Life imitates art

The tragi-comedy that is our government continues with this news. As part of his defense strategy against his critics, Tom DeLay is citing Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert.

The email features a “one-pager on the truth behind Liberal Hollywood’s the Big Buy,” and the lead item is Colbert’s interview with [creator] Greenwald on Comedy Central (where Colbert plays a faux-conservative, O’Reilly-esque character). ...DeLay thinks Colbert is so persuasive, he’s now featuring the full video of the interview at the top of the legal fund’s website.

How clueless are these people? Bush invites fiction writer Michael Crichton to speak to a panel on global warming and now DeLay proudly cites a satirist as having "debunked" the lies about him. If it wasn't so pathetic, it would be funny.