Stephen Colbert

Mr. Colbert:

First off, I apologize for not catching your Thursday evening show until the following Monday night. I suppose now I’ll have something to atone for when Rosh Hashannah and Yom Kippur roll around again, and you open up your “Oops Jew” atonement hotline.

But I heard you endorsed Barak Obama! That’s fantastic! Even if you don’t plan on voting for him — in which case, I don’t really understand the point of the endorsement — I know that you’ve rocked a lot of conservatives to their core by this pronouncement. At least, you may have ruffled the feathers of the few ulta-right wing stalwarts who haven’t yet abandoned John McCain.

I imagine that an Obama presidency would give you more to roil about on your show, so that would be good news for you. And don’t forget that job you might be able to get on the farming collective once Obama makes good on his (secret) master plan to turn the United States into a European Socialist nation, eh?

All kidding aside, I just wanted to congratulate you on finally coming to your senses. Maybe in 2012, you can get on the ballot again and give Palin a run for her money.

– Keith Greenberg