PanderTron 8000

Over the weekend, Newt Gingrich ws on Meet the Press and said some things to David Gregory. But whatever you do, do NOT quote him. Because Newt Gingrich has now said, and I quote, "Any ad which quotes what I said on Sunday is a falsehood." (He said stuff, he's on videotape saying it, but he is calling it a falsehood if he's quoted saying what he said. So, is that clear now?)

Poor Newt. He was somewhat befuddled and confused with the format and questions on Meet the Press with David Gregory. And who can blame him? It was only the 35th time that Newt was on Meet the Press.

So, that's the background for last night's Colbert Report. Stephen was trying, real hard, to sort it all out but he couldn't get the logic to work out and he required some help. He was getting all tongue-tied as evidenced by his statement and I quote: "The more accurate ....... you are about ........ his inaccuracies the more ..... false you become......... I need some help!"

Enter the Pandertron 8000.

In case you didn't know, the Pandertron 8000 is the most sophisticated candidate positioning tracking technology available today. Awesome. However, when Stephen uploaded Newt's statements about Paul Ryan, it "did not compute." (See Lost in Space to read about robots who have trouble with statements that do not compute.)

Pandertron 8000 analyzed but unfortunately came to the conclusion that "True equals False." (Error. Error. Error.) He could not reconcile human contradictions. I can't bear to tell you what happened next. Suffice it to say, Stephen somehow was able to come back after commercial to continue with the show.

If you did not see it, you can catch it later (check local TV listings) or watch it online as always at Colbert Nation.com.

*Note: Robot pictured is not actual Pandertron 8000.