President Colbert?
Monday, October 29th, 2007
As most people know Stephen Colbert has announced that he will run for president…in South Carolina. He is attempting to get on the ballot in South Carolina as a Democrat and a Republican.
“Man of the Year” for real? No, he is only running in one state.
While the tone of his ‘candidacy’ is humorous at best, other candidates have actually responded to it. Colbert says he is the favorite son of South Carolina, and Doritos will sponsor his candidacy.
This is a joke, but it didn’t stop the John Edwards campaign from ‘firing back.’ “What is more troubling than his quest for a status his own mother won’t grant him (favorite son) are his ties to the salty food industry,” Wells said. “As the candidate of Doritos, his hands are stained by corporate corruption and nacho cheese. John Edwards has never taken a dime from taco chip lobbyists and America deserves a President who isn’t in the pocket of the snack food special interests.”
Are they joking? It is hard to tell.
Colbert has an enormous fan base and is wildly popular with the college crowd, I watch “The Report.”
Something like this has never been done before. It will be interesting to see if his one state candidacy actually makes real candidates keep responding to things that he does.
Source: AP
