The Emperor is indeed naked.

A cringe goes a long way further than a laugh in politics. Surviving one in front of Bush is like you cutting one up in front of the Roman mafia king and his humorless, and armed, friends, and living through it. You become a god then. Colbert is not a god, nor a gay god, but he is very good.

All you other flotsam in the sea of desertion from the elite are cool too.