I am sorry if that sounds like a cheapshot but this
is the "perception is reality" crowd and Schlafly is a legacy of the machine.
Schlafly himself brings up "the best of the public" but can never say what it is. What it is is social darwinism and elitism which is at the core of the conservative movement.
Colbert never lets up on this but he just gets Schlafly to continue using the phrase so that it passes the ear more than once, similar to another tenant of the right namely the BIG LIE (repeat it so it at least becomes part of the conversation)
Colbert nails him on creating his own version of reality.
Schlafly seems to think his example of 2+2 is a winner :eyes:
Schlafly actually rounds out his point (whether he realizes it or not) by using "economics" which is about behavior more than finance to claim that Jesus's parables were in support of the conservative economic ideals. Schlafly cites a story about Jesus giving 5 cows to one man, 2 cows to another, and 1 cow to another man...the man with 5 cows is the most successful (supply side economics) while the man with only 1 cow went to hell. I have to admit that I had never heard that parable.
the entire episode is here-Colbert interviews Sen. Bernie Sanders too
http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=258126