Amos,

A valid assesment, from your viewpoint. The previous article referred to was Cohen's comment

" it will make the point that Colbert was not just a failure as a comedian but rude. Rude is not the same as brash. It is not the same as brassy. It is not the same as gutsy or thinking outside the box. Rudeness means taking advantage of the other person's sense of decorum or tradition or civility that keeps that other person from striking back or, worse, rising in a huff and leaving. The other night, that person was George W. Bush."


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/03/AR2006050302202.html


I have NO requirement for anyone to agree or disagree with Cohen's assessment- but I find the REACTION to be indicative of the major problem with the Left at this time. ANYONE, regardless of past views, who does not toe the PARTY LINE is apostate, and to be attacked. Seems like a brake to a free discussion of viewpoints and the merit of different ideas.