Projo Politics Blog

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Carcieri landed on national television Monday night as the "star'' of a biting -- but laugh-out-loud -- segment on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report'' about his veto of a bill that would have given gays the right to claim the bodies and make funeral decisions for their same-sex partners.

Not a funny topic? Tune in to the segment titled "Skeletons in the Closet" in which Colbert asks, "How is the governor of Rhode Island supposed to rest in peace knowing that a couple of plots over, two dudes are being gay dead?" -- and decide for yourself.

With The Journal's front-page story about Carcieri's veto as his starting point, the mock-conservative Colbert begins broadly with this observation -- "Gays ruin everything sacred, just look at what Michelangelo did to the Sistine Chapel. They'll never scrub that stuff off'' -- then zeroes in on the case that prompted the legislation.

A sampling:

"I believe that the governor might not be going far enough if we really want to protect the sanctity of traditional decomposing... It might be time to bar gays from having funerals... and hear me out... I am not a monster... I am in favor of civil end-of-life ceremonies. It's just like a funeral... except legally you don' have to bring a covered dish... And instead of defiling our traditional graveyards, gay people can have their own same-sex cemeteries. We'll call them 'same-eteries'."

There was no immediate comment from the Carcieri administration.

Watch the spoof in its entirety below. View with caution as the 5-minute, 45-second piece does include some off-color references. The Rhode Island specific portion begins approximately 1 minute and 45 seconds in.

 Tags  burial rights Carcieri Colbert Report

Comments

steel said:

well, the governor made it from state to regional and now a national laughingstock for his ridiculous veto. nice legacy you leave with mr. lameduck.

when we finally get to be buried in our same-ataries mr carcieri instead of 'bringing in the sheaves' we can sing 'bringing in the steves'

Link | November 17, 2009 2:53 PM
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Mick Vache said:

This was one of the best send-ups of our blatantly homophobic idiot governor I've ever had the pleasure of seeing - I laughed until I cried. Glad to see thinking folk calling "Car-see-air-ee" (BWAHAHAHAA)on his stupidity...

Link | November 18, 2009 11:26 AM
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