Jokes on Us

Stephen Colbert, reputedly a comedic commentator, appeared before a US Congressional committee at the behest of Democrat US Representative Zoe Lofgren (who hails from the land of fruit and nuts cuckoo California) and managed to offend just about everybody. At a time of tremendous economic dislocation with the nation on the razor's edge, was it really a great time to have an entertainer (and here, I use this word advisedly) testify before the legislative body where Federal law originates in the United States? It is the perfect time because it perfectly reflects the contempt in which the political class now holds the people they govern. They formerly were much more careful about offending those who held their electoral fate with votes in the coming election, but these elites are not the brightest bulbs in the shed and figure that their constituents will not have the sense to send them home from the august body. I have said this once before on this forum- yesterday, the joke was on us but come November, you Democrats in the House of Representatives will find we have the last laugh.