A Foolproof Defense?

NOTE: I try to keep my posts away from politics as much as possible on this blog (but not in meatspace, much to the chagrin of certain members of my family), because there are many more qualified people out there who can report on political issues. Some might see this as a political post, but this really just cracked me up.

As many of you who know me personally know, I'm a big Stephen Colbert fan. It's not really surprising to me that Tom DeLay would also be a Stephen Colbert fan, but with his latest defense fund push it's not really clear if he knows that Stephen Colbert from the Colbert Report is a character, and not a real-life journalist/pundit.

The confusion comes from a video on his defense fund website of Stephen Colbert haranguing a filmmaker in a segment clearly designed to make fun of Tom DeLay's legal troubles. Robert Greenwald (the man being interviewed) is portrayed as having "crashed and burned" in the Colbert interview in the latest mailing being sent out by DeLay's defense fund.

"Hollywood liberal and Michael Moore wannabe Robert Greenwald ... crashed and burned on comedy Central's The Colbert Report (watch it at http://www.defenddelay.com/ ) when promoting his new attack on Tom Delay. He even admits their reason for producing the movie (and clearly Ronnie Earle's reason for participating) - to keep Republicans from gaining power in Congressional seats across the country."

There is no trace of sarcasm or irony as far as I can tell. It leaves you scratching your head, wondering if he has suddenly grown a sense of humor about his impending prison term, or if he really thinks this video made his point for him? It's a funny clip, anyway.

Note: The ninja has no comment at this time, as he is busy fighting pirates at the moment.