Sucks to be a Yank

It does look pretty stupid. But it does create comedy gold, so it can't be all bad

And I swear that one day Stephen Colbert will end getting elected as a Republican president. He would actually be a sensible choice for them at this point.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-stephen-colbert-herman-cain-south-carolina-rally-20120120,0,1613691.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews%2Fpolitics+%28L.A.+Times+-+Politics%29&utm_content=Google+International

EDIT: Also, http://www.bobonline.net/progxiansd/ssj/index.html

Colbert for president!

Holy crap, Colbert's PAC raised over $1 million - http://www.colbertsuperpac.com/fec/forms.pdf

That has to be the best covering letter I've ever seen.

I don't actually know what a PAC is...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-31/gingrich-sued-over-eye-of-the-tiger/3802786

I wonder what his stance on SOPA and the rest of those anti-pirate laws are?

The only time he made his stance on SOPA public (that I can find anyway) was after the backlash, so of course he said he was against it.

EDIT:

The irony is thick this year: http://www.pedestrian.tv/entertainment/news/anti-piracy-movie-ads-caught-using-pirated-music/60075.htm

Here's some more on the super PAC's and who has all the money:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/01/31/us/politics/super-pac-donors.html?ref=global-home

So these things just a legal loop hole around political donations so that large corporations and super wealthy individuals can just completely bankroll a candidate. I hate to ask, since I probably already know the answer, but is America's election system that totally fucked up?

And it turns out that Mitt Romney is actually a creepy robot, you knew?
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/01/romney-and-the-uncanny-valley-what-robot-theory-tells-us-about-the-front-runner/252235/

The Flying Monk wrote:Here's some more on the super PAC's and who has all the money:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/01/31/us/politics/super-pac-donors.html?ref=global-home

So these things just a legal loop hole around political donations so that large corporations and super wealthy individuals can just completely bankroll a candidate. I hate to ask, since I probably already know the answer, but is America's election system that totally fucked up?

Yes

In more detail, it's a consequence of the Citizens United Supreme Court Case which pretty much combined two legal doctrines - firstly that corporations are, for certain purposes, people. Secondly, that the ability to spend money for political advertising is speech and thereby covered by freedom of speech.

Remember, it's not activist judges when the right wing likes the outcome.

So the Shadow Run time line (minus the magic) is pretty much based on fact. Gotcha.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2012/02/stephen_colbert_is_winning_the_war_against_the_supreme_court_and_citizens_united_.html

Colbert for President!

what the fuck. Man, this world is really in trouble.

lol