Christiane Amanpour On 'Colbert': Talks Egypt, Cats (VIDEO)

Christiane Amanpour was on Tuesday's "Colbert Report" to talk to Stephen Colbert about the Egyptian revolution. She told him that the revolution was a good thing, despite any fears he might have about what will happen next in Egypt.

"People have been asking especially since 9/11, when is this part of the world going to have democracy?" she said. "And the minute they do it everyone goes no, no, no!"

Amanpour also said it was "interesting" that the U.S. was "calling for democracy democracy democracy, and then maybe doesn't like the outcome."

But the highlight of Amanpour's visit was undoubtedly the adorable miniature safari suit she brought for Colbert's psychic cat--and her namesake--"Christiane Aman-purr."

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[Dunkleberger Karl]

05:12 PM on 02/20/2011

OK SHE WON MY HEART!
that is soo cute!

[DanMcDermott]

02:24 PM on 02/19/2011

Like CNN and some others, Christiane really shines during these big international events.

[ClarcKing]

05:06 PM on 02/18/2011

Poverty and hunger are the parents of the Egyptian, North African violence.

[Poorgrandchildren]

10:51 PM on 02/18/2011

The parents of their poverty and hunger are a bad form of government. They need to move to a republic (not a democracy) like our founders did.

[ClarcKing]

08:14 AM on 02/19/2011

It is a mistake to think Mubarak was a dictator, he took orders from the Western Powers. Globalization, operated through the offices of the Inter Alpha Group of banks, its' appendage the Wall St. cabal, turned the Egyptian breadbasket economy into a net importer of food. North Africa, the Middle East, South America, Mexico are all erupting in violence because of hunger and poverty demanded by market forces. It is happening in the US. It is a national security crisis.

[Dunkleberger Karl]

05:13 PM on 02/20/2011

DEMOCRACY IS BETTER
                                             republicans are for bed wetters!

[EuropeWindAndFire]

04:41 PM on 02/21/2011

You forget jealousy. "I want what my neighbor has": a new shiny car before the "for Eclo sure" and "Repo-man" arrives. The car, the Eclo and the Repo all are gimmicks of course.

It is an uprising in which the "bourgeoisie" doesn't want to pay for the castle-walls of the king/emporer anymore, but takes the power away from him. Cities thriving, gaining importance to a one-person-powered iron-fisted reign. Traditional revolution style.

[ClarcKing]

05:14 PM on 02/21/2011

The average Egyptian lives on $2.00 a day, and may go hungry, with no job, no future, I don't know where you are coming from, who are you lecturing to?

[Poorgrandchildren]

09:07 AM on 02/18/2011

Ms. Amanpour said we sometimes do not like the results of democracy abroad. Well, we often do not like those results here either. Our country's founders knew how disastrous democracy is and mandated a republic in Article 4, Section 4. Individuals have the right to vote in democracies and no others. Once the best organized mob in a de-mob-ocracy has spoken, EVERYONE has to march in lockstep with it. For example, the Texas textbook debacle. Stop calling our republic a democracy. Protect and defend our Constitution so it can protect you.

[Philament]

04:21 AM on 02/18/2011

I love this woman. Wonderful.

[SageSpencer]

01:16 AM on 02/18/2011

Stephen has a crush on Christiane!!! :)

[OLEGAR]

12:44 AM on 02/19/2011

And I also. What a classy lady.

[Marcospinelli]

05:41 PM on 02/17/2011

And ::crickets:: in the media on dissent like this in America.

[Mikeeee]

06:53 PM on 02/18/2011

Hilary just about dropped off the radar for me with this.

[wforvendetta]

12:39 PM on 02/17/2011

If Amanpour and Jim Cantore of the Weather Channel ever went on vacation together to a foreign country, its embassies and airports would be filled with panicky tourists trying to flee the imminent revolution or hurricane. They'd have the whole country to themselves!

[xforever1313]

01:50 PM on 02/19/2011

Don't forget Anderson Cooper and his black tee shirt of doom!

[highflag]

05:02 AM on 02/17/2011

The woman is a national treasure. She's the closest thing to Cronkite we've ever had...

[canadapaul]

04:19 AM on 02/17/2011

I love this woman. I used to worry about her so much during the Yugoslavian tragedy. I was hoping she would settle down after she got married. But I was crazy. We need people like her more than ever.

[cookerman45]

12:11 AM on 02/17/2011

hot!

[Unsui]

01:36 PM on 02/17/2011

true dat.

[Mister Bill]

10:47 PM on 02/16/2011

In order for us to win the war (in WWII), we forged alliances with ideologues that we would usually not ever talk to. After the war there was the Cold War where we continued our battle with our enemy. This is what the Persians and Arabs (Sunni and Shiites) will do to defeat "The West" (also known as the Great Satan). then they will settle up the differences. but that is only after "The West" has been destroyed.

[patriciacaldwell]

07:24 PM on 02/18/2011

Open your mind to the possibility of the youth vote in Egypt, which is 34%. They want to control their destiny, and they're not thinking about religion.

[Edward Standley]

10:22 AM on 02/20/2011

When there are domestic problems at home, "leaders" love to gin up phony threats from abroad, it kind of takes the heat off. I have no fear that little groups of "gangsters" like al Qaida or the Muslim Brotherhood are going to "take over the west". There are drug cartels in Colombia that are better armed and funded than they are.

[AndyGra]

09:27 PM on 02/16/2011

Somebody got the better of S. Colbert's sophormic arguments, at last! I really think that he agreed with her.
Egypt is the THRESHOLD. We are entering new territory "Where No Man Has Gone Before".
When you consider the Concept, "Freedom of Speech" had no forebears before being the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment. And NOW the concept is sweeping the Arab/Islamic World. (Yes, I understand the Sunni-Shiite schism is a driving force, also). Wages, class warfare, prestige and privledge are a part of the dichotomy of Division. Unfortunately, we in the USA also experience these Divisions.

[MadMoll]

08:41 AM on 02/17/2011

Not true. Before the Constitution was Magna Carta (1215), the foundational document for our Constitution.

and, since I learned that in school, here, have a wikilink: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta educate yourself

[patriciacaldwell]

07:28 PM on 02/18/2011

Do you not know that Stephen is channeling Bill O'Reilly when he makes what you call "sophormic" (sophomoric?) arguments?

"Divisions"? Glenn Beck code-speak?

[Ptama]

08:30 PM on 02/16/2011

I love that lady!

[AgingLady]

08:18 PM on 02/16/2011

This was a fun segment. Don't usually watch SC but I am a Christiane groupie and enjoy seeing her. She is good whether in the crowds in Cairo or on the Report. Have been following her since Yugoslavia.