Web Letters: Katrina vs. Colbert

Katrina,

You do know that Colbert isn't for real, right? Just checking.

Alex Cacioppo

Wooster, OH

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Your appearance on The Colbert Report was fantastic. It takes a lot of courage, or balls as Colbert would say, to go on his show with any liberal opinion and try to get a serious point across. Especially with the random assortment of seemingly mocking questions he will throw at his guests. You handled it perfectly. As someone who has seen most if not all of Colbert's shows over the past year and a half I think that was one of the best interviews yet. I loved the last line of yours. Any time Colbert has no great comeback that just means you "nailed" him.

Tyson Sirois

Salt Lake City, Utah

Sorry, but I do not think that an appearance on the Colbert show does anything but make you look rather juvenile. Why do you have to come down to that level? I do not understand how this elevates The Nation of the national debate. Maybe there are a few more people that know about the magazine, but hardly ones that will take the trouble to read it.

stephanie rivera

richmond, rhode island

Yet another reference to the non-existent Pottery Barn Rule. As Colin Powell or any yuppy wandering the Vermont country-side might know, 'Bennington Potters' is where the notorious rule comes from. Colin, as usual, just got a little confused.

Barnegat Leight

Heleno, MT

Colbert is so good at replicating the Oreally and Limbaughstic inhannity that he needs someone who can fire back with the kind of clarity of thought that Katrina displays.

Steve Benjamins

Lafayette, CA

Katrina, congratulations on sticking it to Colbert. You caught him off guard with your irreverence, and he never recovered.

Now, if your magazine was as open and honest about history as it is about the current political situation, I'd be even more impressed.

The John F. Kennedy assassination, for example. It was the story of the century, and was blown by every media outlet. Will the Nation be the one to finally take a look at the skeletons in the closet? Somehow I doubt it.

Pat Speer

Simi Valley, CA

Katrina,

Go for it Dahlin! I loved your vocal engagement with Stephen Colbert. Although I have read you for years I had no idea that your sense of humor matches your political awareness.

I saw glimpses of Ann Richards and Molly Ivins as I watched.

Go back for more Ben and Jerry's; you're good at it!

Brad

Brad Orman

Franklinton, Louisiana

Fantastic appearance. Prompted this, my first visit to your site. I'm sure not the last

David Vespoli

Leesburg, Virginia

It worked, I had not heard of The Nation prior to catching Katrina vs. Colbert, and now I am instantly interested in what else she has to say. Not many people, even those of incredible intelligence and stature, come out ahead when facing Colbert. I look forward to reading the information presented by your magazine.

CHUCK MEYER

HENDERSON, NV