Oh yes. He went there. Stephen Colbert mockingly tore into Rep. Steve King (R-IA) over his beyond stupid comments that birth control would cause our civilization to die out. (Or at least, based on King's many, many previous comments, white people dying out.)
REP. STEVE KING, R-IA (8/1/2011): They called it preventative medicine. Preventative medicine! Well, if you apply that preventative medicine universally, what you end up with is you've prevented a generation.
Exactly. Americans only have children by accident. It's clearly hard to imagine anyone having Steve King on purpose. (wild audience applause)
I mean, free birth control will wipe out the American race. That's what wiped out the dinosaurs. A bowl of free condoms.
Video and transcript below the fold.
Folks, I've said it many times on this very broadcast, I am no fan of the Department of Health and Human Services. I am an originalist. I say we live our lives the way our Founding Fathers intended, four feet tall, crippled with rickets, until we die of old age at 28. But now the DHS has handed down a baffling new mandate.
BILL O'REILLY (8/2/2011): The Obama administration will soon force private health insurance companies to pay for breast feeding babies, birth control for women.
ALI VELSHI (8/2/2011): The focus is preventative care. So free HIV screenings, free counseling, even free breast pumps are covered under the plan, which could start as soon as next August.
This is an outrage! A woman's health decisions are a private matter between her priest and her husband. Besides, folks, I don't believe in birth control. If you want to control your fertility, do it the way God intended: with a cold, loveless marriage. Firm handshake, good night dear, till morning then. (mimics falling asleep)
See you after work.
Now, to some, this plan may seem benign. But Iowa Republican Steve King knows the health Nazis are up to something sinister.
REP. STEVE KING, R-IA (8/1/2011): They called it preventative medicine. Preventative medicine! Well, if you apply that preventative medicine universally, what you end up with is you've prevented a generation.
Exactly. Americans only have children by accident. It's clearly hard to imagine anyone having Steve King on purpose. (wild audience applause)
I mean, free birth control will wipe out the American race. That's what wiped out the dinosaurs. A bowl of free condoms. Though I don't know how the T-Rex got them on.
(mimics T-Rex movements)
Folks! I'm angry! Folks, this plan is not just the end of humanity, it is the end of decency, as explained by outraged blonde Fox lady.
SANDY RIOS (8/2/2011): Why in the world would you encourage your daughters and your granddaughters, and whoever else comes behind you, to have unrestricted, unlimited sex anytime, anywhere?
Yeah! Why? Because hickory-smoked lady and I know that if we give your daughters and granddaughters access to birth control, they will instantly turn into wanton harlots with an insatiable sexual appetite. Because you know women, they're always on the edge of nymphomaniacal orgiastic abandon! They'll pick up the prescription, pop a pill, then bone the pharmacist, the stockboy, and everybody in line for the bus. Why? Because the birth control was paid for by the government. (wild audience applause)
And the spray tan victim is just beginning to make her point. Jim?
SANDY RIOS: Now we're going to cover birth control, breast pumps, counseling for abuse, are we going to do pedicures and manicures as well?
Thank you! Finally, a woman agrees with me that those are just frivolous impulse buys. You know the ladies. They're always pumpin' out breast milk, gettin' a mani-pedi, havin' a Cosmo with their abuse counselor, then pick up some spermicidal fro-yo.
This is why we must repeal Obamacare and get back to insurance companies covering only real necessary medical expenses, like boner pills. How else are we supposed to sexually satisfy the army of flesh-thirsty young sluts Obama is creating with your tax dollars?
We'll be right back.
Stephen also looked at the latest threats to our country, like fake states such as North Dakota and stupid right-wingers afraid of the word haboob.
Meanwhile, Jon looked at a forgiving 6-year-old girl who was almost killed by a shark, and then looked at who might be on the new Super Congress and brought on his correspondents for analysis of how sucky Congress is. Jon then had Austan Goolsbee on as the guest, which went long. The unedited interview is here in two parts.
Part 1
Part 2