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Kid Schock Gets the Colbert Treatment

By Prescott Carlson in Miscellaneous on Apr 17, 2009 6:45PM

You would think a 27-year-old would be a little more aware of what can happen when you sit down across from Stephen Colbert and a camera, but apparently Peoria native Aaron Schock, the youngest and most ripped United States congressman and representative for Illinois' "Fightin' 18th" district, doesn't watch a lot of late night television as he seemed blindsided when he took part in a Colbert Report "Better Know a District" segment:

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Better Know a District - Illinois' 18th - Aaron Schock
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Schock should have walked down the hall beforehand and asked Jan Schakowsky for some pointers.