CBS Promotes Colbert Likening Romney's Leadership of Bain to Cannibalistic Donner Party: 'They Ate The Weak'
Left-wing comedian Stephen Colbert smeared Mitt Romney on his Comedy Central program on Monday, hinting that Bain Capital under his helm acted like a group of 19th century settlers that resorted to cannibalism. After noting how President Obama forwarded a claim by The Washington Post that Bain owned companies that were "pioneers" of outsourcing, Colbert snarked, "Who cares? Pioneers opened up the West. Bain was just like the Donner Party. They ate the weak."
The following day, Tuesday's CBS This Morning publicized the liberal celebrity's attack during their regular "Eye Opener" segment just after the top of the 7 am Eastern hour. The morning program played a clip of the President using the "pioneers" line immediately before the Colbert soundbite [audio available here; video below the jump]:
UNIDENTIFIED MALE 1 (voice-over): Mitt Romney's team is suggesting he could pick a running mate by the end of the week.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA (from campaign event): Governor Romney's experience has been investing in what were called pioneers of the business of outsourcing.
STEPHEN COLBERT: Who cares? Pioneers opened up the West. Bain was just like the Donner Party. They ate the weak.
It should be pointed out that just over a week earlier, Alex Budarin of the far left website Daily Kos likened all conservatives to the Donner Party in a July 8, 2012 post.
This isn't the first time Colbert has attacked anyone who is even a hair to the right of center. Back in March 2012, the Comedy Central personality blasted Rush Limbaugh, stating that the Taliban "evidently have a better track record on women's issues" than the conservative talk show host. Over a month later, he labeled disabled columnist Charles Krauthammer "Count Chocula."
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Would you rather invest?
Submitted by JeffC... on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 12:20pm.
Here's a question for everyone who is attacking Romney's work at Bain Capital:
Would you rather invest your money in a successful company or a failing company?
trick question
Submitted by dmacleo on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 2:12pm.
since they are both only possible due to the government
/obama
but yeah, seriously this is a good point that needs to be spread.
Romney's best counter is . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 12:24pm.
. . . the on-camera quotes of the Governor of Massachusetts and the Mayor of Newark -- both of whom a black Democrats -- endorsing Bain and venture capitalism for the work they've done in helping to rejuvenate urban industry..
Eric Holder is the cannibal*
Submitted by cajun2 on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 12:37pm.
Read this folks......
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2012/07/17/exclusive_bortac_in...
delete
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 2:10pm.
delete
I retroactively enjoyed
Submitted by balboa on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 1:04pm.
I retroactively enjoyed Colbert's comment.
I never
Submitted by bolivar on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 1:13pm.
I never could get the "humor" of Colbert. I just didn't find anything he spewed funny. Maybe it is just me but, is being a doofus funny? Obama should be hilarious then but, I just don't see it - he is a pitiful waste of oxygen.
With so much material for
Submitted by mattm on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 1:32pm.
With so much material for attacking Obama, you'd think some of these "comedians" would have found some way of mocking the Usurper - that is, IF they weren't a bunch of phony, lapdog, leftist, brain-dead, moronic, propagandists.
Perfection or bust?
Submitted by Pilgrim1949 on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 2:38pm.
By the Left's current "perfetion" criterion, Emergency Rooms should be proscribed if not outright banned.
Not every patiently barely-hanging onto life who enters an E.R. will survive.
Sometimes, to save the patient, a badly-mangled limb or body part must be amputated. The Left's solution -- if you can't save the patient without losing part of the patient, then don't even try.
Oh, those eeeevil ER staff, just raking in the "big bucks" while they "play God" with the lives of people, not caring if some of them die or go on to live crippled lives. What a bunch of mercencary blood-suckers.... (per Lefty doctrine...)
Or not.
Having personally been a member of the "laid-off" cadre in a few companies during my so-far-62 years, I know that it's small consolation if you're part of the, say, 100 people laid off to preserve the company and therefore the jobs of the other 900 who will remain employed, but on a larger scale, which outcome causes less impact to the community overall: (1) total failure of the company, no product being produced for purchase/benefit, loss of all jobs, loss of the buying power within the local community of all 1000 people, or (2) loss of 100 jobs, but with all of the other previously-mentioned items intact and continuing?
Sadly, the Left's preferred solution often is to just dump everyone onto the the eternal Government dole, to vote forever for the Lefties who will henceforth dispense the coveted crumbs from their banquet table to the unfortunate peasants whenever they feel like it -- usually as voting time approaches.
"Ye canne change the laws of physics....." but some politicians believe that with the right legislation you can pretend they don't really apply to your own pet projects...
yawn
Submitted by oldfart on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 3:35pm.
Let us see - next will be:
Romney causes hair loss.
Romney causes high blood pressure.
Romney will have a hurricane hit the US to hurt people of colour.
Romney is the reason the dinosuars died out.
Romney is the reason Nancy Pelosi has to take botox.
Romney is the reason there is not a chicken in every pot.
Romney is the reason there is not pot in every pipe.
Romney causes people to be overweight.
Romney causes gray hair.
Romney ...... oh you get the picture.
Nah.
Submitted by Rukus on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 7:51pm.
Pretty sure global warming already has all that covered. ; )