News and Politics | November 01, 2007 | 8 comments

South Carolina Dems keep Colbert off SC Ballot!

source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071101/ap_po/colbert_ballot;_ylt=A0WTUdtBQCpH7dAAgAYDW7oF

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why they be hating on him yo?

"South Carolina Democrats squashed Stephen Colbert's fanciful White House bid on Thursday.

Colbert, who poses as a conservative talk-show host on the Comedy Central cable network, filed to get on the ballot as a Democratic candidate in his native South Carolina. His campaign paid a $2,500 filing fee just before the noon deadline, said state Democratic Party Chairwoman Carol Fowler.

However, after about 40 minutes of discussion by top party officials, the executive council voted 13-3 to keep the host of "The Colbert Report" off the ballot."
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8 comments // South Carolina Dems keep Colbert off SC Ballot!

  • JordanRoth
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      JordanRoth  

    • Wow...Way to get me fired up first thing in the morning. I have actually been hoping Colbert runs and wins. He seems like he could be a person who challenges the other candidates to actually answer questions, not spew soundbytes. The only reason he was not allowed to enter was because the SC Dems were afraid of the challenge. Why this is not front page news, I don't know. Oh yeah! That's right. Because mass media is even LESS democratic than politics.

    • 5 years ago
  • nkeg87
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      nkeg87  

    • So unbelievably wrong. I think that if he seriously ran throughout the entire country he would provide significant competition. He has the most support among college-age kids than any other candidate. Just check his facebook group with 1.35 million members and it's growing at over 1 member a second.

      "Carol Fowler, chairwoman of the state Democratic Party and a member of the executive council, suggested Wednesday that Colbert did not meet the standard of national viability..."He does not appear to be campaigning to win if he is only running in one state," she said." -CNN.com

    • 5 years ago
  • Danny
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    • Gee, I guess the election system is not quite what everyone thinks it is, is it? Maybe we should take more seriously what 3rd party candidates have been saying for years.

    • 5 years ago
  • celticjoy
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      celticjoy  

    • Democratic Party officials should have allowed Colbert to run in the primary, he paid the fee and is over 35. Therefore it is his constitutional right to run and against the law to prohibit him from running. Its rather sad that we now live in a country where my 8 year old says "No one follows the law"

    • 5 years ago
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