{"id":35003,"date":"2017-06-24T14:01:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-24T21:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=35003"},"modified":"2017-06-25T00:46:58","modified_gmt":"2017-06-25T07:46:58","slug":"stephen-colbert-makes-a-mind-blowing-announcement-while-guesting-on-russian-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=35003","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert Makes a Mind-Blowing Announcement While Guesting on Russian TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fans of Stephen Colbert may have noticed his mysterious disappearance this week. His Thursday and Friday broadcasts of <em>Late Night<\/em> were replaced with repeats without explanation. The scheduling change was peculiar considering all of the current events that would be ripe for Colbert&#8217;s brand of satire. But now it can be told where he was and what he was doing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Humor\/colbert-urgant-russia.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Colbert\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35005\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/posts\/1779237458757708\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Advs\/fb-share-tn.jpg\" width=\"274\" height=\"20\" class=\"aligncenter\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A video of Colbert has surfaced (posted below) revealing that he was in Russia. He was making a guest appearance on <em>&#8220;Evening Urgant,&#8221;<\/em> a Russian talk show similar to the one Colbert hosts. Ivan Urgant interviewed Colbert and joined him in a round of vodka shots. Colbert graciously toasted his hosts saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;To the beautiful and friendly Russian people. I don&#8217;t understand why no members of the Trump administration can remember meeting you.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That toast obviously went out to folks like Michael Flynn, Jeff Sessions, and Jared Kushner, who all seemed to have trouble recalling the meetings they had with Russian operatives. Colbert was surprised that they would forget such lovely people. Of course, most Americans would have no problem remembering having met with agents of a hostile foreign nation. For some reason, Donald Trump&#8217;s associates have no problem forgetting. Repeatedly.<\/p>\n<p>During the course of the interview, Colbert interrupted Urgant and asked if he could make an announcement. His host courteously consented. So Colbert turned to the camera and, with a dead serious expression, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;I am here to announce that I am considering a run for president in 2020. And I thought it would be better to cut out the middle man and just tell the Russians myself. If anyone would like to work on my campaign, in an unofficial capacity, please just let me know.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Colbert demonstrated his deft political sophistication by not bothering to wait until Russian spies captured and leaked this information. Why not just tell them personally? Although, for all we know Trump did the very same thing. With all of the contacts between Russians and his top advisers, they might have been working together to sink Hillary Clinton&#8217;s campaign. The only difference is that they collaborated in secret and lied about, while Colbert did it on live TV.<\/p>\n<p>Urgant was happy to receive Colbert&#8217;s news. And he subtly noted that the Russian political machine that aided Trump would be at his disposal when the campaign began:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;It\u2019s a pleasure to drink with the future U.S. President. To you, Stephen. I wish you luck. We will do everything we can so you become president.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So there you have it. The fix is in. In three short years the United States may inaugurate its first Comedic-American president. The crass ceiling will be broken. Given the historically low approval ratings for Trump, Colbert&#8217;s ascendancy to the White House can only be an improvement. After all, his approval ratings, as measured by the Nielsen Company, place him at number one.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s too soon to know just when the next opening for a new president will occur. Trump is facing imminent peril for impeachment and prosecution for obstruction of justice and financial misconduct. But at the very latest, the next presidential election cycle for 2020 just might result in the inauguration of President Stephen Colbert. I can hardly wait.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QSSMOES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00QSSMOES&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=newscorpsecom-20&#038;linkId=TLI6JC2OYE22MUTS\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><br \/>\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WT3VFQ8wYZg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans of Stephen Colbert may have noticed his mysterious disappearance this week. His Thursday and Friday broadcasts of Late Night were replaced with repeats without explanation. The scheduling change was peculiar considering all of the current events that would be ripe for Colbert&#8217;s brand of satire. But now it can be told where he was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[152,1,15,1200],"tags":[554,1211,187],"class_list":["post-35003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election","category-general","category-humor","category-politics","tag-donald-trump","tag-russia","tag-stephen-colbert"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/colbert-urgant-russia.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-96z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35259,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=35259","url_meta":{"origin":35003,"position":0},"title":"Trolling Trump Pays Off HUGE for Stephen Colbert: Ratings Leader and 5 Emmy Nominations","author":"Mark NC","date":"7\/26\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"When Stephen Colbert took over for David Letterman on CBS' \"The Late Show\" he got off to a surprisingly slow start. 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