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Source: Colbert is filing to run as a Dem, GOP too costly

cnn.com — Stephen Colbert's presidential campaign is apparently no joke. He will file papers late Wednesday or early Thursday to put his name on South Carolina's Democratic primary ballot, a source familiar with the comedian's strategy said. He will not file papers as a Republican because the $35,000 required to get on the GOP ballot is apparently too high..

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  • hardwarehank, on 11/06/2007, -6/+163Sweet! Now he can take votes away from Hillary!
  • Daimwn, on 11/05/2007, -6/+120Don't assume anything this man does is a joke. He does allot of serious things but he does them jokingly. Stephen and Jon are amazingly intelligent people. And brutally honest, yet sarcastic. We would be lucky to have them. If we can elect wrestlers and actors into office that don't ruin the state or country, I'm sure having Stephen as a serious president could not be so bad. I would rather have a half witted sarcastic comedian than ANY of the ***** money hog corrupt ***** that are in the running now. Luckily he is no half wit. but my statement still stands.
  • garretro, on 11/05/2007, -3/+100It will be interesting to see how this plays out. The run might be a joke, but campaign finance is not.
  • inactive, on 11/05/2007, -7/+100its virtually impossible not to crack a smile when colbert's involved, i wish him luck if he is ever serious about this
  • MiceElf, on 11/02/2007, -0/+83That would be a debate I would pay dearly to watch.
  • addictist, on 11/02/2007, -2/+83Dont ***** this up South Carolina!!!
  • k3ano, on 11/05/2007, -0/+65Will he be included in the debates?
  • grantmoore3d, on 11/05/2007, -11/+75I would honestly vote for him, but... alas, I live in Canada :(
  • epicstruggle, on 11/02/2007, -5/+49Sorry to rain on your parade, but he will take votes away from Barack and not Hillary.
  • Tiak, on 11/01/2007, -2/+36Which is specifically why he's only running as a Democrat... If he spends over $5,000, campaign finance laws apply to him.
  • EndersGame, on 11/01/2007, -1/+32Or maybe he is just exposing our electoral system for the circus it is. Whats wrong with that?
  • McBradd, on 11/01/2007, -2/+30I've been saying for months that Jon Stewart should run for president with Stephen Colbert as his running mate...

    Did you see him destroy the hosts of Crossfire on their own show?!?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE
  • EndersGame, on 11/02/2007, -8/+36And not away from Ron Paul :D Although I think most people that are smart enough to enjoy Colbert's humour are smart enough not to vote for Hillary in the first place. In any it will be awesome if he gets into one of the debates.
  • cash0utcurse, on 11/01/2007, -4/+32I love how the media is falling right into his trap. Yes America is as stupid as he believes it is.
  • inactive, on 11/05/2007, -4/+30Might this $35k fee be there to prevent morning zoo DJs and comedians in general from running for office as a joke? Hmmmmm
  • doctorfungi, on 11/01/2007, -4/+29That may be because he's a comedian with no political experience at all.
  • GruntboyX, on 11/01/2007, -1/+25Well at least i can now smile and have a laugh when i throw my vote away
  • inactive, on 11/02/2007, -0/+23To pay dearly means to pay a lot, muppet.
  • azprofessional, on 11/01/2007, -0/+23Ya someone who actually does daily political analysis, and can give ***** to either side of the political system, no matter how comedic, is bad for a country with liars from top to bottom in their political ranks.

    Step 1. Get the stick out of your ass

    Step 2. Stop indulging dishonest question dodging cartoon characters as serious leaders for a country of 300 million people.

    If you don't like him fine. To act asif he's ruining your precious buffoon circus you call a political system is about as out of touch as you can get.
  • Dested, on 11/02/2007, -0/+22lol Would have been funny if you said florida.
  • k3ano, on 11/01/2007, -0/+22But he does talk about real issues, albeit in a satirical way. It would only be a good thing to give him a platform to bring up the uncomfortable issues such as how most of the candidates are lying pieces of ***** who only have the interests of their contributors.
  • Quicksilver4648, on 11/05/2007, -2/+23I personally love the Daily Show and the Colbert Report, and I love how he is taking this presidential campaign so seriously, truly hilarious. However, and I do hope, he does get shut out early. Republicans typically have a strong following and he would stand no chance as to getting enough votes, however, running as a democrat he could take down some actual candidates. Independents and etc. typically take votes away from Dems, and with such a strong following of Colbert, his joke might actually do some damage. But then again, I may just be taking this too far and I am wrong, either way, I will continue to spread wrist safety awareness.
  • inactive, on 11/02/2007, -4/+25News has shown Canadians are welcomed with tasers and given free trips to Guantanamo Bay.
  • MorbenDK, on 11/02/2007, -1/+21rather, I seriously doubt he wants to give the GOP 35k.
  • Coven, on 11/01/2007, -2/+22but guiliani isn't funny...just scary
  • darkened, on 11/02/2007, -0/+20It's not that 35,000 is too much it's the fact if he spends that much he will be subject to a different set of federal laws than if he does not.
  • earthceltic, on 11/05/2007, -9/+28>> Another council member, Charleston Democratic Party Chairman Waring Howe, was more blunt: "Over my dead body will Colbert's name be on the ballot."

