George Stephanopoulos, Stephen Colbert Talk Republicans, Drink Whiskey (VIDEO)

George Stephanopoulos stopped by "The Colbert Report" on Wednesday for a raucous session with Stephen Colbert.

Stephanopoulos came bearing a gift — Jack Daniel's whiskey. Before chatting, the two men each took a shot (Colbert took a bigger one).

Stephanopoulos recently returned as the moderator of "This Week," and Colbert grilled him about the choice. "Isn't that greedy?" he asked, noting that Stephanopoulos is still hosting "Good Morning America."

"Greedy or crazy," Stephanopoulos said, adding that he is signed up "at least for the election year."

Colbert turned to last Saturday's Republican debate, which Stephanopoulos moderated with Diane Sawyer. He asked Stephanopoulos why he spent so much time asking the candidates about their views on contraception, taking a swipe at Sawyer in the process.

"Don't get me wrong, any guy who sits next to Diane Sawyer for that long at least thinks about it," Colbert said. Stephanopoulos laughed but did not defend his co-host. He said the contraception questions had to do with getting the candidates' views on the right to privacy. He also said, seemingly jokingly, that Sawyer had bet him that he couldn't get Romney to say contraception is "working just fine."

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Comments

[PollyTics]

03:26 AM on 01/13/2012

There's nothing here...keep moving....

[mollysmomma]

11:58 PM on 01/12/2012

colbert is Great......we never miss him or jon stewart......i just watched him tell of his exploratory into running for President in south carolina.......that was one of the best....funniest things we have seen him do. this will be Big. jon stewart will handle his super pac......stephen and jon are so wise....they are showing the country how really crooked these super pacs really are. stephen started this by showing rove's super pac and the story has grown. thank you stephen for this great story !!!

[KingHuff]

11:43 PM on 01/12/2012

It wasnt a diss at all......he was saying she is hot and sitting next to her would make you think about sex and that you may need some contraceptives.

[mikeg0477]

01:07 AM on 01/13/2012

That's how I heard it as well. F&F'd.

[AnitaMan]

01:32 AM on 01/13/2012

really...how could that be?

[Michele Deranleau]

10:19 PM on 01/12/2012

so my take on the innuendo was that dianne is hot and they thought about birth control because they wanted to bang (sorry ) her

[Winthorpe]

10:19 PM on 01/12/2012

"I don't think that word means what you think it means."

[Hawklord Tst]

07:20 PM on 01/12/2012

yeah, i don't understand this diss headline. it is crass and immature and somewhat insensitive, but hey, that is colbert in a nutshell. it's his secret sauce, or schtick as one might call it. well the headline did get me to watch it, so it worked

[scoobydubious]

06:35 PM on 01/12/2012

I interpreted that comment as a compliment. As in "thinking about sleeping with her".

[ardethbay]

06:29 PM on 01/12/2012

Too bad they were drinking that sewer water they try to pass off as whiskey. : )

[Dasha Aran]

05:05 PM on 01/12/2012

Colbert Report was really good last night..

[FilthyHarry]

04:33 PM on 01/12/2012

Compliment not a diss.

[mjeffn]

04:27 PM on 01/12/2012

Colbert is awesome. Just had to say it.

[booksnstuff]

03:52 PM on 01/12/2012

I meant 'your' assumptions....

[booksnstuff]

03:52 PM on 01/12/2012

Tour assumptions make no sense. Colbert was giving Diane a COMPLIMENT! He was not dissing her.

[momtotwo]

03:49 PM on 01/12/2012

What I noticed in the debate was Diane Sawyers voice. Does she always talk in that voice that sounds like she is purring? Also, she talks so slooooooow. NBCs debate was much better IMHO.

[midwestblues]

03:32 PM on 01/12/2012

It was a pitiful interview.