On Apr 23, 2009, at 7:36 AM, Michael Pollak wrote:
> "Liberals will see him as an over-the-top satire of Bill O'Reilly-
> type
> pundit and think that he is making fun of a conservative pundit,"
> LaMarre explained. "But conservatives will say, yes, he is an
> over-the-top satire of Bill O'Reilly, but by being funny he gets to
> make really good points and make fun of liberals. So they think the
> joke is on liberals."
Ha. Reminds me of Judith Butler's point re: the Sokal affair. To do parody, you have to inhabit the space you're parodying. Evidently the cons who like Colbert pick up on that.