The Colbert Report: This is not a game

In this segment Colbert makes fun of how Obama is letting the government shut down occur like it is some type of game. He is  expressing how President Obama is treating the shut down of the government as a small deal. Colbert brings up an actual board game up on his desk called "This Is Not A Game". He says how this board game has everything you need to replicate the government shut down. He explains to his audience with pieces from the game the situation where the President is virtually ignoring the national debt ceiling. He makes several humorous remarks about this situation throughout the segment. He talks about how many peoples jobs are on the line with the whole situation of ignoring the national debt and letting the government shut down so easily. Colbert is very satirical throughout this segment, he uses a board game to show his audience how Obama is handling the whole situation. He also explains in a more simpler way of how the government is working at that moment, by playing the actual board game with a young child. I think the video clip is directed very well and the way that they use the board game is very smart.