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- JasonCox, on 11/02/2007, -9/+125Guliani = Bush on steroids
Hillary = Bush in a dress
Colbert = Electable - understudy, on 11/01/2007, -5/+117Since this started, I hoped it was Colbert's way of making a statement about the ridiculous of modern political coverage in the media. Glad to see that he might be doing just that.
Don't just digg this story, but really read the article. It's elucidating.
_ - Identity4, on 11/01/2007, -3/+59Guliani = Bush in a dress
Hillary = Bush in a dress
Colbert = Truthiness :) - ggnictee, on 11/02/2007, -2/+51I'm afraid I agree with everything the author said about the press but I disagree on one point. I really do want Colbert to run, and I really do want him to win. Unfortunately I think he has a better chance of winning then Kucinich and he's a much, much lesser evil then any of the 'front runners.'
Deep down I don't think he can win, but like i said, I'd rather have Colbert then Giuliani or Clinton. - monsterofNone, on 11/01/2007, -5/+50i think we ought to use colbert as a test of reasonableness. if a candidate can't do better than a comedian... he ought to bow out. if you're placing below a comedian... you're the joke.
- MacEnvy, on 10/31/2007, -1/+27http://www.thefreedictionary.com/elucidating
Don't be lazy. - seventoes, on 10/31/2007, -2/+26Guliani = 9/11
Hillary = Waffle
Colbert = Majestic Eagle - nonstop87, on 10/31/2007, -6/+29If its Hilary Clinton's many things.
- inactive, on 10/31/2007, -2/+24The response to Colbert is exactly the problem that candidates like Ron Paul and Kucinich face. It reeks of the media and political elitism that anoints candidates long before any vote casting has actually been cast. The tone of the article and some of the quotes from other media figures shows this, there are more important things to focus on. The focus on real candidates, those that are actually electable. So in turn they choose to ignore the Ron Pauls, Kucinich's and the Colberts out there, they will decide who can be elected, not you the voter. But them.
- KnightWhoSaysNi, on 10/31/2007, -0/+21Dumb!
- sgtbutterscotch, on 10/31/2007, -0/+20Enabler.
- inactive, on 10/31/2007, -1/+19"Gravel (we hope)" ?
Why the hell do they have a problem with Gravel? - BedPost, on 10/31/2007, -5/+22Call me dumb, but what the hell does elucidating mean?
- Richandler, on 10/31/2007, -1/+17If the presidency was a serious issue to anyone Clinton and Giuliani would not be the front runners.
- thedarkrabbit, on 11/02/2007, -2/+16That was one very long article...
- Totalchaos02, on 10/31/2007, -7/+21Not everything is about Ron Paul, please shut the ***** up.
- justelite, on 11/01/2007, -2/+15Run, Colbert Run
- UtopiaInTheSky, on 10/31/2007, -0/+13Colbert would be proud. Honestly.
- cambrown99, on 10/31/2007, -0/+12News isn't news. It's entertainment to sell commercial time. Odd that the entertainment that mocks the news (and now the presidential campaign) is more reliable for delivering news. http://www.cafepress.com/colbert08hq
- topace3000, on 10/31/2007, -0/+12I found this article to be ironic.
- samurimaster, on 10/31/2007, -8/+19"The press seems to do everything it can to avoid campaign substance. Instead, it covers haircuts, laughs, cleavage, cats, and accents"- What the hell is wrong with cleavage ??
- ZenMojo, on 11/04/2007, -5/+16Link FTA:
http://journalism.org/node/8187
It's interesting how little we know about Hilary Clinton's position on war and how much we know about her cleavage. - Shatzi, on 10/31/2007, -1/+12I agree. I think he makes people nervous because he's so much on point.
- juniorop, on 10/31/2007, -0/+11In 1964, during the Cold War, an anti-nuclear film was created. The director felt that the best way to explain to the world the seriousness of the situation was to turn it into an absurd comedy. The director was Stanley Kubrik and the film was Dr. Strangelove. Is Colbert moving towards something similar? A biting satire of our current political situation for display on the media stage? I sure hope so, otherwise it is just for ratings and a Doritos sponsorship...
- Nidy1, on 10/31/2007, -1/+11That's what she said.
- IDIGTHEDIGG, on 11/01/2007, -2/+12Colbert president in 08!!
- strOphe, on 10/31/2007, -0/+10"But the Colbert candidacy becomes a distraction only if the press allows it to. And the sad fact is the press already has allowed it to, because the press literally drives itself to distraction on the campaign trail. That's not an unfortunate side effect of the process. That's the goal."
This needs to be said, and perhaps shouted from the mountaintops. - inactive, on 10/31/2007, -0/+9Steven salutes you!
- kublerross, on 10/31/2007, -0/+9a distraction from what? from electing one of 2 corporate clones who differ on only the most superficial of issues?
