Posted on 05/02/2017 4:38:18 PM PDT by ckinv368
No - just organize a boycott like the left did with O’Reilly and force the advertisers to stop sponsoring his show.
Kick him off the air using their same tactics.
Cant stand that unfunny political twerp.
IS Stephen Colbert supposed to be funny? What gets me is the canned applause? Is the audience drunk?
Not gonna happen.
CC
Sounds great but, we don’t know how to do what you are suggesting
I saw his show once; he came out kicking up his legs like the Rockettes and danced with a black man. You want to talk about gay?
Trump should invite Colbert to the White House...When he gets him there, tell him it is being recorded, then ask him what he said about his mouth and Putin and get it on camera...
What I’m suggesting is that Trump likely can, and possibly should, sue him for defamation. A big award/settlement (say, $10 million) will stop others from being so ridiculous and will calm the discourse down.
And, I agree with some other commentators-—would be great if advertisers boycotted his show (although I’m sure they won’t—never happens with liberals).
He'd lose. Parody is protected. Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell, 485 U.S. 46 (1988)
Nothing will happen to him, because he’s a leftist and he’s allowed to use gay slurs and trash our President..heck I bet CBS gives that douche bag a raise
His audience consists of far left Commie loons who despise America, of course they adore him
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An earthworm curses an eagle soaring 3000 feet above.
Can the eagle withstand this?
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I agree with your idea of going after Colbert with a defamation lawsuit, but I don’t think the President will do it.
I believe he’ll ignore the crass little punk, and enjoy a bit of private schadenfreud when Colbert’s ratings slip.
Surprised that anyone caught it ... must have been the last CNN viewers that switched channels to his show.
Perhaps a suspension of the network’s license for a few days (or a week) is in order. Hit them in the bank account and they’ll make sure a repeat doesn’t happen.
Is it worth the publicity Trump would be giving this ant? The left would rally behind him. Probably nominate him for president.
Not so sure I agree with you on that front. In Falwell, the Supreme Court focused on the fact that the fake “ad” for Campari that was the parody making fun of Falwell (alleging he had a drunken incestuous relationship with his mother in an outhouse) had a disclaimer at the bottom clearly stating that the “ad” should not be taken seriously, and was not, in fact, real.
If you watch the video of Colbert, it seems that he actually moves from satire early in the monologue to a political commentary where he’s knowingly and maliciously using falsehoods to defame the character of the President. Around the 10:30 mark, when things get salty, all real semblance of satire seems gone from the speech—including where Colbert says he’s not afraid to insult the President to his face.
This jerk just oozes hate, viciousness etc. If I forget and leave CBS on after local news is over, I scramble for the remote to squelch him no matter who his guests are going to be.
Didn’t think it would be possible for CBS to inflict someone worse than Letterman on the American people but boy was I wrong.
If he’d said any of that about Obama he would have been fired. The only thing the network may ask him to do is apologize to homosexuals for making a negative reference to gay sex.
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