Colbert Ballot Bid Shot Down

Posted by Zonk on Thursday November 1, 2007 @09:10AM from the can't-make-a-dishonest-living-no-more dept.

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.'"

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Now here's where the hope comes in by heinousjay · 2007-11-01 09:12 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I just hope for the Democrats' sake that they are smart enough to pick someone who can win based on the fact that they should be President, and not just throwing out the candidate who is most effective at saying "I'm not the other guy."

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Re:Bloomberg/Colbert '08. by ketilwaa · 2007-11-01 09:51 · Score: 0, Offtopic

If that's how you feel, why do you comment on /. ? Or even look at it at all? Is your life that boring and eventless?