Stephen Colbert: Republican Presidential Hopefuls Are Like a Buffet

Stephen Colbert is really excited about the current crop of ten Republican presidential hopefuls. On yesterday's Colbert Report, he likened the field (which includes Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain, and Tim Pawlenty) to a delicious buffet filled with white bread, white rice, mayonaise, boiled potatoes, mashed potatoes... and...

By Laine Doss

July 13, 2011

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Stephen Colbert is really excited about the current crop of ten Republican presidential hopefuls. On yesterday's Colbert Report, he likened the field (which includes Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain, and Tim Pawlenty) to a delicious buffet filled with white bread, white rice, mayonaise, boiled potatoes, mashed potatoes... and nuts!

What's for dessert at the all-you-can-eat buffet of politicos? Sweet, sweet Herman (candy) Cain!

Watch Colbert eat his way through the crop of Republicans running for the country's highest office, after the jump.

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Laine Doss is the food and spirits editor for Miami New Times, covering the restaurant and bar scene in South Florida. She has been featured on Cooking Channel’s Eat Street and Food Network’s Great Food Truck Race. Doss won an Alternative Weekly award for her feature on what it’s like to wait tables. In a previous life, she appeared off-Broadway and shook many a cocktail as a bartender at venues in South Florida and New York City. When she’s not writing, you can find Doss running some marathon then celebrating at the nearest watering hole.

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