What Rome Would Have Looked Like With TeeVees

Surely I am not the only non-conservative person who thinks Stephen Colbert testifying before Congress in character is totally fucking ridiculous...?

I know I'm the Most Humorless Feminist in all of Nofunnington, but, even as HILARIOUS as the idea of recording fat jokes into the Congressional record for all posterity is, I don't really want my elected representatives turning Congressional hearings into govertainment.

Democrats, you might have noticed that the infotainmenting of the news didn't exactly work in your favor. It's hard to see how turning C-SPAN into an adjunct of Comedy Central is a wise strategy.

A partial transcript is here, with a full transcript to be posted when available.

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