Beyond entertainment?
 

Steven Colbert is a comic genius. For the most part I agree with his politics (the man, not the character). I get a big kick out of his ridicule of the SuperPacs and negative advertising.

Now, he is running an ad in South Carolina suggesting that a vote for Hermain Cain is a vote for him. SC does not recognize write-in ballots, and obviously Colbert's name is not on the ballot. This way there will be some way of measuring how much people might want to cast a protest vote. But I wonder, does this actually affect the results at all. Are the same people who would make a protest vote by marking Cain the same ones would would write him as a protest? How detached from reality has Colbert's alter-ego become? Living in a very Republican county, I have been known to write-in fictional characters when no Democrat is running for an office. But Colbert's campaign seems just a little too polished. I guess some of the best comedy is that which makes us uneasy.

Regards,

D-Ray

Love me some Colbert. His show is the best thing on TV, along with my local boys, Wilbon and Kornheiser, on Pardon the Interruption. Both, along with The Daily Show, are essential viewing here.

I don't know how you two can stand it.

After watching the 6:00 news I'm laughing to hard I'm about to puke.

Cahs

I did not barf but I sure figured it was too early in the season for all that fertilizer, maybe it is warmer in SC.

Never been a huge Colbert fan, but John Stewart is fabulous. Aside from the comedy, it really is a great political news show.

Love'em both, they don't cut anyone much slack.

I wish Colbert would run for President for real, for real.

Dave

No one can match Pat Paulsen's legacy.

Regards,

D-Ray