Thursday, June 28, 2007

Colbert suitable for Presidency?

We have it on quite good authority he is. Whose authority? Stephen's, of course! Here's a recollection from Poynter Online's Writing Tools by Roy Peter Clark:

During the last presidential campaign, Stephen Colbert, as I recall, satirized this tendency by declaring his own suitability for high office as the son of French "goat turd farmers."
So, Stephen was way ahead of the curve, as always, noting his own suitability for high office long before anyone else noticed.

Update: Indeed, Stephen was so far ahead of the curve, that he apparently is even more suitable than the son of French goat turd farmers. Here's a slightly different recollection from much closer to the election at Notes From Atlanta.

Rarely does anything make me fall on the floor laughing. The Daily Show did last night. The report was on Edward's son of a millworker and Gephardt's son of a milk man humble beginings. But who could possibly top Obama's humble orgins as a son of a goat herder? From my memory, Steven (sic) Colbert:

"Well Jon, I am the son of a turd farmer and the grandson of a goat ball licker.
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Yes Jon, a goat ball licker. You see, in the old days the most important thing was to keep the goats happy. The easist way to to that...

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