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Colbert Bests Obama, Wins Marvel White House

blog.wired.com — Sure, Barack Obama, you may rule the real world now. But hyper-real comedian Stephen Colbert has claimed the presidency in the Marvel Universe, beating out both your audacity of hope and John McCain's capacity for mope.

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  • theadvinci, on 11/05/2008, -5/+75At least in comics there are some REAL presidents.
  • AmyVernon, on 11/05/2008, -1/+58Colbert! Colbert! Colbert!
  • EarlofSlander, on 11/05/2008, -2/+51Yet another reason I wish I lived in the Marvel universe.
  • Kavalier, on 11/05/2008, -1/+38Looks like a correction was issued. He just won the POPULAR vote, not the electoral.
    http://blog.indecision2008.com/2008/11/05/colbert- ...
  • Frankyfan3, on 11/05/2008, -1/+33I'm so very proud of him for all the hard work he did to expose the duplicity, hypocrisy and hatefulness of the republican's campaign for the white house... in his own devil's advocate kind of way.

    Congrats on the Marvel win! Stephen Colbert is a national icon, and this cements his status.
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  • AdeleMor, on 11/06/2008, -1/+23Colbert for White House press secretary!
  • sgtbutterscotch, on 11/06/2008, -0/+19NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
  • inactive, on 11/05/2008, -1/+16His reaction to Obama's victory on the show was good too.

    http://www.indecision2008.com/video/index.jhtml?vi ...
  • Munceenuts, on 11/06/2008, -0/+15Looking a little thin there.
  • gllopc, on 11/06/2008, -1/+12That right ear's a little off.
  • Dundasbro, on 11/06/2008, -0/+10Damn, Arnie was right. Obama does need to beef up a bit.
  • popkhorn, on 11/06/2008, -0/+7OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
  • msaleem, on 11/06/2008, -2/+9Actually: http://digg.com/comics_animation/Election_Upset_Co ...
  • Wreckage, on 11/06/2008, -1/+7Names Tony Stark head of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Changes agency into an outlet mall for just such things.
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    Now he doesn't look so thin.
  • inactive, on 11/06/2008, -4/+10If only it were real.

    *sigh*
  • BradOFarrell, on 11/06/2008, -0/+5Wow, that's an awesome panel. I like how when your eye moves in the direction the Spiderman costume makes you look, you eventually see the wine bottle and cigarettes, implying that being Spiderman was personally destructive and childish in the same way that drug use can be in the real world.
  • doublefelix, on 11/06/2008, -0/+5I like how Spiderman always ditches his uniform in a place where it is sure to get snagged by bums within an hour.
  • Kaosu, on 11/06/2008, -0/+5Burried as Inaccurate. "The DB" jumped the gun on this one and made a huge mistake. Colbert DID NOT win the presidency in the marvel universe, he only won the popular vote. Obama still won by electoral votes.

    See this story below.
    http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.5854.Presi ...
    Edit: Also Digg the truth, http://digg.com/comics_animation/Colbert_loses_ele ...
  • Yomoska, on 11/06/2008, -0/+4Haha they parodied the Spider-man comic:

    http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a217/darthpresle ...
  • inactive, on 11/06/2008, -2/+6COLBERT IS GOD
  • heronimous, on 11/06/2008, -0/+3unfortunately his name doesn't have 3 syllables and therefore is not adequately chantable..
  • MacSuxWindozSux, on 11/06/2008, -0/+3I hope they put him in the new Ironman/Hulk/Avengers movies.
  • hartley, on 11/06/2008, -1/+4So apparently that story yesterday about what nominee super heroes would vote for is all wrong.
    Seems the popular vote was Colbert.

    Colbert/Colbert '12
    (he's so good he will be his own running mate)
  • andregriffin, on 11/06/2008, -0/+2There is no Colbert.
  • SuperMoses, on 11/06/2008, -1/+3Colbert will unite the humans and mutants. He couldn't have done it without his political and financial advisor, Gorlock
  • CressCrowbits, on 11/06/2008, -0/+2That would be awesome, and MUST be done.
  • Tiak, on 11/06/2008, -0/+2Sadly, Marvel Obama was not born on earth, and thus, is ineligible for the presidency.
  • sanman, on 11/06/2008, -0/+2is there a recession happening in the marvel universe?

    or just that civil war thing?

    an who are his cabinet choices going to be?
  • rz8472, on 11/06/2008, -1/+2Those balloons look like nipples. I guess in that alternate universe stem cell research has led to some completely ridiculous applications.
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  • apio, on 11/06/2008, -0/+1now he looks like he ate the farm fresh guy
  • IRAcarbombs, on 11/06/2008, -2/+2Dugg for Colbert's VP ...... potential candidates ( Tina Fey, Jon Stewart or The Croc )
  • jwarttman, on 11/06/2008, -2/+1I knew my vote counted!
  • gjvrieze, on 11/06/2008, -2/+1When you write the first one good enough, you don't have to write another!
  • floronicman, on 11/06/2008, -2/+1Looks like J. Jonah Jameson runs the bank account of the Marvel U
  • JonnyClash, on 11/06/2008, -1/+0Finally, a real American Hero.
  • kawaiirobo, on 11/06/2008, -2/+1I would have voted Colbert over McCain and Obama in real life too.
  • Hobbes24, on 11/06/2008, -2/+1buried for plugging your own article.
  • inactive, on 11/06/2008, -4/+0The Colbear Reapoor.

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