People of the book

Stephen Colbert, the "correspondent" on the Daily Show has his own show now. For one of his first shows he had a fantastic monologue that I think puts the finger on the why the hell I can't understand Republicans. I'm one of the book people.

"Anybody who knows me knows that I am no fan of dictionaries or reference books. They're elitist for constantly telling us what is or isn't true, what did or didn't happen...

I don't trust books. They're all fact and no heart. And that's exactly what's pulling our country apart today. Because face it, folks, we are a divided nation... We are divided by those who think with their head, and those who know with their heart.

Consider Harriett Miers. If you think about Harriett Miers, of course her nomination's absurd! But the President didn't say he thought about this selection, he said this:

President Bush: "I know her heart."

Notice that he didn't say anything about her brain? He didn't have to. He feels the truth about Harriett Miers. And what about Iraq? If you think about it, maybe there are a few missing pieces to the rationale for war. But doesn't taking Saddam out feel like the right thing...right here in the gut? Because that's where the truth comes from, ladies and gentlemen...the gut.

Did you know that you have more nerve endings in your stomach than in your head? Look it up. Now, somebody's gonna say `I did look that up and its wrong'. Well, Mister, that's because you looked it up in a book. Next time, try looking it up in your gut. I did. And my gut tells me that's how our nervous system works.

Now I know some of you may not trust your gut...yet. But with my help you will. The "truthiness" is, anyone can read the news to you. I promise to feel the news...at you."

So I finally understand. I partly read for a living. I look things up. I actually get excited about being stuck in line somewhere just so I can read for a while. I don't understand why most people don't bring books to stand in lines. I bought a satchel/shoulder bag/man-purse just so I could carry a book everywhere I go. So Mr. Colbert has finally helped me understand my self. I'm one of the book people.
S.C's monologue reminds me of a comic sketch where a guy was impersonating a police officer with a gun. He kept pointing the gun back and forth between his head and his chest saying "Ya know, some people think with thah head, some people think with thah haht. I don't think with my haht, I think wth my head." Blam.