The one and only Arianna Huffington (@ariannahuff) (co-Founder of The Huffington Post) dropped in on The Colbert Report to talk shop with Stephen Colbert (@colbert) who gives her due respect and adulation.

Huffington discusses her new, old book (a re-release of her 2003 best seller Pigs at the Trough). Though Colbert laments that it’s just an old book repackaged, she promises that this is an: “updated and expanded release with more pigs”!!” (she is deliciously snarky).

After Huffington accuses Colbert of suffering from a case of “premature exaltation” (and then explains to him exactly what that means), he asks Huffington a hysterical question that answers itself:

“Are your offices [at the Huffington Post] literally located in a bleeding heart?

Though the interview is short, Huffington manages to convey (though not delve into) a strong sense of urgency at the state of the economy, her concerns regarding the government’s excessive spending/bad-bailouts, and her fears that we are headed for a repeat of what happened last fall when the markets crashed if we don’t reverse our behavior.

Basically, there are still too many pigs at the trough.

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