Say Thank You, America
Published by Kyso Kisaen May 5th, 2006 in Something you can doDon’t leave Stephen Colbert in the cold-his work at the Press Corp dinner is being largely ignored.
Jon Stewart, and now Stephen Colbert, provide a pretty important function right now. Jon obviously has a couple of things to say about media responsibility, and Stephen has a few points to make about the current administration’s relationship with reality. But they aren’t freakin’ superheroes. If they’re going to bring these points up (and they are good points) then more left-leaning politicians, media personalities and pundits need to be able to pick up the torch once we’re all done laughing. What was the point of Stewart’s Crossfire appearence if all it results in are a few cosmetic changes to the pundit lineup? Why should Colbert go to the trouble of reaming the president and the press corp at their own dinner if the mainstream media is going to black the whole thing out rather than talk about it?
In the meantime, those of us that were impressed can at least write a thank-you note.
You know, after I watched Colbert’s speech and wrote about it, I began to wonder — has anyone _ever_ confronted the president with all (or any) of these criticisms so directly? Or was this his first real exposure to such a damning critique?
I think Colbert might have been the first person in the country to tell Bush just how much he sucks RIGHT TO HIS FREAKING FACE.
So awesome.