The Conservative Cave

... Because American leftists are clinically insane, fans of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert like to blame President Trump for the host's walking papers. Some of them throw in a dash of garment-rending about CBS and corporate evil, but usually circle back to a Trump tantrum. As I have said on many occasions, President Trump isn't just living rent-free in their heads, he's building condos there.

What those on the left aren't talking about is the program's bloated production costs and the fact that Colbert made a conscious decision to tell half of the country to go you-know-what ourselves. Well, nobody on the left had been discussing the latter. Earlier this week, Variety — Hollywood's news organization of record — had a dimly lit lightbulb moment:
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Throughout most of Letterman's tenure on television, his trademark was doing goofy things that just weren't seen on talk shows at any time of day. Even when he was being a little bit acerbic, he kept it weird enough so that he didn't seem cranky or bitter. ...

Near the end of his run on The Late Show, Letterman wandered more and more into partisan grumpy old man stuff. Nobody on our side of the aisle ever thought he was conservative, but he also wasn't making it a point to offend us. That changed in the last couple of years before he left late-night television. He began giving the implied finger to half of his potential audience. Conservatives on social media were a combination of disappointed and angry because so many of us had been fans of his work up until then.

I can't help but believe that Letterman's embrace of leftist partisan vitriol emboldened Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel when they made the choice to be emotional political advocates rather than humorous talk show hosts. Kimmel's weepy breakdown after President Trump was elected again in 2024 remains perhaps the most pathetic spectacle in the history of late-night TV.

200-plus
That’s the number of staffers The Late Show currently employs. Can anyone explain why a program that consists almost entirely of two people talking across a desk needs more than 200 staffers?

MIButterfly (3,151 posts)

I certainly didn't think my retirement years would be like this



Every single day, something happens that's more ludicrous, ridiculous, outrageous, unbelievable and stupid than the day before. To paraphrase Jeff Tiedrich, every morning it's "what the **** am I waking up to now?" When will it end? Who's going to stop it? How is it all going to be fixed in four years or eight years if/when I pray to God we get a Democratic president? It all seems so bewildering and hopeless.

Gas prices soaring. Food prices soaring. Healthcare costs soaring. Roads, schools and bridges crumbling. I worry that they're going to make sure Social Security runs out and privatize Medicare and how will I live after that? Every single dime that DJT and his crooked administration have enriched themselves with during his presidency is gone forever. How will we ever replace it so we can undo all the damage he's done? He concerns himself with things that don't matter to anyone but his demented self. I don't care about the reflecting pool; I don't want my tax dollars to go to building a bunker in the White House; I don't want my money going to putting up statues glorifying his dumb ass; and I damn sure don't want the insurrectionists of January 6 compensated with my money. I mean, WTF? Isn't it bad enough he pardoned them, now they get rewarded for it? For breaking the law, for fighting with police and destroying public property? "Law and order president" my big ass.

I am so embarrassed and disgusted that he's the president of our country. And I'm even more disgusted with the 30% or whatever amount it is of people who still support him, who don't open their stupid eyes and see who and what he really is even though he has shown them day after day after day since he first came down that escalator. I am also disgusted with his spokespeople who come up with the most outlandish excuses for what he says and does. And I'm extremely disgusted with the media that questions nothing, challenges nothing, sanewashes everything and just acts like stenographers taking dictation as he spouts the most stupid gibberish I've ever heard in my life.

So in an effort to stay sane and try to make sense of this crazy timeline we're all living in, I come to DU. I read, I learn, I laugh, I cry, I commiserate, I feel that I'm not alone. I really feel at home here and I'm so glad I have somewhere to go in these trying times. DUers are the best people. Thank you all for being here and (dare I say it?) thank you for your attention to this matter. Jeez, he's even ruined that expression for me.

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