# Colbert Report 2/2/06

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-report-2-2-06/342842>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 3, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-report-2-2-06/342842 "2006-02-03T15:52:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-report-2-2-06/342842/21 "2006-02-04T19:53:00Z")

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> [@Sam Stone](#):
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> I think Colbert is a Democrat of about the same stripe as Jon Stewart. They’re center-left, DLC, Bill Clinton-type Democrats, the kind of people who get along just fine with moderate Republicans.
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> The other night, Stewart totally ripped Cindy Sheehan for being chummy with Hugo Chavez. That’s something you won’t hear from Air America or Michael Moore.
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> And Colbert isn’t so much parodying conservatives as he is parodying a specific conservative - Bill O’Reilly, and more general other conservatives like him who live on bombast, self-righteousness and chutzpah. Limbaugh, Pat Robertson, etc.

That sounds dead on to me. I think your right. They both show quite a bit of respect to McCain and not so much for Kerry.

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