You've got to be "serious"
Stephen Colbert wants to run for president, at least in South Carolina. But apparently none of our country's elite and untouchable liars…err, I mean politicians…want him to.
Despite filing for candidacy in time, and paying the $2,500 required just to get his name printed on the ballot (another reason why all our politicians are rich), Democratic party leaders in South Carolina voted yesterday to leave him out of their January 26 primary.
Waring Howel Jr., one of the Democratic executive council members who voted against Colbert (and has a fitting first name for a politician), is quoted in the Los Angeles Times as saying, “He clearly doesn't meet the requirements…It's a distraction and takes away from the seriousness of our primary here and takes attention from the serious candidates: Clinton, Edwards, Barack Obama and the rest."
Hmmm. Sounds like the Democrats aren’t so democratic after all.
Serious candidates? What exactly does he mean by “serious candidates”? Frankly, the Clinton and Obama campaigns are just as hilarious and absurd. Do the Democrats “seriously” think Hilary and Barack want to change our county, but Steven Colbert doesn’t? Give me a break.
Howel’s ironic reasoning didn’t stop there. In the same article he went on to add that Colbert “might be trying to use us…to achieve some kind of status he doesn't really deserve.”
Whoa. Take a moment to think about that one for a second. Read the quote over again — I’ve copy and pasted it here for your convenience: Colbert “might be trying to use us…to achieve some kind of status he doesn't really deserve.” If I’m not mistaken, aren’t those the exact same motives behind every presidential bid? Doesn’t that make Colbert yet another ideal choice to lead our great “democracy”?
How dare the Democrats blatantly deny someone the opportunity to participate in our political system, one that is supposedly “for the people, by the people.” Despite my cynicism, political homelessness, and undying mistrust of politicians, I've believed in the Democrats throughout the Bush Administration, hoped they were the voice of reason during the trying times we’ve been enveloped in. I was happy last November when they regained the majority in Congress. But they have done nothing but beat my optimism into the ground. Since the progressive and needed measures they were able to pass earlier this year, they have done nothing but deepen the divide of partisanship in the House and Senate, and continue the illusion that somehow they are different than the Republicans.
Oh, Democrats. You won’t fool me again. You’re just a bunch of Republicrats.
Despite filing for candidacy in time, and paying the $2,500 required just to get his name printed on the ballot (another reason why all our politicians are rich), Democratic party leaders in South Carolina voted yesterday to leave him out of their January 26 primary.
Waring Howel Jr., one of the Democratic executive council members who voted against Colbert (and has a fitting first name for a politician), is quoted in the Los Angeles Times as saying, “He clearly doesn't meet the requirements…It's a distraction and takes away from the seriousness of our primary here and takes attention from the serious candidates: Clinton, Edwards, Barack Obama and the rest."
Hmmm. Sounds like the Democrats aren’t so democratic after all.
Serious candidates? What exactly does he mean by “serious candidates”? Frankly, the Clinton and Obama campaigns are just as hilarious and absurd. Do the Democrats “seriously” think Hilary and Barack want to change our county, but Steven Colbert doesn’t? Give me a break.
Howel’s ironic reasoning didn’t stop there. In the same article he went on to add that Colbert “might be trying to use us…to achieve some kind of status he doesn't really deserve.”
Whoa. Take a moment to think about that one for a second. Read the quote over again — I’ve copy and pasted it here for your convenience: Colbert “might be trying to use us…to achieve some kind of status he doesn't really deserve.” If I’m not mistaken, aren’t those the exact same motives behind every presidential bid? Doesn’t that make Colbert yet another ideal choice to lead our great “democracy”?
How dare the Democrats blatantly deny someone the opportunity to participate in our political system, one that is supposedly “for the people, by the people.” Despite my cynicism, political homelessness, and undying mistrust of politicians, I've believed in the Democrats throughout the Bush Administration, hoped they were the voice of reason during the trying times we’ve been enveloped in. I was happy last November when they regained the majority in Congress. But they have done nothing but beat my optimism into the ground. Since the progressive and needed measures they were able to pass earlier this year, they have done nothing but deepen the divide of partisanship in the House and Senate, and continue the illusion that somehow they are different than the Republicans.
Oh, Democrats. You won’t fool me again. You’re just a bunch of Republicrats.
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