On the night Stephen Colbert gave his now-famous WH Press Dinner Speech televised on C-SPAN, I went against the grain and posted that I thought Colbert flopped. Many on DU that night argued vehemently with me, but I held my ground admirably. I was sure Colbert flopped, even though I thought he was right on target.

Though an avid fan of TDS and TCR, I felt that Colbert's inability to reach his live audience that night would doom the performance to MSM misinterpretation and Stephen would become a target of ridicule. And you know what? I WAS RIGHT. For a week or so, at least.

But since then Colbert's performance has caught fire with the masses who usually don't watch C-SPAN (i.e. unlike most of us DUers). I've seen reports on DU that the performance is the number ONE(here and here) download on I-tunes. The MSM tried, but could not relegate Colbert's scathing satire to the discount bin with used Rodney Dangerfield 8-tracks. (No respect.)

I WAS WRONG. Oh, how wrong I was. And I must apologize. Not for voicing my heart-felt opinion, but for underestimating the power and the intelligence of the people.

Here's the irony: I've been writing political pieces on DU for the last few months saying that I believe that their is a real grassroots phenomenon occurring, and that "alternative" news sources are going to overcome the MSM propaganda machine in the next few years. Then, with Colbert, I fall prey to pessimism. But the people proved me wrong.

I don't know when I've ever been so happy to be so wrong.