Colbert Report: Robert Wexler

By The Colbert Report

June 30, 2008

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During his third appearence on The Colbert Report, Robert Wexler, a self-proclaimed liberal Democrat, explains the importance of liberalism in America and his new book, Fire-Breathing Liberal: How I Learned to Survive (and Thrive) in the Contact Sport of Congress. The book explores his role in recent American politics, from calls to impeach Bush to arguing against the surge to grilling Alberto Gonzales. Wexler caught some flak after a 2006 interview with Colbert who persuaded the congressman to jokingly say he enjoys cocaine and prostitution because they are "fun things to do." Last week on the show Wexler successfully dodged Colbert's second attempts to "lose him" his seventh term as his Florida district's congressman.

-Elizabeth Giegrich

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