He's out! Stephen Colbert is not going to be America's next president, or indeed, even the next presidential candidate.The South Carolina Democratic Executive Council voted to keep Stephen Colbert's name off the primary ballot, which pretty effectively ends his presidential campaign. Nevertheless, Colbert would not be Colbert without making a showy public withdrawal.Colbert has been running for president in South Carolina, and chronicling his campaign adventures on The Colbert Report. Despite Colbert's position as a mock Republican, he campaigned as a Democrat, probably -- as The Huffington Post notes -- because it was less expensive to file as a liberal.
Several Facebook and MySpace groups had emerged to support Colbert in his grassroots efforts. Colbert joked that he was going off the air until he could discuss his failed campaign without weeping. That neatly coincides with the fact that the show was going into repeats tonight anyway, due to the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike that started today.
Ed note: This is indeed old news. My source for this was dated today, but TV Squad's Annie Wu had already covered this. Sorry for the duplication.
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11-05-2007 @ 3:51PM
Brendan said...
"Despite Colbert's position as a mock Republican, he campaigned as a Democrat, probably -- as The Huffington Post notes -- because it was less expensive to file as a liberal."
Democrat and liberal are not synonyms... ideology is not a political party.
Also, isn't this news about 4 days old already?
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11-05-2007 @ 4:42PM
Karen said...
I think you need to fix your italics tags...
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11-05-2007 @ 4:47PM
Oreo said...
Too bad, with the writers strike he would have plenty of time.
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11-06-2007 @ 8:35AM
grumpyoldman said...
His schtick is growing tiresome.
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11-08-2007 @ 3:27PM
Xaffy said...
There is no reason to keep anyone from campaigning. Even if it is a joke, the person has the right to at least try to become a leader. It's like our government setting up and following through on the sniping of one of our own presidential candidates.
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11-11-2007 @ 9:19AM
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