# Colbert slams Laura Ingraham tonight **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 5, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-slams-laura-ingraham-tonight/549213 "2010-08-05T01:39:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-slams-laura-ingraham-tonight/549213/41 "2010-08-05T18:57:59Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > > [@Blank Slate](#): > > > > This book is number one on the NYTimes bestseller list? > > As we write there are millions and millions of lips moving slowly and silently while holding that book. If it is like most right-wing oriented books there are large warehouses full that have been bought by political gorups and rich doners for the purpose of driving the sales numbers up. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-slams-laura-ingraham-tonight/549213/42 "2010-08-05T18:58:06Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > And incidentally I loved her trying to call him a racist for calling her a banshee and then saying something about Native Americans. Banshees are from Irish myths. I don’t know her background but I know Colbert is primarily Irish. And, according to Louis Gates, is the whitest man in America. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-slams-laura-ingraham-tonight/549213/43 "2010-08-05T19:03:09Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > > [@Marley23](#): > > > > And incidentally I loved her trying to call him a racist for calling her a banshee and then saying something about Native Americans. Banshees are from Irish myths. I don’t know her background but I know Colbert is primarily Irish. > > And, according to Louis Gates, is the whitest man in America. In fairness he said that before their ribs and ripple summit. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-slams-laura-ingraham-tonight/549213/44 "2010-08-05T19:18:34Z")
Aside: I’m a lifelong southerner and I’m very familiar with the “fried chicken/watermelon/ribs” cliche as a racial stereotype, but what I always found funny and fascinating is that the jokes were often made by white people who LOVE all of those things. I sure as hell do- had ribs for dinner last night and can eat my substantial weight in fried chicken, watermelon, grits, cornbread, black eyed peas, fried pork chops, and other supposedly ‘black’ delicacies. In fact of the foods mentioned in the most (deliberately) offensive song ([lyrics](http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/hair/coloredspade.htm)) from the musical HAIR- > [@](#): > > (and if you ask him to dinner you’re going to feed him > > Watermelon > Hominy grits > An’ shortnin’ bread > Alligator ribs > Some pig tails > Some black eyed peas > Some chitlins > Some collard greens I’ve tried them all and don’t know any that I associate with blacks more than whites. (I tried chitlins accidentally not knowing what was being served- I have to say that fried they aren’t that bad, but I hope never to try the boiled; I can’t stand collard greens but they’re a staple of the rural diet and you see them served even in upscale restaurants- I have a friend who makes a collard pâté that’s the only way I ever found them worth eating.) I can only assume these jokes started in the north where southern food became associated with blacks. The funny part is that southerners themselves started using the same jokes with no sense of irony. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-slams-laura-ingraham-tonight/549213/45 "2010-08-05T19:18:56Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] In fairness he said that before their ribs and ripple summit. [/QUOTE] So you’re saying he caught some of the Black from Gates? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-slams-laura-ingraham-tonight/549213/46 "2010-08-05T19:31:56Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > > [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > > > Ingraham isn’t evil so much as she is…how to say…callous. But you have the order reversed anyway. > > Bit of a hijack, but - isn’t callousness a variety of evil? If you’re indifferent to the pain your actions cause, how is that functionally distinguishable from a willingness to cause pain for your own ends? And if you have that willingness - well, isn’t that evil? I would not call callousness itself evil, though it can lead to evil. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-slams-laura-ingraham-tonight/549213/47 "2010-08-05T19:44:01Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > The saddest part is that Colbert didn’t even touch on what appears to be the craziest part of Ingraham’s book, judging by [this review in the Huffington Post.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-kelly/laura-ingrahams-new-book_b_644048.html) > \ Holy crap. I mean…just holy crap. :eek: That would have been thrown out of my high school paper for just general stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-slams-laura-ingraham-tonight/549213/48 "2010-08-05T19:44:35Z")
