{"id":5081,"date":"2007-10-17T09:46:25","date_gmt":"2007-10-17T09:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groonk.net\/blog\/?p=5081"},"modified":"2007-10-17T09:46:25","modified_gmt":"2007-10-17T09:46:25","slug":"let-colbert-be-colbert-and-possibly-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/2007\/10\/let-colbert-be-colbert-and-possibly-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Let Colbert be Colbert and Possibly President"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stephen Colbert’s running for president<\/a> in his home state as a “favorite son<\/a>” and on the Democrat and Republican ticket.<\/p>\n

Exactly how far the mock conservative pundit planned to stretch his impression of a presidential candidate wasn’t clear. Colbert rarely breaks character on camera, including at his memorable speech at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner last year.<\/p>\n

The Comedy Central host has often mobilized his fans (“Colbert Nation”), encouraging them to vote to have a Hungarian bridge named after him, for example, or to vandalize Web site Wikipedia.com with his version of “truthiness” and “wikiality.”<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

In a guest column for Maureen Dowd in Sunday’s New York Times, Colbert wrote: “I am not ready to announce yet \u00e2\u20ac\u201d even though it’s clear that the voters are desperate for a white, male, middle-aged, Jesus-trumpeting alternative<\/a>.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I can’t figure if the man is brilliant in that Rain Man kind of way, or if he’s insane in that Easy Rider Dennis Hopper kind of way.<\/p>\n

(via pretty much every damn where)<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> A row of videos<\/a> on the matter and ONTD declares <\/a>that Colbert is their official favorite son<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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