Okay, so according to a story in the New York Times Caucus, Colbert is actually serious about running for President. He is trying to get onto both the Republican and Democratic tickets, but he's apparently not important enough to appear on either of the little sidebars.
He announced his intentions of considering running for President, and then he actually announced his entry into the race 15 whole minutes later. The Democrats are receptive to the idea, but the Republicans are hesitant. It probably has something to do with his consistent criticisms of the Bush administration and conservatism. Katon Dawson, chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, is suspicious and seems to think that it's a bad idea, but he grudgingly admits that if Colbert can pay, he can play. It costs $35,000 to put your name on the Republican ballot, but it's bound to generate huge publicity for Colbert. The South Carolina Democratic Republican Chairman (You know you're important when your title has 5 capitalized words in it in a row), Joe Werner, "[looks] forward to his paying the filing fee," but that might be because he wants the $2500, rather than him wanting to see Colbert on the ballot.
Could we have President Colbert? Right now it looks like he's running only in South Carolina, but that could mean he's going to see how he does and then go from there. Maybe if he does well, he would go beyond South Carolina and SWEEP THE NATION!!!
I'm scared too.
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Mr. Hausmann, you are missing the point, in more ways than one.
First: Stephen Colbert is in no way, shape, or form seriously running for president.
Colbert is 100% satire. His purpose in life is to hold a mirror up so everyone can see how silly all of us are. His "run" for presidency is no more serious than CC Goldwater & Stephanie Miller's run for the presidency. I'm trying to think of ways that he could be considered serious, and that can only be if EVERY person in the nation lost their sense of humor and thus lose their understanding of what is going on.
Second: "It probably has something to do with his consistent criticisms of the Bush administration and conservatism."
...what?
I don't know if you've ever seen his show or read Colbert's interviews but he only critiques liberals. Sure, he mocks conservatives, but never in words, only in mannerisms. Colbert is know to ask people he is interviewing, "George W. Bush: Great president, or GREATEST president?"
Third: Colbert knows that even if he won the presidency, his career would be extremely short lived. His television career will last much longer than any political career. He just wants everyone to see how silly campaigning is, that is all this is about. There is nothing to be afraid of here... except that even if Colbert did win, he would more than likely do a better job than whoever gets elected for real.
That's scary.
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