Stephen Colbert's PAC Calls Romney a 'Serial Killer'

[denem]

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The Atlantic Wire
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/01/stephen-colberts-pac-calls-romney-serial-killer/47440/

Just days after Stephen Colbert formally turned over control of his Super PAC to Jon Stewart (so Colbert could "explore" a run for president in South Carolina despite the fact that he cannot legally get on the ballot there), the PAC is up with its first negative ad, a hit on Mitt Romney and his infamous "corporations are people" remark.

If they're people, says the Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow PAC (in the voice of John Lithgow, no less), well then Mitt Romney, former corporate raider, is "a serial killer."

'Serial Killer'? - The ad is also a clever take on Ron Paul's attack ads which charge Gingrich and now Santorum with 'Serial Hypocrisy'.

NB: Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow PAC is Jon Stewart's PAC. Even that doesn't stay much because it's the manager(s), not the owners(s) who by law are empowered and responsible for expressing the PAC's personal political opinions. The manger(s) could be anyone, including Jon Stewart, but not Stephen Colbert. The Media still haven't got their heads around Citizen's United.

Mitt The Ripper

[MADem]

1. What brilliant wit! I'm loving it! nt

[asjr]

3. I am so ready for this! Maybe this is

a way out of this political crap we are getting from Republican. Colbert can get the message over better than anyone.

[K8-EEE]

2. Satire is a great learning tool, to make fun of something it has to be truly absurd

And these super PAC ads, well the whole PAC thing, TRULY ABSURD. Brilliant use of satire, hope it makes people THINK!

[Solly Mack]

4. K&R

lololol

[peacebird]

5. Awesome!

[Ohio Dem]

6. That is awsome!

Is that actually going to air, or is it online only?

[denem]

7. I don't know and perhaps that a point,

SuperPacs are totally opaque.

[annabanana]

8. apparently airing in SC. . . .n/t

[denem]

10. If it is, it's no joke.

It ticks all the boxes.

[zeemike]

9. That cracks me up.

Colbert is a kind of genius when it comes to satire.
K&R

[boppers]

32. It's not Colbert.

He is not allowed to coordinate with his Super-PAC. That would be illegal.

Details here:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/318814/the-colbert-report-indecision-2012-colbert-super-pac---coordination-resolution-with-jon-stewart

[denem]

33. Absolutely correct - The article is quite clear about that and the headline is wrong BUT

I routinely refer to Winning Our Future as Newt's SuperPac. Even 'PAC supporting Newt Gingrich' is not fully accurate. 'SuperPacs' are a law unto themselves - a corporation exercising their personal constitutional right to express political opinions on ANY topic. AND who owns them, once again, does not matter in practice - as any shareholder knows, it's the managers, accountable to Board who by law run and are responsible for the corporations actions., and the Board, subject to corporate law, is accountable to the shareholders. THEN, the PAC could just be a holding company for a partnership.

Thank you SCOTUS!

[zeemike]

44. I did not know how it works.

But it is as good as if he had done it.

[Broderick]

11. that is pretty good

[antigop]

12. It's not Colbert's PAC -- pls change your title. He turned it over to Stewart. n/t

[denem]

13. I posted the Articles Title, as per the TOS

I will add that to the OP.

[antigop]

15. A case of poor headline writing....journalism 101 -- FAIL! n/t

[denem]

19. The media still don't understand Citizen's United.

I routinely refer to Winning Our Future as Newt's SuperPac. Even PAC supporting Newt Gingrich isn't accurate. SuperPac are a law unto themselves.

[antigop]

17. But thanks for posting...that's pretty funny. n/t

[PearliePoo2]

14. Sorry that I have but ONE rec to give!

Best PAC ad of the decade, hands down.

[Bucky]

25. If you were a corporation, you could give unlimited recs. Cause you'd be a Super-Person

[PADemD]

16. Mark Twain

“Power, money, persuasion, supplication, persecution—these can lift at a colossal humbug—push it a little—weaken it a little, century by century, but only laughter can blow it to rags and atoms at a blast. Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.”

Mark Twain
The Mysterious Stranger (1922), ch 10

[proverbialwisdom]

36. Great Twain quote, thanks.

[HopeHoops]

18. Yeah, actually it DOES belong in LBN - he might just upset the clown car.

Not locking. I saw the clip earlier today and it is quite relevant to the current affairs of the country. Al Franken won a seat in Congress and he's one of the most serious members now. What if Colbert wins? I'll still vote for Obama, but he is a real thorn in the GOP's foot right now.

