Stephen Colbert targets presidential candidate Andrew Yang

Stephen Colbert makes fun of Andrew Yang's presidential ambitions.

Presidential candidate Andrew Yang finally got the national attention his long-shot campaign needed. Unfortunately,  it's probably not the attention that he wanted: the butt of a comedy routine by Late Show host Stephen Colbert.

In typical Colbert style, the comedian skewered the candidate.

Colbert touched on Yang's main platform plank of guaranteeing a universal basic income of $1000 a month for every adult in the United States, something almost all the other candidates have followed with their own versions of a UBI. But he also mentioned Yang's position on circumcision (Now, who in the hell asked that question?)

Despite starting with zero name recognition, Yang is generating most of his upport from the college campus crowd, to whom he promised he would use a powerpoint to present his State of the Union. A crowd in Seattle loves the idea and began chants of "Po-wer-Point! Po-wer-Point! Po-wer-Point!"

But if you follow Yang's campaign, he handles himself pretty well. While the mainstream media went wild over Bernie Sander's appearance on Fox - a network often called the voice of the Republicans.

Way back in 2018 after Yang was the first to declare his candidacy, he appeared on Fox Business Network's Stuart Barney show, who tried to belittle Yang's proposal for a Universal Basic income. Yang refused to become defensive and continued to explain his unorthodox, (but, sensible) ideas, much to Barney's disappointment.

As Yang continued to explain his proposals, which also included Medicare for all and how it was financially feasible, Barney just gave up trying goad Yang into tripping up and eventually resorted to repeating "red-meat" phrases for Trump's base.

In the end, Barney was the one who looked foolish.

Seriously, it is one thing to make fun of the big-name candidates or the nut-jobs who might be running for our nation's most powerful position, but it's another thing when you target the little guys who may be long-shots, but he presents some serious ideas if the media pundits ask him serious questions.

Yang describes himself as just an ordinary guy who likes math. But the entrepreneur who runs a nonprofit helping would-be businesses get established is - in his view - a sincere, perhaps Quixotic, attempt to run for POTUS. You can agree with im or disagree with him but don't question his intent or purpose. Yang has decided to make a run for the presidency because he loves this country.

He could be sitting  comfortably at home, watching the news and bitching about what's wrong with this country. Instead, the Chinese American businessman is putting himself out there. That's more than I can say about most people.

I don't see Colbert making fun of other lesser known candidates for the Democrat's nomination for president, such as Miramar, Fla., Mayor Wayne Messam, author Marianne Williamson, former Rep. John Delaney or former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper. The odds of any of them getting the nomination is just as likely as Yang.

After using Yang as a punching bag, I challenge Colbert to have him on his show as a guest.

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