    Ya know what, if "marijuana is a LEAF"-Schwarzenegger can be governor of cali and country-western star Ronald Regan is his predecessor, I have no problem with f'n colbert being president right now!
    We all know he'd do better than the temper tantrum child we got up there now.
  • pintomp3, on 11/01/2007, -3/+21maybe it's both, highlighting how idiotic our electoral system is.
  • filefly, on 11/02/2007, -0/+18Some people don't have access to maps.
  • Chompy, on 11/01/2007, -2/+20***** "political experience". What is that, anyway, professional experience at lying and cheating? Colbert's "campaign" is a joke, sure, but in general I really don't care about political experience. The last couple of idiots have had plenty of that sort of experience they ***** things up worse than ever. Whatever happened to citizen-legislators?
  • jonnyeh, on 11/01/2007, -0/+16You mean free torture trips to Syria: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maher_Arar
  • JoeVet, on 11/02/2007, -0/+15So, he has competent staff. That beats the current administration!
  • millerftw, on 11/01/2007, -3/+18That doesn't stop guliani.
    edit: @doctorfungi
  • romeov, on 11/02/2007, -5/+20Of course he does, he just doesn't want to throw 35 grand away on running as a Retardican.
  • jebus123, on 11/02/2007, -1/+15It's torture, but then again, it's free...
  • TheMachine1, on 11/02/2007, -1/+15Charleston Democratic Party Chairman Waring Howe, was more blunt: "Over my dead body will Colbert's name be on the ballot."

    Point is if Colbert is series canidate he has to be prepared to kill this guy.
  • Frei, on 11/02/2007, -0/+13I just wish they'd invite him to a debate.
  • Tiak, on 11/01/2007, -1/+14No one mentions... Other than the article?...
  • fr3nch13, on 11/02/2007, -2/+15SC
  • sremick, on 11/01/2007, -0/+13As they say, "Many a truth is said in jest."
  • banq59, on 11/02/2007, -0/+13That would be the most watched debate in the history of politics, and the funniest.
  • Jektal, on 11/01/2007, -1/+14I'd prefer to have somebody in office who doesn't have "political experience".

    Whatever happened to "anybody can become president"? The fact that it costs $35,000 to just get on the Republican ballot in South Carolina says a lot.
  • AndrewJC, on 11/02/2007, -0/+13I worked with Lewis Black back in the summer of 99 at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, and he told me back then that he writes Back In Black WITH those other writers. I think he said that he had a team of three writers and they all wrote material together.
  • Tiak, on 11/01/2007, -1/+13He isn't actually trying to run a nation... Unless of course South Carolina got quite a few more delegates since Iast checked...
  • nkohari, on 11/01/2007, -0/+12There's no way that he would take it so far that it would impact the general election. I'm sure all he wants is to get a delegate in the primaries.
  • haiduz, on 11/01/2007, -0/+10Colbert does have 35,000 of personal money, however, since this is a publicity stunt for his show he would not just through away that cash to pay for a ridiculous fee (compared with the dems) to get his name on the ballot. Remember that Colbert the comedy central tv show character is running (not the Real Life Colbert). Comedy Central (or doritoes) can't pay the 35,000 dollars because it would vioilate campaign laws. That money has to come from contribetion or colbert's pocket cash. 35K is way too much cash to throw away on a bit in your show, and comedy central cant just bump his salary by 35k cause hes under contract (xmas bonus maybe?). The other choice is have poeple donate money (just like people collect signatures). However, this is quite foolish for a RP stunt because the said contributions would much better go to charity then the pockets of republican administrators. In fact, thats exactly what colbert has done! The charity of his choice is http://www.donorschoose.org/ where 44 thousand dollars in his name has already been contributed to south carolina schools. After his charity cast auction (and the mike savage congress letter action) on ebay Colbert realized that there is a great potential to turn RP stunts for his show into philanthropic events to raise big money for good causes! Thats ***** awesome.

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  • haiduz, on 11/02/2007, -1/+10I would honestly vote for him, but... alas, I live in Pennsylvania :(
  • doctorfungi, on 11/01/2007, -3/+12You don't actually believe that will happen do you...?
  • 30thElement, on 11/01/2007, -1/+10Direct republican democracy. The thing that people think we have, where our vote actually matters, where our vote isn't just for someone else to cast their vote.
  • labmouse42, on 11/02/2007, -0/+9I don't think that Stewart has any interest in politics, other than making fun of it.
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