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Stephen Colbert Catches Rep. Lynn Westmoreland Off Guard
Imagine you are a rookie congressman with nothing to show for your first term in office just as elections are set to take place in the fall. Finally, you get a brilliant idea that you know will sell well in your socially conservative district: make it a law to have the ten commandments posted in all federal buidlings.
And, just when you're set to go, someone asks you to name the 10 Commandments. Don't you hate it when that happens?
Well, that is exactly the situation Lynn A. Westmoreland, Republican Congressman from
the 8th District of Georgia, found himself in last week when he was interviewed by Stephen Colbert on his Comedy Central program. Unfortunately, for someone so enthusiastic about getting on TV and promoting his very own bill, Westmoreland was only able to name three of the ten.
Colbert, who has already guaranteed that he won't be asked back to next year's White House Correspondents' Dinner, probably won't be having Westmoreland back as a guest anytime soon, either.
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