Formerly one of the most powerful men in the country

Tom "Bug Man" DeLay has always been a compelling antagonist in the political drama of DC. Self-righteously pious, menacingly Machiavellian, and taking crassness and greed to unprecedentedly baroque heights.

And he still thinks, even after all that's gone on in the past few weeks, that Stephen Colbert is a legitimate conservative pundit who's on the side of the Hammer.