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Stephen Colbert won approval from the federal election commission for his political action committee yesterday. Neat! We are officially turning politics into a late night comedy routine? FOUR MORE TEARS!
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Tired of late-night comedy show hosts making jokes about the President? If you can’t beat em, join em, I guess.
Um, is this not neat? Stephen Colbert is the best and I’m sure he will do some very funny things with this super PAC? Yeah?
it’s the best and the worst, since by exploiting this loophole, he’s basically guaranteeing that other, far more insidious super PACs can be formed. and some could argue that he’s trying to provoke a lawsuit, but i think that is incredibly risky given our current supreme court.
In either case, it’s bringing attention to the fact that these SuperPACS are incredibly effed up, and that you can basically use the money they raise for whatever you want! Including, just as a theoretical example, driving a bus with your face painted on it around the country so that you can arrange a number of publicity stunts while playing coy about whether or not you’re even a politician anymore and watching circle-jerk-esque documentaries about yourself. Just as an example I made up in my head right this minute.
This is weird. Wouldn’t the Rev. Sir Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, D.F.A. use his PAC to give money to people I don’t think Stephen Colbert would like?
PACs can’t really give money to candidates directly. They mostly do things like buy ad time which “indirectly” support a candidate by attacking their opponent’s and calling attention to ‘issues’, etc.
I could very much see Stephen “in character” supporting various Rebuplicans in a way that paints them in a horrible light. “This person had the brass balls to say ‘I don’t care if my supporters hate the idea of killing Medicare to pay for huge tax breaks for rich people, I have to vote for what I believe in’.”
Say what you will, it is still less ridiculous than Michele Bachmann.
I for one would prefer to have a joke president than a joke president.
I’m pretty sure at least half of this country’s past presidents initially ran as a goof.
“Hey Phil, watch this. You’re gonna love this” – Lyndon B. Johnson
Kind of like the people that sign up to be one of the potential suitors/suitorettes on The Bachelor/The Bachelorette?
I kind of feel like the decision making process is pretty much identical. Like, “Man, these people are idiots. I’m going to just toss my hat in the ring and see what happens. It’s low risk since there’s basically zero chance I’ll make it. Oh wait, I got chosen? FUUUUUUUUCK.”