The Power Of Parody

I can't find an easy way to link directly to the clips, but go here and check out Stephen Colbert's interview with author Dinesh D'Souza.
The interesting thing about this interview is that you can see just how effective Colbert's Ultra-Conservative persona can be in pointing out the fundamental flaws in Ultra-Conservativism. By agreeing with D'Souza - who has written a book claiming that Liberalism and a lack of "traditional American values" is responsible for 9/11 - and, in fact, agreeing with him to the extreme, Colbert draws attention to just how ridiculous D'Souza's position really is much more effectively than arguing from a contrary position ever could.
(Though Jon Stewart did a fine job of skewering him a while back in a Daily Show interview.)
The other thing that I find amusing is that someone named Dinesh D'Souza is touting traditional American values. I'm sure he fits right in with the traditional values crowd.
Most people who espouse "traditional values" would be afraid to get on the same plane with him.