The Comedy Central gang had fodder for a terrific week. As a freshly-minted small town guy, I’ll start with their “best news team on the planet” finding out what small town values really mean at the RNC:
John McCain, Reformed Maverick:
The Moment of Zen has a fun Tom Ridge slip-up, “…because John Bush, uh, John McCain is very much his own man.”
Not to be outdone, Stephen Colbert had Adam Brickley explain how he influenced the pick of Sarah Palin from his mom’s house:
A Georgian, I have to include Stephen calling our own Republican Representative Lynn Westmoreland “a stupid cracker.” Then proving it:
Finally, Colbert’s Green Screen Challenges are a brilliant Internet-age marketing ploy. With McCain accepting the nomination in front of a green screen, Stephen implores his viewers to Go Nuts: