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Colbert feels the love — from some confused Tom DeLay supporters

DeLay's backers embrace Colbert's faux Fox shtick in a fundraising message.

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Memo to the folks behind Tom DeLay’s legal defense fund: Stephen Colbert is a comedian. And when he sits down with Robert Greenwald, the producer of “The Big Buy: Tom DeLay’s Stolen Congress,” and asks things like, “Who hates America more, you or Michael Moore?” — well, that’s what we call “satire,” and it probably isn’t the best fodder for the fundraising e-mail you just sent to a bunch of your supporters.

By Tim Grieve

Tim Grieve is a senior writer and the author of Salon's War Room blog.

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