What can be nastier than the combination drug addiction and politics, everything is a complete mess, but these people don't understand that making public personal details for any person has a major influence on public. "If a politician can afford the mistake to become addict, then so do I"... Some more diplomacy wouldn't hurt, people expect more from you.

Drug Rehab in California

Good comedy ended in 1992 when Johnny Carson retired. By then most of the original pioneers of comedy on TV had died/retired and never have been replaced.

I've never found this guy to be funny, and I have no particular inclination to watch him or Stewart on the Comedy Channel (which stopped being funny 5 or 6 years ago, with the exception of "South Park" and "The Man Show"). Colbert's best work, if you can call it that, was the "Mr. Goodwrench" commercials. He probably should have quit while he was behind. And f**k Al Franken, who's never, ever been funny or right about anything.

I prefer my comedy free of obnoxious leftist spin. It's getting harder and harder to find that these days. Just my humble opinion.

I happen to be a fan of the Colbert Report, and it can be quite funny at times. That being said, when he goes into his leftist rants the humor runs dry and at times sounds sounds like some of the stuff Stewart says. Colbert is a gifted comedian, and is pretty funny at times, but he can become very unfunny at times. I think wat he said about Rush was highly inappropriate, but Rush, being the guy he is, will probably just ignore it, and take the high road.

I am a Capitalist/laissez-faire/Irish-Catholic/Carnivorious/
Supply-Side/Reaganite/John Wayne-loving/Chauvinistic/American Imperialist/Politically Incorrect/Zionist/Pro-War Conservative, plain and simple. Vindication is only 2 years away.

Wait, who's "we"? I mean last I checked it was a win largely of moderate democrats being supported by disaffecting republicans and independant voters. How is that a win for "reality based but we think economics can be ignored at will" community.

Have you noticed that liberals are totally unable to state the conservative case or argument on any issue?  ex:  Conservative opposition to government funding of embryonic stem cell research  morphs in their mind to Conservative opposing stem cell research.   

  Do a little experiment ask a liberal to argue the conservative side of an issue, present the conservative case in the most convincing fashion they can.

  What you will get is not the conservative position but a Doonesbury cartoon version of our viewpoint.

   On the other hand, I don't know about you but I can argue the liberals case in a far more convincing manner than the vast majority of their talking heads argue the liberal case.

    What is weird is that on many of the issues that Liberals and Conservatives debate their is a very strong, difficult to refute, plausible liberal side of the argument; yet, instead a vast majority of time they resort to 'begging the question' 'ad hominums' "straw man"  logical fallacies as well as transparent falsehoods.   

       I think it is very telling that they duck serious intellectual debate on controversial issues and  are unable to reproduce anything but a caricature of our views, at the same time imagining themselves to possess the  intelligent and educated viewpoint.

     Isn't it odd that Ann Coulter can appear on a college campus which employs 500+  liberal intellectuals with PhDs, and not one of them shows up to refute her  to engage in intellectual debate (which according to their own mythology, they should win easily) instead they send some undergraduates to shout her down with threats and obscenities.   If they really had truth on their side you would think they would want to attend an Ann Coulter speech and systematically logically take her claims apart one by one and expose her as an intellectual fraud.  The fact they don't makes you wonder if maybe they don't have the truth on their side.

-- also, note how difficult it is to engage a liberal on this forum?  You try and either they disappear or you get a face full of venom, lame liberal urban myths, wild generalizations, and a series of textbook examples of classical logical fallacies.

Colbert, Stewert, Maher, Franken, and all their ilk are about as funny as listening to a speech from Algore...about as important too.

Useless little leftist creatures...sad part of it all is other little useless creatures adore these enemies within...and vote for them no matter what.

Coleman better be ready....

Colbert is funny...even though he is a liberal douche...it seems he uses his character to show people that do pay attention that his character isnt his real self, it seems that he uses his character to show how dumb some liberals are maybe its just me but when he's in his character he'll ask them questions and belittle them in front of his audience and you can tell they dont know wtf they're talking about an example would be that guy from Pennsylvania i think who is a veteran of either the gulf war or the war on terror...but the guy was running for some kind of political office and he asked him questions and the guy had to rethink his position on the issues and yes he was a lib...but Jon Stewart does write for them and we all know he's a raging liberal douchebag at heart, theres no doubt colbert is a liberal at heart because some of his guests like al franken and that liberal singer i forgot his name..

rhayes-

So let me see if I am getting this right.

You are comparing Rush, who (admittedly) illegally obtained LEGAL pain killers for a MEDICALLY DIAGNOSED CONDITION after his LEGAL prescription ran out...with the trade in and use of illicit drugs smuggled into this country ILLEGALLY by drug cartels and drug lords from South America and Asia...and these are the same to you?

That's like comparing the use of aspirin and the use of crack cocaine and saying there is no difference between the two. It is utterly ridiculous. The ONLY arguement you can possibly muster is that Rush got his drugs illegally after his original prescription ran out. He would not be the first person...whether celebrity or regular person...who has become addicted to his pain killers.

Let me clear this up for you OK? Medically prescribed pain killers are legally produced, legally marketed and regulated by the FDA, and have a very clear, accepted and recognized use.

Cocaine, crack, LSD, Methamphetamine, acid, heroin and all the other illicit drugs are either ILLEGALLY manufactured in this country or ILLEGALLY smuggled here from other countries by powerful drug lords or drug cartels, and sold and used ILLEGALLY!! The key word here is ILLEGAL!!

Sports stars, Hollywood celebs, media personalties and regular folks who are addicted to drugs almost ALWAYS use the illegal kinds. Their drug habits directly contribute to the wealth and power of the drug lords/cartels; their money is used by the cartels to bribe and corrupt government officials, customs agents, and the police here and in the host country; they indirectly contribute to the enslavement and murder of thousands of people every year by drug lords, dealers and smugglers; and they contribute to the cost of spending billions of dollars every year to combat the trade in illicit drugs. Average (non-celebrity) drug users are often career criminals who either sell drugs or commit burglaries, robberies, assaults and numerous other crimes against society to fund their habits.

Cocaine, LSD, heroin and all the rest have ABSOLUTELY NO POSITIVE USE OR PURPOSE, and in fact have been proven time and again to cause a decline in personal lifestyle and behavior of any person who uses them, with ONE exception. One could argue that marijuana at least has a recognizable if somewhat controversial medical use.

Rush, on the other hand, improperly obtained prescription pain killers. He didn't contribute to the enslavement or murder of anyone, he didn't contribute to the bribing or corruption of anyone, and he didn't line the pockets of any powerful murderous drug lords or dealers. He didn't sell drugs, and his habit did not cause him or anyone else to break any law more heinous then falsifying a prescription.

How do these two things compare? 

Utilizing the same lame liberal tactics as always, you attack conservatives and bring ridicule down on the heads of one of the most powerful conservative voices in the country, trying to equate his behavior with that of some of the most vile and evil people on the planet. You have taken an indefensible position and made desperate attempts to justify that position, ignoring the HUGE difference between Rush's behavior and that of the leaders of the Cali and Medellin cartels of South America, and the poppy field drug lords of Asia. 

Your opinion would seem to be that Rush, being addicted to legal pain medication, has no right to speak about ILLEGAL drug use. This is like saying that I, as a law abiding citizen and legally licensed owner/driver of an automobile, have no right to speak out against illegal activities such as drunk driving  or speeding unless I give up my own license first.

It is ludicrous.

D.J.R.

How dare a COMEDY show make fun of precious Rush! Blasphemy!