Hackett tangles with Colbert

Some excerpts from Paul Hackett's appearance last night on The Colbert Report:

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Stephen Colbert: "You're a fancy pants lawyer who goes over, serves in Iraq, sees some combat, comes back and decides to run in a special election in Ohio for Congress on a platform against the president and his war policy - Where do you get off? Just because you been there fighting in the war..."

Hackett: "I must have been shellshocked."

Colbert: "Well, were you?"

Hackett: "Let's make something clear: The American military has accomplished everything that our military can accomplish. We're not going to spread democracy on the business end of an M-16 being held by a 23-year-old Marine."

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Colbert: "I support our troops and I want to know why you don't - because that would mean you don't support yourslf."

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Hackett: "Do you really believe we're going to spread democracy with the business end of an M-16?"

Colbert: "I believe we started democracy with a musket. Did we not?"

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Colbert: "Who would you rather be in a foxhole with, sir, Nancy Pelosi or John McCain?"

Hackett: "Bill Reynolds."

Colbert (looking befuddled): "You can't answer a simple analogy?"

Hackett: "Not a one. I mean, first of all, John McCain? He flew an airplane! My God, what the hell does he know about a foxhole?"

Colbert (starts talking, then pauses): "... That's interesting. Senator, if you'd like to come on my show and refute that point, I'd be happy to have you."

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