Stephen Colbert: The Last American Hero

Stephen Colbert is more American than Mark Twain, apple pie and baseball. He is a beacon of light and truth in contrast to today’s ego-filled news anchors, talk hosts, and correspondents trying to make a name for themselves. Such self-serving degenerate ego maniacs include Lou Dobbs, Bill O’Reilly, Chris Mathews and Nancy Grace. These are the enemies to American dignity, but Stephen Colbert is a crusader in truth- or truthiness more appropriately.

Colbert plays a caricature of the many political pundits seen on CNN and Fox News. These people are usually full of themselves and make sweeping statements such as Lou Dobbs and his unending hatred of illegal immigrants. Colbert captures these pundits' idiocy but infuses his own naive charm and his audience loves him for that. He plays the right wing conservative to a T and never believes in moderation or caution.

In an age where news content has come to cover celebrity drinking binges, shopping trends, natural disasters and other trivial interests, Colbert tackles the real issues. These issues include who’s trying to ride on his coattails, the top five things in the Threatdown, which typically has bears topping the list. Why bears? Because bears as Colbert says are “godless, soulless, rampaging killing machines.” Colbert warns that polar bears although cute are still hate filled monsters.

Colbert’s personality is the focus and “star” of the show The Colbert Report. He often interviews someone by asking first asking, “Explain evolution in 30 seconds or less” or more appropriately asking Tim Robbins, “How are you such a good actor and why do you hate America so much?” He doesn’t have time for proper protocol and etiquette because he gets to the heart of issues like a piercing knife. In fact he doesn’t believe in truth because that is just a bunch of facts but rather he believes in truthiness. What is truthiness? “It is the truth that is felt deep down, in the gut. It can't be found in books, which are all facts and no heart.” (Wikiality) Such users of truthiness include George W. Bush, who Colbert affectionately describes as a “gut thinker, not a head thinker.” Truthiness shows that intuition and instinct are more important than statistics and factual jibbery joo.

Colbert often states that “anyone who disagrees with the President is guilty of treason.” And his unending loyalty to the President shows in interviews as well. Often when talking about current politics and situations with guests that coincide with the President’s view he tells them, “thank you for supporting our President.” This throws them off and makes him win the conversation from his liberal counterparts. Colbert often asks the audience as well, “George W. Bush, great President or the greatest President?” I think we all know the answer to that one.

The list of accomplishments that Colbert has accomplished are unending. Besides saving the country 30 minutes a night with his justice which comes “hot and hard,” he also has a Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream that is named after him appropriately titled, “Americone Dream.” Nothing could sum of Colbert’s flavor other than American justice itself and the ice cream does this. He is available in three flavors, red white and blue. Stephen Colbert is America and so can you!

Works Cited

Wikiality.com