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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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  • Wednesday, May 3, 2006 01:19 PM

    Let's all pull a Condi...

    Let's let history decide whether or not he was funny. My guess is that the moment will go down in hiostory as one of the most events in political comedy. He was brilliant beyond words and funny too. I'd rather he get panned by the press than bumped off or Nick Nolte'd which is what I really fear for the guy right now.

    —Eric Keller

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