Stephen Colbert is great at using humor to point out stupidity....

[Playinghardball]

[Graybeard]

1. Stephen Colbert is our Mark Twain.

A National Treasure.

[randome]

2. Yes, he is!

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[Whisp]

5. I never thought of him that way, but yes, he is!

I think he is a freaking genius.

[OnlinePoker]

9. Except that Mark Twain didn't have a team of writers

Wiki has a list of 21 writers and former writers that have made that show great. Where Colbert succeeds is in his deadpan delivery.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Colbert_Report_writers

[Flashmann]

3. Stephen Colbert is great at using humor to point out stupidity

It's just too bad that those who would be well served to be stung by hs wit,in large measure,have no appreciable sense of humor and are,in fact,stupid.

[SCVDem]

4. I guess that makes Jon Stewart

Our Will Rogers!

[WillyT]

6. K & R !!!

[lame54]

7. His genius is to rip the right by agreeing with them

[abq e streeter]

8. Just sent a fellow DUer a video of Colbert last night

he was actually the commencement speaker at my old college a few years ago, and sent her the you tube clip. Needless to say ,hysterically funny.
And yes, he and Stewart are national treasures.

[Kurovski]

10. Playing the fool to great effect.

Court jester to the Right.

K&R