Colbert Campaign Finished

Stephen Colbert's joke South Carolina campaign is stalling before it started. Colbert does not have enough money to pay the $35 thousand fee to get on the Republican ballot. The South Carolina Democratic party rejected application 13-3. They rightfully concluded that Colbert wasn't a serious candidate.

“The general sense of the council was that he wasn’t a serious candidate and that was why he wasn’t selected to be on the ballot,” said Joe Werner, the party’s director. “There was discussion — I wouldn’t call it a heated debate — but there was discussion about it.”

There is no need for a heated debate. Colbert's campaign is a lark.

I find Colbert funny when he is pretending to be a conservative pundit on Comedy Central. Colbert's candiadcy has real world consequences. The winner of the Republican and Democratic South Carolina primaries may go on to win the White House. Colbert could throw a Nader-like monkey wrench into the primay and help a candidate win.

If Colbert really wants to run then start an official campaign in 50 states. I don't think someone should run for public office just to hawk a book. There is a time for humor. The most important presidential election of the 21 century deserves better candidates than it has now. Not a guy that previous claim to fame was the very unfunny Strangers With Candy.