PRICELESS: Colbert Rips David Koch to His Face at TIME Magazine Gala (Dated but still relevant)

Apr 28, 2012 7:08am PDT by David Harris Gershon
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TIME recently held its gala celebrating the magazine's self-proclaimed 100 most influential people. Among those chosen were David Koch and Stephen Colbert, who spoke before the gathered masses.
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Colbert ripped several of the magazine's selections using his signature (read: brilliant) sharp-tongued irony. However, some of his most pointed comments were reserved for David Koch, who was seated before Colbert as he spoke.
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Here's what he had to say:
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    Of course, all of us should be honored to be listed on the TIME 100 alongside the two men who will be slugging it out in the fall:  President Obama, and the man who would defeat him, David Koch.
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    Give it up everybody.  David Koch.
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    Little known fact -- David, nice to see you again, sir.
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    Little known fact, David's brother Charles Koch is actually even more influential.  Charles pledged $40 million to defeat President Obama, David only $20 million.  That's kind of cheap, Dave.
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    Sure, he's all for buying the elections, but when the bill for democracy comes up, Dave's always in the men's room.  I'm sorry, I must have left Wisconsin in my other coat.
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    I was particularly excited to meet David Koch earlier tonight because I have a Super PAC, Colbert Super PAC, and I am -- thank you, thank you -- and I am happy to announce Mr. Koch has pledged $5 million to my Super PAC.  And the great thing is, thanks to federal election law, there's no way for you to ever know whether that's a joke.
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    By the way, if David Koch likes his waiter tonight, he will be your next congressman.

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He's all for buying the elections. Once again, we must rely upon our political comedic class to speak straightforwardly about the state of our democracy-up-for-sale crisis (which has, obviously, only worsened since Citizens United and the SuperPAC explosion).
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Stewart. Colbert. Maher (at times).
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These are today's leading truth tellers. And pointing this out after a gathering convened by TIME magazine – one of our country's largest "journalistic" institutions – feels, well, quite symbolic.
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