The Colbert Report had a bit of fun with the “genius” press release that Newt Gingrich’s campaign released this week that took shots at the Washington “literati” and their “minions.”
“You know what, I don’t think I’ve got it in me to convey the epic genius of this verbal spanking that Newt is dishing out here,” Colbert said before calling upon actor John Lithgow to pinch hit for him.
“The firefight started when the cowardly sensed weakness,” Lithgow read as televisions displayed American flags waving in the background.
“They fired timidly at first, then the sheep not wanting to be dropped from the establishment’s cocktail party invite list unloaded their entire clip, firing without taking aim their distortions and falsehoods,” Lithgow read. “Now they are left exposed by their bylines and handles.”
“I am sure that won back all of Newt’s supporters that haven’t just watched a Dexter marathon,” Colbert said after Lithgow finished his dramatic reading.
Video below.
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