You find heroes in the strangest places
By now, any blog that has any interest at all in politics has written about Stephen Colbert's incendiary speech at the White House Correspondent's Dinner. The response has been pretty much as you would expect. Most lefties are saying that it was an amazing moment of cultural importance. Most on the right are focusing on the fact that they did not consider him to be funny. I think I've made my political views pretty clear recently, so I don't feel the need to go into why I think Colbert was on the mark with his criticism of the president. I’ll say this, it takes a certain amount of testiculr fortitude to stand a few feet from the most powerful man on the face of the earth and tell him you think he’s running the country into the ground.
The most important lesson in this is that a comedian was forced to take this kind of stand. This incident has received so much attention from non-traditional media sources because there is a large segment of the population that feels that the press are not doing their jobs. Main stream media shouldn’t be an attack dog for the party not in power, but they must serve the interests of the public by questioning our elected officials. If our elected officials are not forthright, then the press must become aggressive in the search for truth. This is not about political affiliation. The timidity of the press under this administration sets a bad precedent for the next president, which is likely to be a democrat. A republic does not function properly if its citizens are not well informed, and like it or not, we rely on the press for that information.
I’ve added a link to a blog devoted to thanking Colbert, and it’s worth a look, regardless of what you think of his personal politics. Real patriotism is about questioning the people that are running our country, and it’s worthwhile to thank someone that had the guts to do so.
posted by DC Viking at 11:30 AM
2 Comments:
You know, I keep hearing about this. I can't wait until I have access to a computer where I can actually watch it!
I watched it later on YouTube.. shockingly bold.. and funny.
But to dedicate the top spot on your blog for three weeks? If you love him so much why don't marry him? Tide and S.C. sitting in a tree.. k.i.s.s.s.i.s..uhm ..n... never mind.
Why you haven't blocked my postings I'll never know.
Nato
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