Outstanding Colbert-related irony wormhole

Colbert has generated an alternative irony-free dimension where his schtick as an idiocy-spewing wingnut is now used to justify the positions of the very idiocy-spewing wingnuts he lampoons. This from ThinkProgress today (lots of embedded links in the original post):

A good sign that Tom DeLay doesn’t have the facts on his side: the top source for his latest defense against his critics is Stephen Colbert. This morning, DeLay’s legal defense fund sent out a mass email criticizing the movie “The Big Buy: Tom DeLay’s Stolen Congress,” by “Outfoxed” creator Robert Greenwald.

The email features a “one-pager on the truth behind Liberal Hollywood’s the Big Buy,” and the lead item is Colbert’s interview with Greenwald on Comedy Central (where Colbert plays a faux-conservative, O’Reilly-esque character). The headline of the “fact sheet”: Hollywood Uses Micheal Moore Antics on Tom DeLay - Colbert Cracks the Story on Real Motivations Behind the Movie.

DeLay thinks Colbert is so persuasive, he’s now featuring the full video of the interview at the top of the legal fund’s website. And why not? According to the email, Greenwald “crashed and burned” under the pressure of Colbert’s hard-hitting questions, like “Who hates America more, you or Michael Moore?”

Ho. Lee. Sheet.

I liked this in the comments: "Tom Delay obviously doesn’t understand satire. Next thing you know he’ll be eating Irish babies."