{"id":2040,"date":"2007-11-05T14:52:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-05T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2007\/11\/it-is-time-for-this-nation-to-heal.html"},"modified":"2007-11-05T14:52:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-05T14:52:00","slug":"it-is-time-for-this-nation-to-heal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2007\/11\/it-is-time-for-this-nation-to-heal.html","title":{"rendered":"“It is time for this nation to heal”"},"content":{"rendered":"

A political tragedy seems to be unfolding, even as I type: MCPF Stephen Colbert<\/a> has reached into the ring and taken back his hat. <\/p>\n

The race is over. <\/p>\n

Or so claims the traditionally-hostile-to-Catholics-and-other-nice-people liberal media<\/a>: <\/p>\n

<\/a>Stephen Colbert has dropped his bid for the White House.<\/p>\n

His announcement came after the South Carolina Democratic Executive Council voted last week to keep the host of “The Colbert Report” off the state’s primary ballot. The vote was 13-3.<\/p>\n

Colbert poses as a conservative talk-show host on the Comedy Central show.<\/p>\n

“Although I lost by the slimmest margin in presidential election history _ only 10 votes _ I have chosen not to put the country through another agonizing Supreme Court battle,” Colbert said Monday in a statement. “It is time for this nation to heal.”<\/p>\n

Colbert had said he would run only in his native South Carolina, a key primary state. He said he planned to run as a Democrat and a Republican _ so he could lose twice. Colbert, 43, later declined to file with the GOP, which has a much higher filing fee ($35,000) than the Democrats ($2,500).<\/p>\n

“I want to say to my supporters, this is not over,” Colbert said. “While I may accept the decision of the Council, the fight goes on! The dream endures! … And I am going off the air until I can talk about this without weeping.”<\/p>\n

In reality, “The Colbert Report” was going off the air because of a strike by Hollywood writers that began Monday. Many talk shows were expected to be shown in repeats during the strike.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think a moment of silence is appropriate. (Or maybe several weeks, in fact. Depending on how the strike goes.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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