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Edu Sec Spellings to Consider Federally Mandated Spanking

There are only about 1,500 US schools out of 100,000 that are in a chronic state of underperformance. But what should be done?

Colbert gets Spellings to think about a good old fashioned spanking - but questions the effectiveness of sanctions under NCLB.

"Hasn't the Bush administration shown us that sanctions don't work. It's much better just to bomb these schools and then occupy them."

Nice.

Stephen Colbert v Margaret Spellings Tonight

What happens when an irrestable personality runs into an immovable personality?

Of course, I'll be asleep by 10... but you can watch the trains wreck tonight on Colbert at 11:30 pm, on Comedy Central.

You may recall US Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings appeared on Comedy Central's Daily Show with John Stewart back in May 2007. She was the first Bush administration official to do so.

Unfortunately, Stewart lobbed softballs and appeared to want to avoid anything controversial.

He gave Spellings an apple, got out his #2 pencils and a Lunchable. Nothing about the Reading First scandal...scant little on the student loan scandal.

So the bar is set low. Let's hope Colbert clears it by a mile.


Thanks 2 Alexander Russo.

John Yarmuth takes on Stephen Colbert; and...

Why any Congressman would agree to go on the Colbert Report is beyond me.

If Stephen's logical fallacies don't get you the video editing will.

But recently John Yarmuth bravely (actually, you may want to insert your own adverb here) debated the relative merits of throwing kittens into woodchippers - Yarmuth arguing in the affirmative. “Well, you know, there are times when you have to find a way to dispose of kittens," Yarmuth stammered and blinked.

Since Yarmuth's performance, Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), the Democratic Caucus chairman, has told new Democratic members of Congress to steer clear of Stephen Colbert where Rep. Zack Space (D-Ohio) recently spent time trying to explain to Colbert that he is not his predecessor - convicted felon Bob Ney (R).

Yarmuth, it turns out, is a fan of the show. So, he knew what he was in for. His hour and a half interview was shot on February 9 and then was edited down to the most embarrassing six -minute segment.

Go here to see the Colbert Report segment: Better Know a District...starring Louisville's John Yarmuth.

After the interview he told the Courier-Journal, "We had a lot of fun," Congressman Yarmuth said. "I know he'll make me look silly, but when you spend a lot of time in Washington, you run the risk of taking yourself too seriously. I hope some Louisvillians will be able to join me for a laugh-- even if it is at my expense."

Good sport.

Yarmuth's six cats were unavailable for comment.

Rahm Emanuel advises freshmen to avoid the Colbert Report

TheHill.com reports Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), the Democratic Caucus chairman, has told new Democratic members of Congress to steer clear of Stephen Colbert, or at least his satirical Comedy Central program, “The Colbert Report.” The advise followed an appearance of Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) who got into a debate about the merits of... throwing kittens into a wood-chipper !?