Stephen Colbert's joke is on the press

Think of the political press corps as that fat kid from Willy Wonka &The Chocolate Factory, Augustus Gloop, and the Colbert candidacy as Wonka's river of chocolate. The press seems to do everything it can to avoid campaign substance. Instead, it covers haircuts, laughs, cleavage, cats, and accents. Colbert's running gag is simply too tempting.

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