Another Vote For All Publicity is Good Publicity

CBS.com got word of the Lee Terry (I’m getting his name right this time) article in the LA Times and it too chimes in on the “Should They or Shouldn’t They?” argument happening with the potential interviewees on Stephen Colbert’s “Better Know a District” segments. The online version of this article also features an amazingly goofy picture of Colbert which I can only imagine is some freakish screen shot during a televisied interview of some kind.

Better Know An Audience
Posted by Hillary Profita at 2:36 PM : August 7, 2006

We certainly aren’t the only ones to have wondered for some time now about the answer to what may become one of the more pressing questions of this generation: Why do congressmen keep appearing on “The Colbert Report”? (Although, for the record, and in the interest of comedy, we really, really hope they don’t stop.)

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Enter the old “all publicity is good publicity” adage, which — as most people who are familiar with incidents such as Dan Quayle’s very public misspelling of the word “potato” (heretofore known as the “potato factor”) will agree — just isn’t so true. Are residents of the 2nd not able to exercise associative reasoning skills? While Terry’s appearance on “The Colbert Report” might indeed make him more recognizable among potential voters – especially when such publicly embarrassing moments can be spread as virally as they are these days – is that really the same as being electable? I guess we’ll find out when the next “Better Know A District” subject is up for re-election.

Full text of article

• Ujjal Dosanjh: Stephen Colbert’s message “worth reflecting on”
• Stephen Colbert ‘Reports’ to Olympic Games
• Press Sec. Gibbs explains why Pres. Obama would avoid ‘The Colbert Report’
• Spoiler Alert: MP Dosanjh wants you to ‘Better Know a Riding’