Nancy Pelosi Launches 'Stop Colbert' Campaign In Favor Of DISCLOSE Act (VIDEO)

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced a new campaign to "Stop Colbert" on Thursday, in an effort to pass super PAC transparency legislation -- and perhaps get revenge on behalf of her "friend, Newt Gingrich."

"Stephen Colbert used to be my friend. I even signed the poor baby's cast when he hurt his hand," Pelosi deadpans. "But since the day he started his super PAC, taking secret money from special interests, he's been out of control, even using his super PAC to attack my friend, Newt Gingrich. And if that weren't enough, I hear he doesn't even like kittens."

Pelosi then makes her case for the DISCLOSE Act, a bill meant to increase transparency in election spending that Democrats have been pushing, and, according to the YouTube video's description, plan on reintroducing on Thursday.

"Join me in stopping Colbert and creating a new politics free of special interest money. The first step is passing the DISCLOSE Act," she says, directing viewers to a Facebook website.

While Pelosi's pitch is satirical -- Colbert's super PAC shenanigans are a tongue-in-cheek critique of the negative effects of the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling and Pelosi hasn't done much to reinforce her claim that Gingrich is, in fact, her "friend" -- she is serious about the legislation.

House Democrats have been campaigning on behalf of the DISCLOSE Act for months, and in January rewrote the legislation in anticipation of a new attempt to build support for it. Sam Stein reported on the updates last month:

The bill has been redesigned to account for the rise of super PACs and to make more transparent what is widely regarded as a dangerous proliferation of largely anonymous spending during the 2012 election cycle. According to ProPublica, super PACs have so far spent nearly $20 million on campaign activities in the first four presidential primary states alone. That total does not take into account the money spent that super PACs neglected to report.

That $20 million figure has grown significantly since the story, check out ProPublica for an up-to-date tally.

Comments

[yankeescottie]

03:58 PM on 02/21/2012

Pelosi is pissed at Colbert for bringing light to the Super PAC fiasco, and disparaging her friend Gingrich... She's an idiot!

[Backward Politics]

12:30 AM on 02/21/2012

http://www.backwardpolitics.com/2012/02/09/nancy-pelosi-takes-on-stephen-colbert/

[vetxcl]

06:32 PM on 02/11/2012

Pointed humor! I like it!!

[Terri Skau]

03:29 PM on 02/11/2012

Thank you Steve Colbert for showing the American People how corrupt and how things are done in Washington.

I love Colbert and Stewart. Keep up the good work guys...;-) T.

[trumphent]

03:12 AM on 02/11/2012

The only way to stop Colbert is with what he fears most, grizzly bears. Enlist them, attach honey badgers to their heads. Sharks already have all the head mounted laser beams. It would take just a few bears equipped with honey badger headsets to stop Colbert dead in his tracks.

[Houyhnhnm]

10:28 PM on 02/10/2012

Those who hate her are typically just revealing their fear of her, much like everything else they hate - women, gays, unions, non-whites, etc. That's how you know she's on the right track.

[vetxcl]

06:34 PM on 02/11/2012

If you hate her, you just might be a RepugnantCON.

We need more Nancy Pelosis in the House and the Senate. Maybe some of that Colbert PAC money could go to cloning research and development.

[cxexe]

02:51 PM on 02/14/2012

Yes! Just as transparent as passing HUGE policies so that we can find out what is in them... after the fact. The Pelosi way. Yes!

[kill the extremists]

07:25 PM on 02/10/2012

The reality is that when the government tries to write sweeping legislatio­n such as McCain-Feingold, they rarely get it right, instead opening up all kinds of doors for those who feel like walking through them. Just wait and see what Obamacare does to the country if it is allowed to take hold. Katie bar the door, my friend.

The private sector is way smarter than the public sector. The best legal minds are in the private sector. The Feds can try to write all kinds of legislation, but there will always be holes that the smartest people will find in order to pursue their own interests. Why do you think so many powerful people in both the public and private sectors don't want a simple flat tax, or a VAT? The more rules we write, the more money there is to make/save for those who can exploit the system to their benefit and the benefit of all of their cronies.

[Aurel1us]

12:57 PM on 02/11/2012

Simple thoughts....maybe simplifying a little too much though? The "best" legal minds are in the private sector? What constitutes the best mind though? A mind that is only after cash? Legislation can offer loopholes, but that is not necessarily the case in all circumstances. Maybe those loopholes wouldn't be so big if the Republican party stopped defending them with their ceaseless (not to mention sub-par) rhetoric. You appear to be saying that de-regulation is a good way to go? Were you by any chance alive during 2008? De-regulation of the financial sector is exactly what you want!.... if you're interested in a global financial crisis again. (foreclosing much?) So you argue that we should do away with as much law as possible? "The more rules we write, the more money there is to make/save for those who can exploit the system to their benefit and the benefit of all of their cronies." Maybe you should travel to Somalia and see how well that works out? Or, maybe you should not vote Republican because it is their laws that generally create loopholes for their dirt-bag friends?

[Aurel1us]

12:59 PM on 02/11/2012

So....she's a Nazi because she wants the public to know who funds both parties? I think that's an excellent choice. Maybe the Republicans are scared to show who really funds their show??

