Sirota Takes On Colbert … or Is It the Other Way Around?
Author and columnist David Sirota braves the Colbert treatment to talk about his (Sirota's) latest book, "The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington," and to brazenly assert that, "People are angry with the status quo -- they think the establishment isn't working for them, and frankly, it's not."Author and columnist David Sirota braves the Colbert treatment to talk about his (Sirota’s) latest book, “The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington,” and to brazenly assert that, “People are angry with the status quo — they think the establishment isn’t working for them, and frankly, it’s not.”
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