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Wednesday, May 3, 2006 12:00 AM

Making Colbert go away

The docile press corps was offended when Stephen Colbert dared to expose Bush's -- and their own -- feet of clay. But how to respond? Voilà: "He wasn't funny."

By Joan Walsh

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Thursday, May 4, 2006 05:54 PM

On Being Cassandra

We should take a lesson from Cassandra--in history and mythology! Remember, when she rejected Apollo he banished her and cursed her that she was doomed to speak the truth--and never be believed. Then, in Greece, Cassandra saw the huge Trojan horse in the square and tried to warn the Greeks. For her trouble, she had her tongue cut out and was thrown in jail! And we know the ending of that story! So, Stephen Colbert has shown he follows in this noble tradition, his symbolic "tongue-cutting" in not being reported, or patronizingly dismissed as "not funny!" Actually, the truth is not usually funny, but Mr. Colbert managed to make it dicey and hilarious!!! Thank you--and keep it going Stephen Colbert!

Kate Madison

Depoe Bay, Oregon

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