professional Catholic Rage
Stephen brought in Bill Donohue, head of the Catholic League, to rage at Rev. Hagee’s endorsement of John McCain. Sort of like a professional mourner?
Also, a housekeeping note on the site. The Motherload videos are no longer working, so I’m in the process of upgrading the links to the new Colbert Report website. The site [...]
The Poprah (c) Stephen Colbert
No one goes from the sublime to the ridiculous quite as quickly or gleefully as Stephen Colbert, and last night we saw a great example of that. After last week’s moving tribute to his writers, this week he’s accusing them of murder and telling the world what he claims Catholics have always known but just [...]
Candidate Colbert’s hidden agenda
Characteristically, Stephen has discovered a way to turn his absurdity (and celebrity) to a good cause. Now that he’s running for president in South Carolina, he’s promoting an educational funding organization called Donors Choose. The organization is running a straw poll for presidential candidates, including Stephen Colbert. A donation of at least $10 will [...]
Will he seek the Catholic vote??
Ah, what to do with Stephen’s announcement that he’s going to run in the South Carolina presidential primary as a favorite son. He’s said he’ll be seeking both the Democratic and Republican nominations. I think I’ll let the clips speak for themselves. Too good not to share with my faithful followers, even though it will [...]
Baptized Democrat
Stephen’s interview with Kathleen Kennedy Townsend about her book, Failing America’s Faithful: How Today’s Churches Are Mixing God with Politics and Losing Their Way, Catholic families, the Our Father and the gospel message. I got the feeling that Stephen was getting caught up in listening and then “Stephen” remembered that he needed to say something. [...]
Advertising faith
Silliness is a great way to point up the tendency to trivialize religion. Stephen tackled the Democrats’ predictably soft responses to questions about faith in an interview on The Situation Room, particularly Hilary’s discomfort with “advertising” her religious beliefs. His response? “Advertising your faith is easy: Jesus—now with 25% more peanuts. Was that so hard?” [...]
