Stephen Colbert Endorses (But Does Not Support) Barack Obama (VIDEO)

Faced with an overwhelming number of prominent conservatives receiving media face time for endorsing Obama, last night Stephen Colbert did the only sensible thing a prominent conservative egotist could do. He endorsed Obama. The move worked (as evidenced by the existence of this post) but Colbert also noted that in this terrible economy, the endorsement might come in handy after he loses his job and applies "to get a job running the combine at the new national farm collective" that President Obama would implement. Colbert also notes that he will still be voting for John McCain.

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[kat1park]

04:24 PM on 10/31/2008

BTW, early voting is breaking records in NC. We are going to turn this state blue on Tuesday. CNN anticipate­s reporting NC's numbers before some other swing states. They indicate that a win in NC on election night would indicate that Obama is on pace to win the election, so watch for our numbers. I'm doing GOTV this weekend. Can't wait to get out there and knock on some doors. I'm so excited! I have met people of all races and age groups who are excited as well and that inspires me even more. :-)

[Softnsweet]

10:36 AM on 11/01/2008

Remember, the repubs are starting to come out in droves this weekend. Just make sure that everyone one you know votes. We need Obama badly!

[GPMeg]

03:37 PM on 10/31/2008

The second best part of this show was right before The Word where Colbert went totally laugh-sill­y and ended with the McCain campaign becoming "a flaming pile of dog crap on America's doorstep."

Colbert is definitely losing it. Though at least he never claimed to like McCain in the first place.

I can't find "Saying Goodbye to Hating McCain" but I think he still demonstrat­es his dislike...
http://www­.colbertna­tion.com/t­he-colbert­-report-vi­deos/16328­6/march-05­-2008/huck­a-bye

(even if it might get my comment deleted...­.)

[Durango]

02:13 PM on 10/31/2008

Boy o boy.

Colbert's endorsemen­t of Obama was funny and all but it does not rate with his destructio­n of Republican hacks on Monday night's show.

During The Word segment he went after Frum, Noonan and David Brooks for their distancing themselves from the present Republican tactics of fear because they aren't working this time.

But Colbert points out they had no problem with such tactics when they worked.

It was one of the best, perhaps THE best, political commentary of this overly long campaign.

Absolutely brilliant.

If you missed it go to his web site and check it out.

Like I said. His endorsemen­t was good and funny. But his destroying the Republican cred . . . priceless.

[ron ray]

02:03 PM on 10/31/2008

this will help, but mccain's best chance right now would be to get Bush and Cheney to endorse obama.

[senorplaid]

05:13 PM on 10/31/2008

I always said that that would be the real October surprise. By the way ... 8 hours to go. Could it be that the surprise was in fact patriotism and that enough centrists looked at McCain and his cronies' attempts to call out certain parts of the country as being "anti-Amer­ican" were the tipping point, where they said, OK, enough's enough? You're done. I'm going with THAT ONE.

[vigwig]

12:11 PM on 10/31/2008

For those new to Colbert you can catch up! Google Colbert University and learn all about his character and the show's conceits. Then enjoy the show and take the monthly quiz.

[DemoRAT]

04:58 AM on 10/31/2008

So was that suppose to be a joke or what?.So whats the point of endorsing Obama,but supporting McCain?.Wh­y not endorse McCain if you're voting for him anyway?.We­ird story,i just dont get Stephen Colbert motives behind it..Doesn'­t make any sense to me.

[captainigor]

10:14 AM on 10/31/2008

DR, you called it in the first sentence!!­!

In case you've just landed on this planet, The Colbert Report is ALL satire!!!!

--igor the captain

[angrykeyboarder]

10:14 AM on 10/31/2008

You ARE Joking, right?

[Abagail8]

02:45 AM on 10/31/2008

really funny and clever, clever, clever almost enough to make me get cable.

[cengizfromoc]

02:18 AM on 10/31/2008

For the record, Colbert is a liberal. His public persona is meant to satirizane the Hannity, Limbaugh, and Bill O'Reilly types.

Good satire is very powerful. What scares me is how so many people seem to not get it. He is speaking truth to power through satire.

[brother728]

02:55 AM on 10/31/2008

Really? Thanks!

[DrYRHead]

01:13 PM on 10/31/2008

LOL, the joys of sarcasm. The real right-wing nut politico-c­ommentator­s are pretty clue less about such.

[AKAchip]

07:47 AM on 10/31/2008

Thanks for explaining it to me, too. I thought Colbert was a liberal, but these days who can tell. BTW, now that I,too "get it"- he's funny as hell!! LOL!!!

[DoctorDonut]

10:29 PM on 10/30/2008

http://www­.theweekly­donut.com/­index.php/­2007/10/16­/we-endors­e-stephen-­colbert-fo­r-presiden­t/

[Rhia]

10:27 PM on 10/30/2008

Yes this is definitely a oke. But fyi, Colbert is a registered Democrat. So maybe he'd vote Obama for real.

[MedinaM]

10:58 PM on 10/30/2008

Maybe? It's more like for sure he will vote for Obama!

[AKAchip]

07:49 AM on 10/31/2008

Anyone who writes biting satire as well as Colbert does is definitely a Democrat. It takes brains to do what he does- Re-thugs are short on that commodity.

[WFV]

10:15 PM on 10/30/2008

Colbert is so funny, and I agree with him: McC should endorse Obama!

[kat1park]

04:21 PM on 10/31/2008

Now that would be a maverick move that could get him some votes. Might also get him some rally attendants in Ohio who are over the age of 18 and weren't forced by the school system to sit through his boring speech.

[senorplaid]

05:15 PM on 10/31/2008

Joe? Are you out there? Joe? JOE???

[Kalie]

09:55 PM on 10/30/2008

I needed this laugh. Thank you.. What a funny guy. Yes if McCain endorsed Obama he would look 1/2 smart. Unfortunat­ely the other 1/2 would look insane. I love the part about running the combine at the new National Farm collective­. Hilarious. I will be in line looking for a job there too.

[NoFactsJustTruth]

09:24 PM on 10/30/2008

A Tip O' the Hat to the original 'meta-bear­', 'papa' can only dream of being loved like you.

[JayeSF]

09:17 PM on 10/30/2008

Yeah...um.­..I mean...thi­s article is being facetious, right ?

Steven Colbert "did the only sensible thing a prominent conservati­ve egotist could do...? "

This is a joke...rig­ht ?

....becaus­e anyone who actually thinks Colbert is ...conserv­ative....i­s surely the, um....

....dulles­t tool in the shed, shall we say.....

(hey, I just noticed...­the author of this article didn't give themselves a by-line...­interestin­g...)

[alphabet99]

09:53 PM on 10/30/2008

yes. definitely a joke.

[ConserveLiberally]

09:02 PM on 10/30/2008

Who wrote the intro to this? Kind of numb to satire, eh?

Jeezum, Colbert is one of the smartest masters of satire to come along in a long time. His schtick is directly a smack at Bill-O, and is unbelievab­ly funny if you know what you're listening too.

Really, do you (whoever wrote the lead in for this post) think he's serious??

For the rest of you commenters who do get it, this is such great stuff! America does need more Stephen Colberts. I refer, as others do, to the correspond­ents dinner with the tribute to Bush. A historic document. A mastery of damning with funny praise!

[wildervine]

10:48 AM on 10/31/2008

The intro itself is satirical. The author is assuming that almost everyone is familiar with Colbert's brand of humor and is giving the piece the "seriounes­s" it deserves.