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Colbert's Run For President May Be Criminal
eldavojohn writes "Some of you may know about Steven Colbert's fake presidential campaign... although are you sure it's fake? Well, it had better be because if it is taken too far — such as if he actually gets on the Republican and/or Democratic ballot in South Carolina — his use of corporations & advertising to back his campaign could get the attention of the Federal Election Commission. Doritos & Comedy Central could be facing some problems as well, funding a man running for president." A million Facebook users have signed up for the "1,000,000 Strong for Stephen T Colbert" group in the last week — though the group could be read as a satire of Barack Obama's similarly-named group, which has fewer than 400,000 members after 9 months.
If a comedian wins president with a fake campaign and gets "in trouble", I'm moving to Canada.
Did you watch the episode where he clearly differentiated between himself as the host and the candidate. He even drew a line in the middle of the screen :).
He will not cross said line.
I'm in Kaffiristan so I don't know how things work in the USA. But is possible that he might be sent to Guantanamo Bay for this?
In my country someone made a joke about running against our President and he was sent the toxic waste mines. We love our President and do not want his good name to be besmirched by hoodlums. From what I can tell Mr Colbert has made many jokes about your President yet he has evaded the Secret Police.
Do such things happen in America now too? I don't know much about your country. I do know from watching American TV that crime is very bad there and people hire vigilantes like Robert McCall to scare off drug dealers who are menacing them. Here in our country we have no crime, since undesirables are worked to death in the mines. Why doesn't your President hire more policemen using aid money from the decadent imperialist west?
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Maybe his first act as president will be to ask Congress to make Dorritos the national chip? It would be more productive than what Congress is doing at the moment...
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We know where his money came from.
Where is Hillary getting all that dough?
Where is twit romney getting all that dough?
Where is cross-dresser Judy Guiliani getting all that dough?
obviously not from "People".
Those "People" who support the republican candidates usually can't afford to feed their own family.
Corporations and the military industrial complex get republicans and hillaries elected.
They're using their grammar skills there.
What's the big deal? Wasn't George Bush's victory considered to be illegal by many?
a stick up his ass and his hand in the cookie jar
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What I really want to see him do is show up for a debate in South Carolina with so many sponsor patches on his dress suit that he looks like he races in NASCAR. He should invite the other candidates to do the same.
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My gut tells me it is not illegal.
People used to say that about black people or women. Maybe in the future Corporate Americans will be allowed to be full citizens, vote and run for office.
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Thank you for this. I'm glad you get your information from intelligent places instead of sticking to what bias you hear in mass media. It's a relief to see this type of rationality here on slashdot when this political pieces go out.
--- these days, what with business and stuff, you gotta get your emails...
To be precise, the 1,000,000 Americans weigh twice as much.
Read my blog.
No thats wrong. Paris Hilton is famous because we all saw her get it in her "promo" video.
Although I could have sworn that he once said $640,000 ought to be enough for anybody...
You can't take the sky from me...
So Might Hillary's! it's funny cause it's true
You mean those voting Republican or Democrat?
Truth, Justice. Or the American Way.
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