- elect222, on 10/31/2007, -0/+8Wrist Strong
- theuniversal, on 10/31/2007, -0/+8Everything Colbert does is mocking the media. It's the whole point of his show.
- rupertmorris, on 10/31/2007, -0/+8FTA: "...There's a $46 billion war going on..."
Uh, no. There's a $455 billion war going on, with no end in sight. - jjb123, on 10/31/2007, -1/+8You killed it.
- Bahimiron, on 10/31/2007, -0/+7I donno. I'd be far more apt to vote Colbert if he was sponsored by Cool Ranch Doritos rather than Nacho Cheese.
- aburd, on 11/01/2007, -6/+13That was horrible. The guy thinks we don't need to distract from the asshats running in both primaries? The stakes are just too high to laugh a bit a long the way? And the irony of comparing the press to the fat kid no one likes when they are arguing for less laughs! This is just sad.
Remember when Media Matters used to just point out when the talk-radio blowhards were lying? Those were the good old days... - bluepepper, on 10/31/2007, -0/+6The article criticizes Colbert's candidacy because it makes politics and journalism less serious than they should be, according to the author. I think he's got it completely backwards!
Colbert is pretending to be running? Like the others aren't? Some seem to be genuinely sincere in their ideals, like Paul, Gravel and maybe others. But the big shots are puppies of various lobbies, they lie and compromise to be politically correct. They're all pretending. That's sadly the only way to have a chance at winning.
Colbert is making the press avoid the important issues? Like what, Paris Hilton? The press didn't wait for Colbert to stop addressing the important issues. The news industry has become an entertainment industry. People are fed with the info they want rather than the info they need or deserve. Isn't it an ironic sign of the times that The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are actually more credible news shows than other "real" news shows?
It's precisely because politics are a gigantic fraud, and because the news shows aren't news shows anymore, it's precisely for these reasons that Colbert's candidacy is oh so very necessary. I wouldn't want him as the US president, and neither would he, but his pointing of the pitfalls of the current system, under the cover of parody, is actually a very real political action and not only a joke. - saranagati, on 10/31/2007, -0/+6hey everyone! i found the guy who wrote the theme song for captain planet.
- A242, on 10/31/2007, -0/+6I was following the article and I understood his point, then he quoted a blog as a source to support his article. That was the point I stopped reading. Honestly, as cmpshotty said, the media chooses who out of the candidates we the people should vote for on both sides. Voting in this country is *****. And I know my vote doesn't count, especially living in a state whose votes are decided before the polls close in my area. With that said, I will vote for Colbert if I get the chance.
- nreynolds, on 10/31/2007, -3/+8I gotta assume you're just failing at sarcasm.... but I'm gunna digg you down anyways... for failure.
- Shatzi, on 10/31/2007, -0/+5Hear! Hear!
- Laughto, on 10/31/2007, -1/+6Huge fan of Colbert, was influenced to buy the book by the media hype of his campaign (specifically the 'meet the press' book promo/interview), but have to say I think this article gets it absolutely right.
- SPARTACVS, on 10/31/2007, -0/+5I'm tired of you being a ***** douche.
- gklitt, on 10/31/2007, -0/+5Yeah, he would solve the whole North Korea thing just by joking around with Kim Jong Il for a while.
- Suaves2102, on 10/31/2007, -0/+5How is Colbert not a serious candidate? From the satire on his show it would appear he knows exactly how crap should be handled, something the other candidates can't claim.
- yunus, on 10/31/2007, -0/+4The author saying its time for candidates like Gravel, Kucindich to get out of the way and let the big names get the attention is crazy. Thats the reason that no third party candidate will ever have a chance. If the media only focuses on the top 2 candidates in the top 2 parties the mold will never be broken because no one will know the name of anyone else.
- maggotsan, on 10/31/2007, -1/+5Because Colbert isn't a politician yet makes him the only candidate worth voting for in my opinion. A multitude of reasons from my perspective would make him a good candidate but the one that I tell others is that he's the only one that even comes close to garnering any semblance of my trust. Too bad he's not really running. I doubt he would be allowed to succeed anyway. Colbert 08
- abcdigg, on 10/31/2007, -0/+4From the beginning, Time magazine has consistently excluded Kucinich in their campaign coverage.
Clinton, Giuliani and Edwards become front runners because media outlets like Time magazine cover them as though they are front runners .. it's like a self-fulfilling prophecy. - CorporateSlave, on 10/31/2007, -1/+5are you f***ing kidding me? no one pays attention to third parties in America. Our politics don't work like they do in Europe. You know, they got five main political parties all across the political spectrum and they each get equal funding and media attention. since we don't have that sort of system, all independent candidates are royally f***ed.
- HanSolo69, on 10/31/2007, -0/+4It's not like anything is going to get done during the next presidential term no matter who wins. Colbert might as well go for it.
- flippinjeremy, on 10/31/2007, -1/+5Well, the first time was debatable ...
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