Colbert Ballot Bid Shot Down

wizzard2k writes "Some of you may have seen Stephen Colbert's bid for the South Carolina Presidential Primary, however it seems his hopes to appear on the ballot as a candidate for the Democratic Party have been shot down. From the report: 'Stephen Colbert's bid to get on the ballot for the upcoming Democratic primary in his home state was shot down on Thursday (November 1) by the executive committee of the South Carolina Democratic Party. Colbert's bid was voted down 13-3 ... Using criteria such as whether the candidate was recognized in the national news media as a legitimate candidate and whether they'd actively campaigned in the state, the committee put the kibosh on the Colbert bid.'"

Comments

Re:There's Ron Paul

[Tsiangkun]

And no matter how anti-war, and libertarian he may be, he is running on the republican ticket. A vote for a republican is an endorsement of the policies of this administration.

Fuck That !

Ron Paul suffers from his alignment more than from his voting record.
I want nothing to do with another republican in the whitehouse.

Re:How many nazis?

[Tsiangkun]

There are not 55 million people who benefit from republican policies.

I do believe there are 55 million gullible Americans who vote republican.

I do not believe there are 55 million citizens of the United States of America who have derived any benefit from republican policies.

If someone will believe the earth is thousands of years old, and Jesus was born of a virgin, raised, killed, raised from the dead, and ascended to an extra terrestrial world, and evolution doesn't happen . . .

I'm sorry, why should I give a fuck what these people think of my colorful characterization of their party ?

The republican party, led by George w bush, IS a foreign government !
Katrina is the domestic policy of the Republican party.
Iraq is the foreign policy of the Republican party.
The national debt is the fiscal policy of the Republican party.

Re:These quotes appeared in Ron's newsletter

[spun]

Surely you're joking. If you can't see how those comments are racist, I can't even have a conversation with you. 95% of black men are criminals? Screw Ron Paul and screw you too, asshole.

Re:These quotes appeared in Ron's newsletter

[spun]

You are the moron. The first comment is not about the criminal justice system. I mean, if it is, what is it saying? Why mention that we should assume 95% of black men are criminals? It makes no sense taken in that context.

Next, he says it is okay to be afraid of black men. Do you know what selective enforcement is? Black men are targeted for prosecution at levels well beyond what white men are. That's the real reason there are more black men in prison, not that they commit proportionally more crimes.

As for the Israeli thing, well, I agree that one isn't racist. It's kinda true, actually. But it was listed with the quotes I copied and I included it without thinking about whether it supported the point or not. I still think the first two quotes are enough to show Ron Paul's (perhaps subconscious) racism. And yours.

He claims he never made those statements, I said that from the start. They are in his newsletter attributed to him, which he claims is a mistake made by (as always in these situations) an overzealous staffer. In any case, it's his newsletter and his responsibility.

A racist comment is a statement which supports the idea of racism. I know people like you want to believe there is no racism, everything is completely fair, and everyone should just stop whining, but that's not true, things aren't fair, and we're not going to stop whining until they are.

Have fun being a privileged asshole who never has to worry about injustice in the world. You've certainly got a lot of company but that doesn't mean you're in the right.