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Colbert Ahead of 3 Democrats in Presidential PollPosted on Oct 23, 2007
Stephen Colbert’s presidential campaign —a compellingly postmodern play on identity and politics (or something like that)—is apparently being taken seriously enough by the polling firm Public Opinion Strategies to merit Colbert’s inclusion in the lineup of candidates the firm is currently tracking. Here’s how the TV comedian—who says he’s running as both a Democrat and a Republican—is doing in the race for White House glory.
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By Ednarooni, June 10, 2008 at 5:33 am #
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I think Colbert has a good sense of showing Americans where one entity is doing something saying “it’s good for you”, while it’s actually NOT good for you.. Americans seem to be in a trance, about certain issues or are just so “DRONED out” being “drained” working to pay taxes for these government entities, doing who knows what with our taxe dollars, right down to CITY organizations, that what’s happening around them, is actually going to hurt them one day.. We’ll wake up to a 3rd world country, if we aren’t there yet. I think the dems and the republs are more about which corporations is backing which party, it’s NOT about the people anymore, and Colbert knows that..
Report thisBy gravel kucinich paul nader, November 12, 2007 at 6:14 pm #
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Gravel kucinich paul nader perot carter [conyers?] united for truth elicit fear smear blacklist.
Honesty compassion intelligence guts.
No more extortion blackmail bribery division.
Report thisBy Right Fielder, October 24, 2007 at 9:21 pm #
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Bob:
I think anyone who keeps voting for the same gaggle of incompetent morons in both parties should have their voting rights revoked.
It’s like the insane person who keeps doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. Both parties are so entrenched in their incompetence that they won’t extricate themselves unless they are forced to. Until the Republicrats (or Demicans) are forced to change they’ll keep us on this catastrophic path.
Last time I checked you can’t spell competent with Democrat or Republican. You come close if you take little bits of each of them, but you don’t spell competent. They need outside help.
Report thisBy Conservative Yankee, October 24, 2007 at 11:20 am #
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Bob says:
“People who actually vote for him, knowing its a prank..should have their voting rights revoked.”
That’s what the Republicans thought in Florida about people who voted Gore in 2000, and people who voted Kerry in Ohio in 2004.
Both those elections were “pranks”
Report thisBy Fredrico, October 24, 2007 at 11:12 am #
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Wow! I think this shows how many people are not confident in their own candidates. Its a sad time when we would rather vote for a comedian than some other idiot. Isn’t it time we raise the bar on who we elect? Isn’t it time we stop letting the media determine who we get to see, and how they are portrayed? We are manipulated daily by organizations, that are all about power and money, to vote for “their” candidate. When will we wake up and elect a common man/woman to the office? Its time we stop idolizing people who can’t even manage their own lives properly.
Report thisBy altara, October 24, 2007 at 10:25 am #
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Since Colbert is concentrating on South Csrolina, he had better re-connect with his black friend.
Let’s also hope that he wages a strong campaign, like Pat Paulson’s
homer http://www.altara.blogspot.com
Report thisBy Andrew A., October 24, 2007 at 10:10 am #
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Even though Colbert’s run is a stunt he would still be a good vote simply because he has no allegiance to those in power. Plus, he’s intelligent and has a sense of humor.
On a side note, Bob’s a turd sandwich. Telling people to move to another country because you disagree with their vote is pretty unhelpful. Especially considering that over half the country doesn’t even use their vote. So suck a chode and Bob a knob, biotch.
Report thisBy DayOldDaddy, October 24, 2007 at 9:12 am #
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Whether legal or not, Colbert’s entry into the process is a welcomed release of stagnant hot air to a bloated system that should have burst its own seams months ago.
We support him in his efforts and, beyond the obvious entertainment value, truly hope that his actions shake things up.
http://www.theweeklydonut.org/index.php/category/colbearica/
Report thisBy AntiLiberal, October 24, 2007 at 8:40 am #
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Good demonstration of dem’s stupidity. He won’t bring you a world-wide communism as you are all dreaming about, so what are you voting for in Colbert?
Report thisBy waxman, October 24, 2007 at 7:09 am #
THIS SHOWS THE DEMOCRATS JHAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR, NOT WAR MONGERS LIKE THE REPUKES…
Report thisBy jkim112, October 23, 2007 at 11:33 pm #
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I think Colbert is trying to show us that anyone can run for president and not just the contenders in race right now. We can make a difference instead of sitting around and bashing the Bush administration as well as the incompetence of the democratic party.
Report thisBy Stephen Smoliar, October 23, 2007 at 6:59 pm #
“Postmodern” is definitely the right adjective! As I have tried to explain on my own blog, postmodernism advocates RESISTANCE as opposed to the usual dialectical strategy of establishing truth by examining OPPOSITIONS.
http://therehearsalstudio.blogspot.com/2007/10/postmodern-politics.html
Resistance questions the very possibility of attaining truth, which is what you get when you dress up “truthiness” in more philosophical jargon. Put a bit more simplistically, a vote for Colbert will be a vote of resistance against the whole contextual fabric from which our electoral process is woven. Considering where that electoral process has bought us in both the Executive and Legislative branches of our government, such an act of resistance might not be such a bad idea.
Report thisBy bob, October 23, 2007 at 4:42 pm #
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I have a good sense of humor..but I don’t think this is funny at all. The country is at crossroads with incompetence, cronyism, imperialism, and terrorism. People who actually vote for him, knowing its a prank..should have their voting rights revoked. Obviously, they’re not smart enough to help this country.. send them to North Korea for 4 years and see how much they value their vote.
Report thisBy shemp333, October 23, 2007 at 4:20 pm #
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That is way too funny. I’d vote for him ahead of most, even if he is just a fake character. (Aren’t they all anyway…. At least he tells us he’s fake!) Absolutely fabulous and funny as hell!
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