Colbert To Honor Troops Returning From Iraq

[onehandle]

NEW YORK — Stephen Colbert is dusting off his camouflage suit. The comedian will broadcast two special episodes of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" to celebrate the end of combat operations in Iraq and to honor returning troops.

On Sept. 8 and 9, the show will fill its audience with Iraq War veterans and active duty service men and women. Others will be beamed in via satellite from Iraq, Afghanistan and the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

"The Report," which likes to parody over-the-top cable news graphics, is calling the episodes "Been There: Won That: The Returnification of the American-Do Troopscape." Guests will include Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. Sen. Jim Webb and the U.S. military commander in Iraq, Gen. Ray Odierno.

Odierno famously shaved Colbert's head – on President Barack Obama's orders – when the comedian broadcast four episodes of "The Report" from Baghdad last year. On that visit, Colbert donned a camouflage suit and reported from a desk supported by sand bags.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/20/colbert-to-honor-troops-r_n_688581.html

[gratuitous]

1. Will he have to elbow Rush, Sean and Billo out of the way?

I'm guessing not. For all their rah-rah "patriotism," I don't quite see any of the conservative hucksters leaving their air-conditioned studios to risk rubbing elbows with actual military personnel.

[Scurrilous]

2. K & R

:thumbsup:

[SlimJimmy]

3. Good for him (nt)