E Pluribus Unum

by Mark Adams

Right Wing Bloganistas think Stephen Colbert's schtick was a bust last night.  Left leaning Blogtopians believe a bust should be sculpted in his honor.  Both know that last night's in-your-face roast of President Bush was a seminal moment in political discourse, something that will be quoted for years.

Ms. Malice channels the blogger formerly known as Allah Pundit, who allegedly quipped:

In Colbert's defense, he might not have been playing for laughs. The dissident posture is very important to our friends on the left; if SC had kept things light and wasted his opportunity to speak "truth" to power, they'd have crucified him for it. As it is, the moonbats will be building statues of him tomorrow. 

In all fairness, it didn't take that long for the statue to go up.  And already they're trying to tear it down.  Booman quotes some whining after making this observation:

We should build a statue to Steve Colbert for providing a little dose of justice on a most deserving 'inside Washington' glitterati. He savaged Antonin Scalia, he savaged John McCain, he savaged the corruption in Washington, he accused the press of being mere stenographers for the administration, he bashed the Washington Post, he brutally attacked the war in Iraq, the President's response to Katrina, his failure to address global warming, the budget, the NSA leaks, the Plame affair, the secret prisons, and the torture. Colbert left almost no national disgrace unmentioned, and he pulled no punches. I have nothing but admiration for him.

Unsuprisingly, the wingnuts see things somewhat differently...