[vetxcl]

06:37 PM on 02/11/2012

Naw, everyone knows the Nazis had public health care. ;) That's the grudge baggers hold onto for dear "life" - she helped to deliver hc care reform. More improvements still to come.

[thefredman63]

06:11 PM on 02/10/2012

Dems are all about fakes,fake news reporters fake legislatures fake presidents.....

[dbw53022]

12:29 PM on 02/11/2012

As opposed to GOP.....
1. fake religious persecution outrage
2. fake fear mongering
3. fake ethics
4. fake interest in Immigration Policy
5. fake interest in a coherent energy policy
6. fake interest in upholding the law (esp. Roe v. Wade)
7. fake interest in personal freedom (Patriot Act)
8. fake interest in job creation

And complete absence of a sense of humor?

[Aurel1us]

01:04 PM on 02/11/2012

My only critique would be that Herman Cain is hilarious. I would cite pokemon, and his ridiculous smoking ad. Rick Perry has a good slap-stick thing going on too. "Fake presidents"? Really is Obama any less fake than Bush? Bush pursued HIS interests. Obama seems to be pursuing the interests of the people (who aren't bigots)....hmmnnn.......hmmmmnnnnn.....Obama would be more of a fake president than which GOP candidate? Let's be honest....

[vetxcl]

06:38 PM on 02/11/2012

Sums it up nicely. fave 4

[thefredman63]

11:02 PM on 02/11/2012

we conservatives laugh all the time. We only have to pay attention to what you libersl/progressives say and do. Yall are hillarious, and dont even know it.

[The Colonel]

01:13 PM on 02/12/2012

Yall are hillarious­, and dont even know it.

What could be more hillarious than the so-call Religious Right endorsing a serial adulteror for the presidency? Or unwed teenage mother, Bristol Pa_lin preaching abstinence?

[thefredman63]

07:23 AM on 02/13/2012

Wow, the tolerance of you liberal/progressives know no bounds, as long as the parties in question are liberal/progressives. Yall are funny, and dont even know it

[Gentleman Agitator]

04:52 PM on 02/10/2012

Personally, I think the satire is really on her.

[Aurel1us]

01:05 PM on 02/11/2012

Such a gem of a sentence. Perhaps you should spend more time shining your gems before you put them on display?

[nitwitsRus]

04:47 PM on 02/10/2012

you guys better come back from
hiatus SOON
this is a HARD job ta DO
alls by myself!

[YouDontWantMeHere]

05:00 PM on 02/10/2012

SPECIALLY
when APPARENTLY
you're ALSO supposta help
sum1 pick out a dress right?

[nitwitsRus]

05:19 PM on 02/10/2012

yep thinks it MIGHT
be time ta try sumthimg simple like
FreeCell agin

[VinnieTheSnake]

03:20 PM on 02/10/2012

Maddow did a great job explaining how the three top Republican candidates for president have their own Billionaire. The woman is awesome.

[vetxcl]

06:39 PM on 02/11/2012

Everyone needs a hobby. The 1% have political corruption as theirs.

[The Colonel]

01:19 PM on 02/12/2012

"It sure must be fun to watch a president run,
Just ask the man who owns one."

"Children of Night", Steppenwolf, 1974.

[justlw]

02:32 PM on 02/10/2012

Newt's grinding his teeth, thinking "Must not respond. Need to respond. Can't respond. Must not respond. So want to respond."

Yeah, he's boned either way.

[LXIX WITHU]

06:40 PM on 02/10/2012

Lizards don't grind their teeth, they flick their tongues.

[dennybop]

02:21 PM on 02/10/2012

The press release savants over at the FOX website didn't even understand the Pelosi spot was a satiric spoof orchestrated by the Colbert people. LOL! "Journalism" at it's finest.

[Gentleman Agitator]

04:51 PM on 02/10/2012

Really? I am no Republican, but it seemed realistic to me, but it also seemed like The Onion. Believe me, Nancy does not want to stop the money flow. Money = propaganda for both sides.

[dennybop]

10:37 PM on 02/10/2012

This has far less to do with Nancy Pelosi than it does about the satire of Stephen Colbert. You should see more of Colbert at work, or look into his Super PAC. He's unrelenting in his ridicule of the money flow and is holding politicians of all stripe's feet to the fire on this one.

[Aurel1us]

01:08 PM on 02/11/2012

The disclosure act doesn't stop the money flow. It "discloses" the people who are investing in each party.

[Tony Vindett]

10:29 AM on 02/11/2012

They knew. Its just that they also knew their audience wouldn't know.

[dennybop]

03:10 PM on 02/11/2012

I must concede to your insight on this one!

[VPerry24]

01:45 PM on 02/10/2012

I think Pelosi has enough dirt on her own front step, she needs to be quiet and go away. What she and her husband pulled with their tuna factory and denying those people minimum wage is just awful. We need someone honest and above reproach.

[The Colonel]

01:47 PM on 02/10/2012

We need someone honest and above reproach.

Well, that rules out any Republican.

[Jay Poole]

02:08 PM on 02/10/2012

How liberals argue:

Avoid the topic, make a snipe at republicans, and get your comment favorited over and over again.

[LXIX WITHU]

06:41 PM on 02/10/2012

It certainly rules Obama out!