Spina Bifida Association Announces Roast Roster

The Spina Bifida Association of America announced the roster for its November 14 celebrity roast of Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert. The Examiner reported yesterday that political heavies like White House press secretary Dana Perino, House Democratic Caucus chairman Rahm Emanuel, Senator Orrin Hatch, and D.C. delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton all made the list of roasters taking rhetorical jabs at the Colbert Report host.

According to Spina Bifida Association C.E.O. Cindy Brownstein, these roasters were chosen because of their association with Colbert—particularly his history of making jokes at their expense on his own show. She confesses that it wasn’t very hard to find participants looking to turn the tables on the political satirist.

The 20th annual Spina Bifida roast, which will be held at the Hilton Washington will also feature an auction for a travel package for two to the 2009 Masters Tournament and a raffle for a 2008 Lexus RX 400h to benefit the association. Tickets are $500 per person, but the association is offering a discounted price of $350 to first-time attendees.