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seabeyond

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Mon May 21, 2012, 08:37 AM May 2012

Colbert spawns army of crazy super PACs

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Danny Ben-David, a freshman at MIT, was one of the first to get in on the craze, after winning approval for his Why Not ZoidPAC? in March.
"I was just sitting in my dorm room one night and said 'oh hell, why not?' It was almost frustratingly easy," Ben-David said.

The physics major said the whole process took just a few hours, and that the trickiest part was opening a bank account to accept funds, an FEC requirement.

"It cost no more than a 44 cent stamp and 5 pieces of paper," said Ben-David, who according to FEC documents is the president and grand poobah of the super PAC.
"Although I did call the FEC to make sure the question mark was okay," he added.

http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/21/news/economy/colbert-super-pac/index.htm?source=cnn_bin

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