"WHEN FASCISM COMES TO AMERICA IT WILL BE WRAPPED IN THE FLAG
AND CARRYING A CROSS." -SINCLAIR LEWIS

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

A Colbert Report Special Repor(tih)

Several years ago I read Hunter S Thompson's "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72" which detailed his adventures following the 1972 presidential primaries and general election for Rolling Stone magazine. I still remember most of what happened and it has felt kind of familiar lately but I didn't realize how much it mirrors what is happening in the Democratic primary today, and especially what could happen up through the convention. I knew there was something I liked about McGovern. Stephen Colbert breaks down the comparison excellently despite his obvious right wing slant:

On a similar note, I just wanted to give a quick shout out to Barack Obama for his 20 point win in the Mississippi primary tonight. He's now up by 130 delegates over Hillary Clinton. Still a long time until Pennsylvania too.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Foreshadowing?

JBW said...

Perish the thought.

Unknown said...

I saw this guy do commercials for Mr Goodwrench as I recall, but other than that, never heard of him. Funny bit though.

JBW said...

He was a "correspondent" for The Daily Show and now plays a caricature of Bill O'Reilly and other right wing blowhards on The Colbert Report.