Hey ABC and Slate, welcome to the party! Both news outlets are reporting today that Stephen Colbert???s relationship with Comedy Central breaks FEC laws. That story was interesting somewhere around last week.
So in review, again: The Colbert Report counts as a very large campaign contribution from Viacom to the Colbert campaign in the form of screen time. This breaks FEC law that prohibits corporations from making “any contribution or expenditure in connection with a federal election.”
But even if Colbert has made the 2008 election more fun, campaign finance laws are still boring. Nice try, though.
Sometimes I just have to say, ???what the fuck???? and the royal we doesn???t work as well. These are my thoughts???raronauer
About two minutes after John Kerry lost in 2004, Democrats and Republicans began plotting for 2008.
At this time last year, pundits could criticize politicians for starting their campaigns too early. But now, 13 months away from the general election, there???s no way to complain about fatigue. Now is the time candidates should be making stump speeches; it???s just too bad we???ve been hearing them for the past year.
So at this point, no one???s really interested in reading about demographic breakdowns of primary states. That is until Stephen Colbert entered the picture.
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