Stephen Colbert Lobbies Viewers To Write Angry Letters Bashing Florida's GOP Governor
Faux conservative Stephen Colbert on Monday shifted completely into activist mode and urged his viewers to write letters to Florida newspapers bashing that state's Republican governor.
Colbert mocked Rick Scott's office for encouraging supporters to send pre-written e-mails supporting the governor. He then read a Mad Lib-style letter he posted on ColbertNation.com. The host derided, "Dear editor, it is my strong belief that rick Scott is a adjective governor."
Viewers were invited to fill in the blanks and then send them to the newspapers that Colbert's website provided. He continued with his template: "His letter praising himself makes me want to verb up. I adverb, verb this great nation and everyone should action verb Rick Scott with a noun for an interjection full body shave like a naked mole rat. Sincerely, name, city."
[See video below. MP3 audio here.]
ColbertNation.com featured the addresses of the Orlando Sentinel, the Florida Times-Union, the Tampa Tribune, the Tallahassee Democrat and the TC Palm.
Perhaps Colbert, like his colleague Jon Stewart, will now insist that he's just a comedian and not an activist.
A transcript of the June 27 segment, which aired at 11:40pm EDT, follows:
STEPHEN COLBERT: Folks, I keep a close eye on Americans' Republican governors. They're like my children, I always have a favorite. But right now my current favorite governor is Florida's Rick Scott and, folks, he is in trouble.
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Florida's new Republican Governor Rick Scott is toxic. Look at this. His approval rating is 29 percent. He just got into office. That's according to a new Quinnipiac poll. 29 percent for the new governor.
COLBERT: 29 percent Is low. He'd probably be doing better if he wasn't trying to kill Harry Potter. Well, folks- it was a campaign promise, what can he do? It was a campaign promise. Well, folks, I am not giving up on Governor Scott. In fact, I am going to be sending this letter of support to all the newspapers in Florida. It reads in part, okay, "Dear editor, when Rick Scott ran for governor he promised to create jobs and turn our economy around. While politicians usually disappoint us and rarely keep their promises, Rick is refreshing because he's keeping his word. Rick Scott deserves our unwavering enthusiastic support. How can we expect to elect leaders who will keep their word and do what's right for our state if we don't stand up for those with the courage to set priorities, make difficult choices, and actually deliver on their promises made." I'm so proud of this letter. Which is why I'm giving a tip of my hat to Governor Rick Scott for writing it.
You see, to boost his popularity Scott courageously posted this pre-written letter of praise for himself that his supporters can sign and forward to Florida newspapers. Now those anti-government Tea Partiers who elected Rick Scott can have the government write their letters for them. Well, folks, I want to praise Rick Scott's praise of Rick Scott so I am posting a pre-written letter on ColbertNation.com for you to print out, sign, and send to Florida newspapers. Don't worry, I'm not putting words in your mouth. I have left blank spaces so you can fill in your real opinions of Governor Scott. It reads, "Dear editor, it is my strong belief that rick Scott is a adjective governor.
His letter praising himself makes me want to verb up. I adverb, verb this great nation and everyone should action verb Rick Scott with a noun for an interjection full body shave like a naked mole rat. Sincerely, name, city. " And I'm sure the Governor will appreciate you sending these letters. And just to make sure, I'm also posting a letter on my web site from Rick Scott saying he appreciates it. We'll be right back.
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Comments
Leibowitz envy, straight up.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 6:32pm.
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Pre-written letters
Submitted by Phryj1 on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 7:00pm.
Yeah, because Dem-friendly 527's, unions, and other progressive activist groups NEVER use pre-written emails or letters for their petitions, letters to congressmen/governors, etc.
You know, I'd like to see a parody of a liberal, the polar opposite of Colbert, but it would be impossible to parody stuff that Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews say and do, and no matter how ridiculous you try to make your portrayal, it would pale in comparison to the truly insane spiel you see every single day on DU and Kos.
Although, I do sometimes suspect maybe one or two of the hardcore lefty pundits may be a stealth conservative skewering progressivism from within.
Progressives seem to be completely averse to facts and logic. Apparently, reality has a conservative bias.
That's hardly activism. It's
Submitted by balboa on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 7:11pm.
That's hardly activism. It's a goof.
Agree.
Submitted by Quasi-socialist on Fri, 07/01/2011 - 11:38am.
It's almost a satire of letter writing campaigns.
Turn the Tables
Submitted by Utherpend on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 10:03am.
Someone seriously needs to sue Colbert for lible or slander and do an in depth review of his life like he constantly does to others. He was simply annoying the last year or so and now he has crossed over from comedy to political activism.
That was pretty funny.
Submitted by wiwf on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 10:06am.
That was pretty funny.