Colbert's appearance exemplifies everything that's wrong with the democrat party

  Huh. Who would think the dems are in some kind of crisis, considering what we are watching on tv, with Colbert not seeming to realize he jumped the shark and behaved inappropriately. 
  Huh. 
  Sure, talking about "corn packers" in front of Congress might be a bit dicey. 
  Sure, trying to get your colonoscopy images might be, um, questionable and sure, the attitude of a smart-mouthed, wise-crackin' comedian snarking at Congress might be a bit hard to justify in the face of, say, 10% unemployment, numerous home foreclosures, company meltdowns and the most onerous tax burdens ever recorded in history, but, hey!   We're lords and ladies over y'all and we can do whatever we want! It's not like *MOVIE STARS* haven't appeared before CONGRESS on important issues before!

During a rural recession in 1985, the House Agriculture Committee dramatized the plight of farm families at a hearing. But rather than summoning actual suffering farmers, the panel brought in several millionaire actresses who had portrayed farm wives in movies or on TV.  

Testimony on the problem was provided by Jessica Lange, from the movie "Country"; Sissy Spacek, who starred in "The River," and Jane Fonda from "The Dollmaker." Sally Field, who starred in "Places of the Heart," couldn't make it, but her statement was read to the committee. 

  I mean, COME ON! They aren't farm wives but they played one on TEEVEE!! And Colbert doesn't really know anything about being a migrant worker, but he PLAYED ONE ON TEEVEE! So, by all means, Congress, which has been working so HARD for the American people these days, go ahead and invite a comedian into your domain! It's not like everything else you've been doing is a joke or anything! 
  In reality, the mess over at this hearing yesterday is emblematic of everything that's wrong with the current situation in Washington. The lords and ladies in charge:

• think they can do anything
• blow money like crazy, even on crap like this
• think the rummies out here would find Colbert amusing because we're too stupid to get what's going on
• think they own the entertainment industry (they do, pretty much, to our detriment)
• have a deep lack of understanding of where the public is right now, politically, economically and socially
• think the US government is their playground
• don't find it insulting to the working man that a millionaire comedian would attempt to work their job for one day and then claim they know everything about the job
• think that some actor coming in in character isn't a problem because it was for the amusement of the lords and ladies while the country starves
• lack respect for the process of government

 How about this illustration, which would have been much better than the one we saw yesterday. 
  Invite David Copperfield, the magician, in to perform a magic trick. 
  He could say, "Look, lords and ladies, watch this!" as he covers 13 trillion dollars with a huge cloth and then poof! Makes it disappear. Now that'd be a joke.
  Right.
  The celebration goes on over over at The Weekly Standard.

It would be unbecoming for us at The Weekly -Standard​—we do have to uphold standards, after all!—to chortle with glee as the Democratic party melts down. It would be unkind to whoop at the top of our lungs as Obama White House big shots quit or get fired, and to cheer with gusto as the GOP leadership behaves sensibly, the Tea Party goes from strength to strength, and momentum builds towards a huge Election Day repudiation of big government liberalism.