I saw the clip of Colbert's routine. It wasn't much different from dozens of similar comedy routines I've heard in which Bush is the subject. What made it a double-barrelled snort is that Bush had to sit there and listen to it. If Cohen thinks it was "rude," well he has a right to his opinion.

Do I hate Bush, BB? You make a lot of assumptions about people. No, I don't hate Bush. I think he's closed-minded, agenda-driven (the agenda fed to him by his puppet-masters), and generally incompetent. He's a lousy president and history will judge him as one of the worst. I can give you a whole litany of reasons, both domestic and foreign, why that's the case, but you already know them, even though you are not willing to accept the obvious. But do I hate him? No. I can't think of anyone I actually hate.

Don Firth