Stephen Colbert Calls Laura Ingraham "Ichabod Crane's Banshee Widow"

Jeff Musall
Fans of The Daily Show or Colbert Report know they represent a one-two punch against the idiocy of the political realm. Right wingers have called them biased to the left, but they do skewer all sides.

Perhaps the right gets it more because - well, let's face it - they ooze idiocy.

A recent manufactured flap put up by right wing blowhards is centered around President Barack Obama not attending a Boy Scout Jamboree.

As Colbert points out, no president in the last 100 years has, but that doesn't stop teabaggin' truth tellin', now does it? Stephen Colbert responds with his usual wit and satirical style, lambasting conservative cuckoos.

The biggest laugh of the bit comes when he nails right wing propagandist Laura Ingraham. The master at exposing right wind idiocy nails it again, calling Ingraham "Ichabod Crane's banshee widow."

Naturally, the crowd roars, as Colbert has a picture of Ingraham up for reference. See the video here. I mean, just look at her picture and try to tell me calling Laura Ingraham Ichabod Crane's banshee widow isn't damn funny.

It was just couple of months ago Colbert nailed Sarah Palin with an equally impressive "satire" name. Palin was on record complaining about White House COS Rahm Immanuel using the "R" word, but defending Rush Limbaugh for using the same word.

Colbert says he is defending Palin when he says "Sarah Palin is a fucking retard!"

It's a great bit too, see it here.

What Stephen Colbert and John Stewart bring to us through Comedy Central may well be some of the best political commentary out there.

Published by Jeff Musall

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  • Audrey Brown8/17/2010

    I don't have cable, so I never would've known about this if you hadn't posted it! Thank you! LOVE Colbert. Comedy is often more relevant and reliable than the "news".

  • Diana Raabe8/4/2010

    Thank you for the links! We're taking a reprieve from cable tv for the summer and I don't see the show anymore.

  • Carol Bengle Gilbert8/2/2010

    I've heard that people trust it more than the network news, too.

  • Julia Bodeeb8/2/2010

    Jon Stewart & Colbert are the smarty honor students and fox news is the dunce.

  • Cassandra James7/30/2010

    Love those videos and love Colbert. He tells it like it is, ie: how stupid much of the Republican Party is.

  • Lori Borys7/30/2010

    Recently I heard Stewart saying what a commentary on the state of the media it was that people turn to him and Colbert for their news instead of the actual new.

  • Michael Segers7/30/2010

    Laura Ingraham? Never heard of her... never watched "The Daily Show" (nor "Faux News")... don't have a tattoo or a cell phone, stuck in the 19th century, operating my computer by candlelight.

  • Pauline Dolinski7/30/2010

    It's hard to really insult Sarah Palin, as she just doesn't get it.

  • Peter Flom7/30/2010

    Cool. A literary insult. Of course, all the right wing nuts are icky.

  • Jesse Schmitt7/30/2010

    seconded only by your witty tirades Jeff. ah, showbiz!

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