Keith @ 1:

Is Stephen running as a Democrat, Republican, or something I've not yet guessed?

All of the above.
He is the alpha and the omega.

Since he's running in both parties, he's garenteed to win. just like the corporate whores that donate equal amounts to repug and demo candidates to keep their bases covered.

Wow. I think this is the only performance art I've ever really enjoyed. So damn surreal. I usually enjoy his show (when I had satellite) but did he really put in papers to run? Nice.

So he is drawing attention to and supporting Edwards by 'attacking' him. It is only in his mock outrage that he shows respect. Playing that character 24 hours a day is going to drive him insane yet.

Lordy, good luck to his wife...

Every poll suggests that Democrats favor Clinton, which is the problem with being an independent, you don't get to influence the primaries to any great extent. Depending upon how bad the Republican field is, meaning how weak their chances are, this time I may write in John Edwards, just to express my real preference. I am getting so sick of what we end up with when it is just too important to give our votes away. The Independents need to find a way to at least get a sense of whom we would like to vote for -- Edwards, Obama, Dodd, Kucinich, etc. -- so perhaps we could all rally around that candidate and make ourselves heard! The machines are too strong and they direct the money, which buys the ads, which influences the less informed voters, which then garners the votes to win the election! Dammit! I would almost rather vote for Colbert than for Clinton. She has changed since she has been a senator, and not for the better.

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it was funny when he started this....now....not so much.To many real issues to deal with.maybe this wasn't such a great idea.Ya know Andy K....your absolutely right......but don't bother the paulististas.........that guy is certifiable

you know if you spin Abby Road backwards.....it says paul is dead.

He has my vote

It was interesting to see that it cost more to run as a Republican. But I think it also shows that anyone could run for president, and that maybe doesn't have to be a politician but maybe a dairy farmer, like they elected one for the country of Bolivia?

I'm not amused.

I really, really, really, really, want to see Colbert as a presidential candidate in the televised Republican candidates debate.

Please let that happen, please, please, please.

It's the the only thing that could top the White House Correspondents' Dinner of 2006.

Wouldn't he get in trouble for trying to get his name to appear on the ballot as "Mitt Guliani" and "Hillary Clobama"? I'm pretty sure they frown upon deliberately misleading the voters that way...

revulver @ 23:

colbert thinks everything is a joke

Everything in the world, at some level, is funny. EVERYTHING!

I could, if I wanna risk gettin' banned from the site, type the filthiest joke in that I know. It concerns pedophilia. You might not laugh at it, but someone would because it's a funny joke- at a certain level.

Here's somethin' that's funny- people who have never once been paid fer one of their jokes criticizin' a staff of comedy writers (whose overall performance has been, in the whole, oustandin') who have made a livin' outta perfectin' their own craft.

Ya don't think this bit is funny? Fine. Not the funniest bit I've ever seen on this program, admittedly. But it beats the crap outta any attempts at humor made by Billo or Rush...Hell, this bit is funnier than the entire body of work of one Red Skelton.

swarmofkillermonkeys @ 6:

Wow. I think this is the only performance art I've ever really enjoyed. So damn surreal. I usually enjoy his show (when I had satellite) but did he really put in papers to run? Nice...

Lordy, good luck to his wife...

Really? I thought he was 'light in the loafers."

Strider @ 15:

I don't quite understand the whole thing. What's the bloody point?

The point is he had a book getting published so why not? That is how it works. Do you REALLY think that Guliani thinks he would be the best thing that ever happened to this country when he knows he managed to piss away all the New York good will from 9/11 in just a few years?

Of course not. He had a book coming out, and corporate sponsorship (lobbying, whatever) is a great way to become rich. Period. These aren't idealists. Colbert is pointing out that it is a joke to them. His 2 dimensional caricature of a human being is almost more sincere about his bid than the REAL candidates. It is absurd. So absurd, it SHOULD be pointed out. Funny or not. It happens to amuse me.

On the other hand, there is a long tradition of fake presidential candidates. Even Gracie Allen, comedian wife/partner of George Burns ran (for the "Surprise Party"... get it?) and actually got some presidential votes in 1940! Not surprisingly, she ALSO had a book coming out.

So lighten up already. If you want to mock a $400 haircut, big ears, or a laugh like a donkey mid-castration, that is what the comedians surrounding the election are for, like Colbert. Unfortunately, the papers carry this as news instead of the actual policy, so the comedians have to try to cover the policy instead. Maybe Colbert can flip this around again so that gossip is off of the NYT and Post and back in the domain of the comedian. The we adults might actually get to read dry, boring, but necessary policy columns instead. You know, so we can run the damn country like we were meant to.

"I don't know much about the Lend-Lease Bill, but if we owe it we should pay it."

"All the other candidates are making speeches about how much they have done for their country, which is ridiculous. I haven't done anything yet, and I think it's just common sense to send me to Washington and make me do my share."

"Everybody knows a woman is better than a man when it comes to introducing bills into the house."

"There's no job for George because I don't think it's dignified for the President's husband to work. People would be whispering that I can't support him. "

"This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances."

Only slightly dated. That Gracie was a sharp one...

Colbert is the court jester of today,we all need him,perhaps.....sad really

Moose @ 2:

Keith @ 1:

Is Stephen running as a Democrat, Republican, or something I've not yet guessed?

All of the above.
He is the alpha and the omega.

Stewart/Colbert beats Bush/Cheney anyday :-)

Gore/Kucinich/Obama/Anyone but Bush '08