I suspect Stephen Colbert is in self destruct mode, like most comedians they are in a constant

[CK_John]

battle with their dark side. Becoming an actual candidate will mean the end of his show. Comedy Central and Colbert will not be able to afford the financial disclosure laws and the FEC rules regrading actual candidates. He must deep down what to quit or take a leave from the public.

He probably should get out, while he is still on top.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

1. LOL!

This just keeps getting better and better! MKJ

on edit: obligatory :rofl: :-)

[JuniperLea]

3. Colbert must be a huge threat!

:rofl:

[tsuki]

26. Personally, I am backing Goldwater/Miller08.

"No experience. Family name. Just like W."

http://www.goldwatermiller08.com

[ronnykmarshall]

30. More cleavage that Hillary!

CC and Steph '08!

[JuniperLea]

2. He's one hell of an actor!

If he has you believing this!

When I was a kid, Pat Paulson was on every ballot... now, I bet most people don't know who he is:)

[HeeBGBz]

8. I met him once and told him he was my hero

He was still doing the candidate thing and gave me a couple of campaign pins. It was right before he died. He was a very sweet man.

[CK_John]

12. That was some good TV back in the day. n/t

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

18. What a great story!

:toast: MKJ

Pat Paulsen. Maybe his work will be rediscovered. :-) MKJ

[JuniperLea]

22. Great story!

You should photo and post a pin! Those were the days. Politics seemed a lot the same, but the parties seemed very, very different. After reading about him, I think I could have easily been a Goldwater Republican! Weird!!!

[Howardx]

10. pat paulson!

weird that you would mention him! ;)

[JuniperLea]

23. I know, huh!?!

Even weirder that the opportunity presented itself! Plate of shrimp?


;)

[Blue_In_AK]

29. I do.

I saw him at a rally in Denver in 1968 the first time he ran. We loved him.

[robinlynne]

4. umm. isn't the candidacy a joke? I would bet it is.

[monktonman]

5. Maybe thats the idea?

My mother always told me not to quit one job until I had another.
Besides, he could still do his comedy routine from Washington.
Why not, the rest of them are jokers anyway.

[liberal N proud]

6. You are kidding

RIGHT?

[NancyBreen]

7. This is what Colbert fans expect of him.

We need a sense of humour during these times.

[AlCzervik]

9. Lighten up Francis.

[KoKo]

11. Hey...I grew up in SC just an Island over from Stephen...and

anything he can do to shake up the hell hole of Repug Scorpion's den that SC Politics has become since he and I grew up there...then MORE POWER TO HIM!

He's doing a GOOD THING if he's serious...and I believe he is to shake up that cess pool down there in SC that still is the frontrunner for Repug Politics for SUPER TUESDAY! SC Repugs have worked hard to drown out all but he most RW Fundie Voices in both Political Parties. I have to give :applause: to Colbert for challenging SC on this.

It's GREAT! We had some good Dems like Ernest Hollings who got beaten out by the most ignorant Religious Fundamentalists in the US when they assumed power during Reagan. I'm ashamed of the state I grew up in because of "Huckleberry Graham" and a bunch of corrupt Dems who are DLC Suck Ups no better than Repugs.

If Colbert can work to CLEAN UP SC then it's a great start for the REST OF AMERICA! GO STEPHEN!!! Drain that SWAMP! Don't wait for Pelosi to do it!!!!

[rucky]

13. When Colbert jumps the shark...

he will do so literally and deliberately.

[rufus dog]

14. Have you considered...

That he is positioning himself for the VP slot? A good showing in the R and D primary may make him very attractive to HRC!

[CK_John]

15. No he is tried of being taken so seriously and whats to get back on the club circuit. n/t

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

17. You know this, because....

:shrug: MKJ

[TwilightZone]

16. Please tell me that you know that his candidacy is a joke.

My fear is that people are going to take him seriously and actually write him in as a candidate.

[ContraBass Black]

19. I know people who aren't taking him seriously but will right him in anyway

Because they think their votes don't count.

[TheBaldyMan]

20. if he plays his straight schtick he will split the braindead vote,

[Perry Logan]

21. I guess we're supposed to pretend Colbert's candidacy is funny...

[CK_John]

25. This is just part of M$M to devalue the idea of elections, Colbert has become the new Nader. n/t

[tomreedtoon]

31. Duuuh? ALL candidacies are funny.

Didn't you read the title on The Daily Show for election coverage? "Indecision 2008: The Clusterfuck to the White House"?

Don't you realize what that rather nasty word means? A bunch of candidates from BOTH parties trying to get ahead in a massive traffic jam. Candidates trying to become "the one" for their party and failing, because the public is stupid and tired and disgusted and have lost all hope? And therefore, what is there to do during the political process but to lean back and laugh at it?

That, dear Perry Logan, is the reason why it's a comedy. Or more precisely a farce. Because the participants in the process (the candidates and very politicized people like you) don't realize how foolish they look from the outside. And that's been true of every election in the last twenty years.

You and the candidates don't realize that there was a time, once, when elections had at least the trappings of joy about them. Given the supposed weakness of the Republicans right now, the Democratic candidate-winnowing process should be a matter of joy for everyone. After all, we're about to undo a lot that's wrong with this country and its attitudes.

Only somebody didn't let you and the candidates know you were supposed to be joyful. And that may be another reason why the Democrats will lose in 2008. You're all a bunch of freaking sourpusses.

And that, to borrow from Colbert, is The Word.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

24. Pardon my (maybe) naivete

But is he SERIOUSLY running? I heard that he supposedly "announced" he is running but I automatically assumed that this was simply a joke. Did I miss something?:shrug:

[CK_John]

27. If he applies for matching tax $, it better not be a joke. n/t

[zulchzulu]

28. Colbert would be a formidable candidate, since he said he'd run as a Republican

Should we draft Gallagher?