The Colbert Report2005

Stephen Colbert:
[debating Russ Lieber on minimum wage] Look, people don't have to work for what I'm paying them, they don't have to show up. It's not slave labor. By the way, slave labor- I'm against it. Rebuttal?

Russ Lieber:
Um, well... I'm against it too.

Stephen Colbert:
I accept your apology. Look, they tried your idea in Russia. Minimum wage is just line item Communism! All right? The government is controlling the economy. We won the Cold War, Mr Lieber, fair and square.

Russ Lieber:
Well, I don't see what the Cold War has to do with this.

Stephen Colbert:
Then why don't you support our troops?

Russ Lieber:
I, I do! I don't see what that has to do with...

Stephen Colbert:
So it'd be better for you if Saddam were back in power?

Russ Lieber:
No, we were talking about minimum wage.

Stephen Colbert:
On September 11th, 2001...

Russ Lieber:
Oh come on, September 11th has nothing to do with this!

Stephen Colbert:
I am not gonna let anyone sit here and bad mouth our firemen! No way! Sorry, not on my show, mister! Cut off his mike!

Russ Lieber:
Oh, now wait a second!

Stephen Colbert:
Cut off his mike!

[Lieber's mike is cut off, but he's still talking]

Stephen Colbert:
I can still hear him, what is that? Is he coming through my mike? Cut off my mike!