Emanuel tells freshmen to avoid Stephen Colbert

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Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), the Democratic Caucus chairman, has told new Democratic members of Congress to steer clear of Stephen Colbert, or at least his satirical Comedy Central program, “The Colbert Report.”

“He said don’t do it … it’s a risk and it’s probably safer not to do it,” said Rep. Steve Cohen. But the freshman lawmaker from Tennessee taped a segment that last week was featured in the 32nd installment of the “Better Know a District” series. Colbert asked Cohen whether he was a black woman. He isn’t.

Eyes (but thankfully, not heads) roll in Emanuel’s office when other freshmen stumble, such as the time Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) got into a debate about the merits of throwing kittens into a wood-chipper, or when Rep. Zack Space (D-Ohio) explained that he is not his predecessor, convicted felon Bob Ney (R).

The freshmen respect Emanuel, but they don’t always follow his orders. On the other hand, avoiding the kind of publicity that only “The Colbert Report” can confer on a lawmaker may be the only advice from Emanuel that freshman Democrats are ignoring.

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/emanuel-tells-freshmen-to-avoid-stephen-colbert-2007-03-14.html

[southerncrone]

1. I hate that I missed Steve Cohen on Colbert!

Cohen is sharp enough to beat Colbert at his own game. He was dynamite in our State Senate.

If any of you saw it, would you please let me know how Cohen did?
Thanks in advance.

[Stephanie]

2. Yeah, cause it really hurt John Hall.

http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/player.jhtml?ml_video=78006&ml_collection=&ml_gateway=&ml_gateway_id=&ml_comedian=&ml_runtime=&ml_context=show&ml_origin_url=%2Fshows%2Fthe_colbert_report%2Fvideos%2Fdistrict%2Findex.jhtml%3FplayVideo%3D83449%26rsspartner%3DrssWordPress&ml_playlist=&lnk=&is_large=true

He introduces it by saying that every candidate he profiled in "better know a district" won their race.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

3. Well the only person that came off as a real ass on Colbert was

Westmoreland when he didn't know the ten commandments and various other comments.