BOSTON, March 27 (UPI) -- U.S. House members are lining up to be publicly humiliated by Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert in the name of attracting young voters.
The representatives even admit their interviews on "The Colbert Report" are diced and spliced to make them look even more absurd, but they're willing to take the plunge in the name of comedy and votes in an election that could mean control of the chamber, the Boston Globe reported.
Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga., says he is encouraging his fellow Republicans to sit opposite Colbert for his snarky segment, "Better Know a District."
"When people who are 25 who have never voted for you think you are funny because you did the show, that's instant validity," he said.
Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., was not so amused by his experience with Colbert.
The comic asked Frank what it was like to live as an "openly left-handed" American and asked the gay lawmaker whether his wife cared that he was "a little overweight."
Frank told the Globe he had not seen the show when he agreed to be a guest, has kept up that policy and did not even watch his own segment.
