SPOILER ALERT: Philadelphia Mayor to appear on ‘The Colbert Report’

This looks to be a VERY interesting interview! And it’s the first taste we’ve gotten of what we might expect when Stephen Colbert goes on the road with his show. From Philly.com:

Nutter’s national debut
His Clinton support is getting notice.
By Marcia Gelbart – Inquirer Staff Writer

Mayor Nutter has a message for anyone still dogging him about why he endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton over Barack Obama.

“There are no automatics in life that all black people are going to support a single black candidate in a race,” Nutter said. “All black folks don’t eat fried chicken or eat watermelon. When do we make some progress here?”

Nutter endorsed Clinton four months ago, citing her understanding of the tough issues facing America’s cities. He has since discovered that almost nothing he has done as the new mayor has gotten as much national attention.

As Pennsylvania’s April 22 primary nears, most everyone wants to know why a well-educated African American mayor with a reformist message and a “post-racial” vision would not endorse a well-educated African American presidential candidate with a reformist message and “post-racial” vision.

As ABC News, CBS’s Face the Nation, and others have come calling – next Monday it will be The Colbert Report - the experience has left Nutter bristling a bit over what he sees as hypocrisy.

“I didn’t see people running up to Ted Kennedy, saying, ‘Are you getting any pressure from supporting Sen. Obama, any backlash?’ No one is asking the white elected officials if they are getting pressure for supporting the black guy,” he said in an interview last week.

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