Will somebody please toss him and his hat out of the ring.

I'd vote for him if every vote wasn't so damn important this next time around. Not that I live in South Carolina either. But just thought I'd mention it.

LOVE YOU, STEPHEN!

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VOTE FOR STEPHEN...

BUT NOT FOR STEPHEN!

...COLBERT '08...





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I'll take truthiness any way I can get it, including from a comedian. Especially when the news reporters are either forbidden to tell the truth, or afraid to.

Look who hates this move on Colbert's part.

REALLY look.

Hmmm.

Thanks for this fun posting! The Colbert Report is one of the best shows ever produced.

Just what we need another Fake personality and actor.
What a goof ball.

Here's what Stephen Colbert said:

"I'd let the people decide what party I belong in," he said. "I don't dictate the people's actions."

So what party should candidate Stephen Colbert belong to?
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Cobert (a half-wit) is simply a low-brow, cheap version of Jon Stewart (a true wit). He appeals to those with the same third-grade mentality that like the buffoon Conan O'Brien, who NBC wants to replace Leno in 2009. Colbert and O'Brien reflect the continual, and now accelerating, dumbing-down of television, in particular, and US society, in general. Many are not amused.
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Having actually seen the show now it looks like he may be serious about trying to get enough votes for one delegate. That would be really funny and be pretty harmless. Although I don't know if he can do his TV show and run at the same time. Al Franken had to stop doing his talk show when he started running for the Senate.

I think it's a sad statement of our society that so many people commenting here, and elsewhere, cannnot tell the difference between a joke and the news. Colbert is hilarious and like many stellar satirists in history, he and his writers use both realistic and humorous elements to point out the inequities and shortcomings of society. He is a comedian portraying a character, and he is good at it. He is not going to destroy the election process, hinder democracy or win. If anything he will only highlight how the "real" politicians and Powers That Are have already undermined democracy. He has demonstrated how ridiculous it is having yet another candidate show up for the same 2 parties. He went through the application process and showed the discrepancies. He mocks his character and people who take this all both too seriously and not seriously enough. It's funny cause its true.

"I'd let the people decide what party I belong in," he said. "I don't dictate the people's actions."
So what party should candidate Stephen Colbert belong to?
------------> http://www.youpolls.com/details.asp?pid=731.

Let the record reflect: Unity08 (http://www.Unity08.com) has invited Stephen Colbert on several occasions to become its presidential candidate. And since Unity08 is presently working to gain ballot access in all fifty states for its presidental and vice-presidential nominees, Colbert's presidential bid may not be as far fetched as some people might think.
It's silly, of course, and divisive, but being silly and divisive is what Unity08 is really all about.
ex animo
davidfarrar

I adore Stephen Colbert but this move was a bad miscalculation on his part.

There is nothing funny about very close elections where a phoney candidate could actually make a difference.

Also comedians entering politics -Al Franken being the exception- suggest a nihilism about politics which I haven't quite accepted yet.

Bad move Stephen- You were riding on the top of the world. Why this stupid "stunt?"

Dr. Rick Lippin
Southampton, Pa

Imagine if you will, his inclusion in the debates. Whether he is serious or not, his being able say what he desires will put pressure on those who call themselves "legitimemt" candidates. They may be forced to think on their feet and answer questions with a non canned response.