Comedian Stephen Colbert, the brother of the Democratic candidate in the special congressional election in South Carolina's First District, attacked his home state last night during a private, Washington, D.C., fundraiser for his sister, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, reports National Journal's Hotline:
the headliner of the event was Colbert Busch's brother, late-night comedian Stephen Colbert, who made a rare appearance out of character to tout the candidacy of his older sister, "Lulu." But it was not without at least one shot at her opponent, former Republican Gov. Mark Sanford.
Colbert said that though he loves his home state, "there are things about South Carolina that fill me with despair—one of them is that they managed to nominate Mark Sanford."
Mr. Colbert did not elaborate on which other things about South Carolina "fill [him] with despair."