CK_John
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Thu Oct-18-07 08:06 PM
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I suspect Stephen Colbert is in self destruct mode, like most comedians they are in a constant |
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battle with their dark side. Becoming an actual candidate will mean the end of his show. Comedy Central and Colbert will not be able to afford the financial disclosure laws and the FEC rules regrading actual candidates. He must deep down what to quit or take a leave from the public.
He probably should get out, while he is still on top.
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Thu Oct-18-07 08:09 PM
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Edited on Thu Oct-18-07 08:09 PM by BleedingHeartPatriot
This just keeps getting better and better! MKJ
on edit: obligatory :rofl: :-)
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Thu Oct-18-07 08:09 PM
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3. Colbert must be a huge threat! |
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Fri Oct-19-07 10:21 AM
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26. Personally, I am backing Goldwater/Miller08. |
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"No experience. Family name. Just like W." http://www.goldwatermiller08.com
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Fri Oct-19-07 12:40 PM
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30. More cleavage that Hillary! |
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Thu Oct-18-07 08:09 PM
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2. He's one hell of an actor! |
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If he has you believing this!
When I was a kid, Pat Paulson was on every ballot... now, I bet most people don't know who he is:)
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Thu Oct-18-07 08:16 PM
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8. I met him once and told him he was my hero |
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He was still doing the candidate thing and gave me a couple of campaign pins. It was right before he died. He was a very sweet man.
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CK_John
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Thu Oct-18-07 09:14 PM
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12. That was some good TV back in the day. n/t |
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Thu Oct-18-07 09:35 PM
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:toast: MKJ
Pat Paulsen. Maybe his work will be rediscovered. :-) MKJ
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Fri Oct-19-07 10:02 AM
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You should photo and post a pin! Those were the days. Politics seemed a lot the same, but the parties seemed very, very different. After reading about him, I think I could have easily been a Goldwater Republican! Weird!!!
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Thu Oct-18-07 08:20 PM
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weird that you would mention him! ;)
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Fri Oct-19-07 10:03 AM
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Even weirder that the opportunity presented itself! Plate of shrimp?
;)
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Fri Oct-19-07 12:28 PM
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I saw him at a rally in Denver in 1968 the first time he ran. We loved him.
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Thu Oct-18-07 08:10 PM
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4. umm. isn't the candidacy a joke? I would bet it is. |
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Thu Oct-18-07 08:10 PM
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My mother always told me not to quit one job until I had another. Besides, he could still do his comedy routine from Washington. Why not, the rest of them are jokers anyway.
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Thu Oct-18-07 08:11 PM
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7. This is what Colbert fans expect of him. |
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We need a sense of humour during these times.
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Thu Oct-18-07 08:18 PM
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Thu Oct-18-07 08:27 PM
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11. Hey...I grew up in SC just an Island over from Stephen...and |
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anything he can do to shake up the hell hole of Repug Scorpion's den that SC Politics has become since he and I grew up there...then MORE POWER TO HIM!
He's doing a GOOD THING if he's serious...and I believe he is to shake up that cess pool down there in SC that still is the frontrunner for Repug Politics for SUPER TUESDAY! SC Repugs have worked hard to drown out all but he most RW Fundie Voices in both Political Parties. I have to give :applause: to Colbert for challenging SC on this.
It's GREAT! We had some good Dems like Ernest Hollings who got beaten out by the most ignorant Religious Fundamentalists in the US when they assumed power during Reagan. I'm ashamed of the state I grew up in because of "Huckleberry Graham" and a bunch of corrupt Dems who are DLC Suck Ups no better than Repugs.
If Colbert can work to CLEAN UP SC then it's a great start for the REST OF AMERICA! GO STEPHEN!!! Drain that SWAMP! Don't wait for Pelosi to do it!!!!
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Thu Oct-18-07 09:16 PM
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13. When Colbert jumps the shark... |
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he will do so literally and deliberately.
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Thu Oct-18-07 09:23 PM
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14. Have you considered... |
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That he is positioning himself for the VP slot? A good showing in the R and D primary may make him very attractive to HRC!
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Thu Oct-18-07 09:28 PM
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15. No he is tried of being taken so seriously and whats to get back on the club circuit. n/t |
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Thu Oct-18-07 09:33 PM
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17. You know this, because.... |
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Thu Oct-18-07 09:31 PM
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16. Please tell me that you know that his candidacy is a joke. |
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My fear is that people are going to take him seriously and actually write him in as a candidate.
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Thu Oct-18-07 11:07 PM
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19. I know people who aren't taking him seriously but will right him in anyway |
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Because they think their votes don't count.
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Fri Oct-19-07 12:22 AM
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20. if he plays his straight schtick he will split the braindead vote, |
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Fri Oct-19-07 05:38 AM
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21. I guess we're supposed to pretend Colbert's candidacy is funny... |
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Fri Oct-19-07 10:18 AM
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25. This is just part of M$M to devalue the idea of elections, Colbert has become the new Nader. n/t |
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Fri Oct-19-07 01:15 PM
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31. Duuuh? ALL candidacies are funny. |
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Edited on Fri Oct-19-07 01:17 PM by tomreedtoon
Didn't you read the title on The Daily Show for election coverage? "Indecision 2008: The Clusterfuck to the White House"?
Don't you realize what that rather nasty word means? A bunch of candidates from BOTH parties trying to get ahead in a massive traffic jam. Candidates trying to become "the one" for their party and failing, because the public is stupid and tired and disgusted and have lost all hope? And therefore, what is there to do during the political process but to lean back and laugh at it?
That, dear Perry Logan, is the reason why it's a comedy. Or more precisely a farce. Because the participants in the process (the candidates and very politicized people like you) don't realize how foolish they look from the outside. And that's been true of every election in the last twenty years.
You and the candidates don't realize that there was a time, once, when elections had at least the trappings of joy about them. Given the supposed weakness of the Republicans right now, the Democratic candidate-winnowing process should be a matter of joy for everyone. After all, we're about to undo a lot that's wrong with this country and its attitudes.
Only somebody didn't let you and the candidates know you were supposed to be joyful. And that may be another reason why the Democrats will lose in 2008. You're all a bunch of freaking sourpusses.
And that, to borrow from Colbert, is The Word.
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Fri Oct-19-07 10:16 AM
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24. Pardon my (maybe) naivete |
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But is he SERIOUSLY running? I heard that he supposedly "announced" he is running but I automatically assumed that this was simply a joke. Did I miss something?:shrug:
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Fri Oct-19-07 11:44 AM
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27. If he applies for matching tax $, it better not be a joke. n/t |
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Fri Oct-19-07 11:47 AM
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28. Colbert would be a formidable candidate, since he said he'd run as a Republican |
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Should we draft Gallagher?
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