Say No to Sycophantism

Richard Cohen, in what I can only describe as a column that completely misses the point of Colbert's routine and borders on defending the Emperor who has no clothes on, writes in yesterday's Washington Post: "Rudeness means taking advantage of the other person's sense of decorum or tradition or civility not to strike back or, worse, rise with a huff and leave. The other night, that person was George W. Bush."

Sense of decorum? Where was Cohen when President Bush was making jokes about the missing WMDs in the 2004 WH Correspondent Association's Dinner? The fact is, this administration has been taking advantage of the American people's sense of decorum and respect in not rising against the Executive Branch's gross negligence, lies, and abuses of power regarding the hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the war in Iraq, NSA wiretapping, rendition to countries like Syria to torture suspects, and prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay. Colbert expressed sentiments that most Americans share but have not the opportunity to express, and that has the MSM in a huff because this is ostensibly their job, one they have not nearly lived up to in the past few years.