When Stephen Colbert announced that the latest "tribute" to fall in his "Hungry for Power Games" was Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R), the audience started clapping. Jindal's star started rising in 2013 when he said the Republican Party had become the "stupid party" and he'd "had enough" with the "offensive and bizarre" comments from some "brand"-tarnishing 2012 candidates, Colbert said, in character as Hunger Games emcee Caesar Flickerman: "Apparently not, because 'offensive' and 'bizarre' are in first and second place."
After the brief mockery of Donald Trump and Ben Carson, Colbert turned back to Jindal's star-crossed presidential run, starting with his inauspicious launch, via a video shot from behind a tree limb. "This is as close as he'll get to the Executive Branch," he joked, and that became the recurring joke. Colbert gave the official farewell to the tribute from "District Branch," then delivered his benediction, cosmopolitan in hand. "Farewell, Gov. Jindal. You may be gone, but we will always remember... I'm sorry, I've already forgotten." Cold. Watch below. Peter Weber
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