Speaker Pelosi: It-getter on the sly

She may not be willing to be profiled on Better Know a District, but Nancy Pelosi obviously enjoys watching The Colbert Report. During Stephen’s recent visit to the Hill, the Speaker of the House cast one of Stephen’s own lines back into his face. From Roll Call (subscription required):

Heard on the Hill
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Colbert in the House. Fake newsguy Stephen Colbert was making the rounds in Washington on Friday, collecting signatures in the Capitol and at the White House. Not for a petition or a letter, but for the cast encasing his recently broken wrist.

Colbert, the host of the Comedy Central show “The Colbert Report,” was spotted hanging out in Statuary Hall on Friday morning, asking Members to sign a large cast he was sporting around his left wrist.

Pelosi obliged and signed the cast, a spokesman reveals, but cheekily called the comedian a “bone-coddling crybaby.” Ouch! Turns out, the gentlewoman from California was simply repeating a line Colbert used to describe cast-wearers on his show the night before.

Later in the day, a Roll Call reporter caught up with Colbert, who was leaving the White House after another signature-collecting mission. He seemed disappointed that he didn’t get President Bush’s penmanship to add to the collection. “He’s not here,” Colbert said in a lamenting tone, but he proudly showed the reporter Pelosi’s John Hancock.

Hat tip to Jennie on this story.