Wexler: Bon Vivant or Bon Head?  Categories: News  Rep. Robert
Wexler's fake admission on the Colbert Report that he loves
cocaine and hookers has apparently gotten a lot of attention on
both Good Morning America and Today. On those shows, former
journalist Jake Tapper and other light and chirpy TV
personalities basically warned politicians not to appear on his
show in the first place, since Colbert makes them look so
foolish.  Colbert responded by showing embarrassing footage from
both shows and urging his viewers to vote for Wexler because he
has a sense of humor and "journalists," well, they don't.  It
was essentially the same point made in this week's Tailpipe,
which hit the streets yesterday. While Tailpipe is generally
infallible, I'm taking another tack on this crucial issue: I
think it really proved that Wexler is more of a media whore than
any of us ever imagined.  First off, if you've seen Wexler's
over-earnest, McEnroe-esque appearances on CNN, you already know
he's singularly unfunny during most T