As we first noted a couple of months ago, Utah’s freshman congressman, Jason Chaffetz, has proven to be quite the sport by agreeing to sit down for a “Better Know a District” interview with Stephen. And now, according to the Deseret News, the fateful broadcast day is approaching:
Chaffetz stays busy on first day of Congress
By Lee Davidson
Deseret News
Published: Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009 4:47 p.m. MSTRep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, spent his first official day in Congress with tears in his eyes during his swearing-in, having his first fight with majority Democrats, worrying about appearing on a national comedy TV show —and even criticizing the senior Republican senator in his own Utah delegation.
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He also spent the day worrying about his appearance on “The Colbert Report” on Comedy Central, which he said was expected to air Tuesday night or soon thereafter. Host Stephen Colbert is known for skewering guests, in good fun, on the show.
“The scary part is we filmed for three hours for a five-minute segment. So I have no idea what’s going to be cut and spliced to make me look I said something I didn’t actually say,” he said. “It may be the end of my career. It was nice for a few hours, though.”
Chaffetz added, “It’s just satire. But there’s some Mormon oriented jokes that maybe I wouldn’t want my kids to hear. Ultimately, I think it’s the right thing to do. It’s fun. It’s a way to speak to millions of people. If you can laugh with somebody, then when you discuss more serious issues, you have a chance to make your point.”
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I’m looking forward to this interview and, no matter what else happens, I salute the Congressman for his willingness to join the Colbert Nation!
“It may be the end of my career. It was nice for a few hours, though.”
Ha! He sounds like a good sport. Looking forward to the segment.
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it’s touching that’s he’s worried what his kids will hear. I hope he isn’t disappointed!
I wonder what they do with all that unused BKAD footage. three hours down to those short segments means there must be a ton of it.
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They should make DVDs of that stuff. I’d love to see the stuff that gets edited out.
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I liked him. He was a good sport, and I don’t think they made him look too bad at all. The only thing that really made him look bad was the whole, “yeah, what’s wrong with rounding up people we don’t want here and putting them in camps?” lol.
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I thought his segment was really great, and he seemed like a good-natured sport. Did anybody else think that Colbert took a liking to him? Especially after seeing that clip of them playing Rock Band together.
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