who doesn’t like bbq? ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-slams-laura-ingraham-tonight/549213/49 "2010-08-05T20:17:46Z")
Vegetarians? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-slams-laura-ingraham-tonight/549213/50 "2010-08-05T20:18:48Z")
> [@Carl\_Corey](#): > > Vegetarians? You can do veggie bbq. It’s good. > **[Vegetarian Barbecue Suggestions, Recipes & Menu Ideas](https://www.barbecue-smoker-recipes.com/vegetarian-barbecue-suggestions.html)** > > Vegetarian barbecue suggestions, recipes and menu ideas. A host of options to keep your meat free friends happy at your BBQ party ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-slams-laura-ingraham-tonight/549213/51 "2010-08-05T20:19:50Z")
Also, the title of this thread is misleading… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-slams-laura-ingraham-tonight/549213/52 "2010-08-05T20:54:32Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > > [@Carl\_Corey](#): > > > > Vegetarians? > > You can do veggie bbq. It’s good. > > [Vegetarian Barbecue Suggestions, Recipes & Menu Ideas](http://www.barbecue-smoker-recipes.com/vegetarian-barbecue-suggestions.html) Grilled vegetables are indeed good. They are not, however, barbecue. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-slams-laura-ingraham-tonight/549213/53 "2010-08-05T21:19:01Z")
I’ve read through excerpts on online reviews and booksellers and have yet to find anything that’s remotely funny. It’s not because I think Obama and Co. walk on water (I don’t- I’ve been very frustrated with many of their actions) or because I’m a lot closer to Obamaphile than I am to Dittohead (which I’ll admit I am)- they’re just not funny. I’ve literally read much funnier parody stuff from high schoolers. The posts above about PACs buying large blocks of book is the only reason I can think of this reaching the bestseller lists. It’s similar to some of the Fundamentalist produced movies like _Omega Code_ and its sequel which became ‘successes’ at the box office because church groups were buying out theaters (and then most of the seats were empty during the showing) which resulted in a big opening. (Kirk Cameron’s _Fireproof_ was a bonafide hit, but the church buyouts added to its big opening.) ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-slams-laura-ingraham-tonight/549213/54 "2010-08-06T12:41:06Z")
[Chris Rock on the ribs stereotype.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNQRqAoT-2c) ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-slams-laura-ingraham-tonight/549213/55 "2010-08-06T15:30:38Z")
FYI about Laura. During the Anita Hill fiasco David Brock who was then a darling of the right claims he took Laura at her request to a gay bar where she ended up on all fours crawling around on the floor drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-slams-laura-ingraham-tonight/549213/56 "2010-08-06T16:36:54Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Wow. I was channel surfing earlier today and I went past the rerun of this episode at the PRECISE MOMENT that this clip begins and when I realized it was Laura Ingraham on, I shuddered and changed the channel. > > I should have known Colbert would have done something like this. Wow. That was _harsh_ (but hilarious). I had the same reaction. Gah, Ingram. Changed the channel and walked away, but then thought, “Wait, it’s Colbert. This could actually be good.” Soooooooooooo glad I flipped back. Holy cow, did he just call her on her hackneyed racial stereotypes to her face??? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-slams-laura-ingraham-tonight/549213/57 "2010-08-06T17:21:41Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > He didn’t actually go to Dartmouth. His character did. It pains me to admit that I didn’t know that. I saw his picture on the front of the alumni magazine and never read the article. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-slams-laura-ingraham-tonight/549213/58 "2010-08-06T17:34:40Z")
So did you ever run into his character at Dartmouth? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-slams-laura-ingraham-tonight/549213/59 "2010-08-06T17:45:26Z")
> [@LateComer](#): > > [Chris Rock on the ribs stereotype.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNQRqAoT-2c) [It was also](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djGLBzR4FDg)in the Ashton Kutcher/Bernie Mac movie\* Guess Who\*. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-slams-laura-ingraham-tonight/549213/60 "2010-08-09T02:30:58Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Laura Ingraham on tonight’s _Colbert Report_](http://tv.gawker.com/5603948/stephen-colbert-calls-laura-ingraham-racist-who-cant-write). What the hell did she _think_ was going to happen? 😃 Exactly what did happen - he made a fool of himself and she sat there laughing at him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-slams-laura-ingraham-tonight/549213.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-slams-laura-ingraham-tonight/549213.md?page=4)