[Joe the Revelator]

20. Holy shit...

That. is. so. awesome.

[Deep13]

21. Holy shit! I had no idea. nt

[Mz Pip]

22. Shared on Facebook

This is terrific. Satire that speaks the truth - is doesn't get any better than this.

[denem]

24. Jon Stewarts PAC just might get some big donors

to keep the ad running. Apparently it's on SC TV.

[YankeyMCC]

23. Fantastic except

at the end the premise is to stop him from killing again wouldn't leaving him in the private sector leave him free to continue his murderous ways?

[Mz Pip]

26. He's not in the private sector anymore

He's unemployed and has been for years, as far as I can tell. He's living off his savings and running for PResident because he just loves the US so much.

[high density]

27. The "Bain Capital" woodchipper with companies going in and money flying out is brilliant

Hilarious!

[siligut]

28. I am so glad Colbert is on our side

He rocks. Both brilliant and funny, he makes me laugh everytime.

Not to jack the thread, but this is a video of Stephen dancing ballet and at @ 43, he parts his coat to display his stuff. Cracked me up!

Colbert Ballet

[greiner3]

29. My ONLY criticism;

Is wondering how many people in SC will actually get it.

Not belittling SCinians but the understanding of sarcasm needs to begin long before it rears 'its ugly head.'

[Sienna86]

30. Love it

Colbert and Stewart are priceless.

[riverbendviewgal]

31. awesome.

I love the baby nursery....it is so right on.

This is so well done.

[beac]

34. Brilliant, hilarious and effective!

[deutsey]

35. I take comfort in that...knowing Colbert and Stewart are out there

not taking it seriously for all us sinners out here.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

37. That's hilarious! If corporations are people,

Mitt is a serial killer! Brilliant.

[denem]

38. Mitt Nixon rebuffs the charges "I am not a serial killer".

People have got a right to know whether or not their President is a serial killer. I am not a serial killer.

And let me say this, war with Iran is inevitable.

[sce56]

39. Absolutely Brilliant!b Colbert: 'The More Money You Have, the More You Can Speak'

See Colbert with ABC's George Stephanopoulos this AM Courtesy of Crooks & Liars


Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert declared Sunday that he believes in Super PACs because "the more money you have, the more you can speak."

Last week, Colbert turned the Super PAC that he founded over to Comedy Central host Jon Stewart so as not to run afoul of campaign laws while he considers running for the Republican presidential nomination in South Carolina.

The Stewart-controlled Super PAC released an ad Saturday attacking Colbert's potential opponent Mitt Romney as a "serial killer" for his record of destroying corporations as the head of Bain Capital. Speaking at the Iowa State Fair last year, Romney had asserted that “corporations are people.”

"I have nothing to do with that ad," Colbert told ABC's George Stephanopoulos Sunday, mocking U.S. campaign laws. "I have no control over that ad. If anything in that ad is inaccurate, if he did not say corporations are people, if he did not make his money cutting up corporate people -- I am not calling anyone a serial killer. I can't tell Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow what to do. It's not my Super PAC."

[denem]

40. "I had to give away my SuperPac. Thats my baby. Do you know how hard

it is to give away your baby"

[denem]

41. Stewart: Mitt Romney claims to be pro-corporations, but would you let him date

your daughter's corporation?

[SleeplessinSoCal]

42. Brilliant as it seems, the GOP ("mass murderers") will use this to benefit Romney somehow.

[denem]

43. Ridicule is one of the most effective weapons in politics.

and somehow the ad is getting blanket coverage in SC.

[aquart]

50. Thank you for your concern.

Let's all give up and go home, shall we?

[SleeplessinSoCal]

54. I refuse to give up. But when you don't care about the truth, so long as you win, be prepared.

[pam4water]

45. Bawahah I love the wood chipper at that end XD nt

[denem]

46. Yeah - the bundles of cash piling out. A classic.

[TheDebbieDee]

47. I may be morbid, but my favorite scene in the commercial

is the view of the trailing legs and feet of a body being dragged and hidden behind file cabinets...........

So Hitchcockian!

[gateley]

48. The DNC needs to hire Colbert's writers. nt

[aquart]

49. Perfection.

Awestruck.

[Skittles]

51. I love love LOVES me some Stephen Colbert

yes INDEED

[joshcryer]

52. No words can describe how amazing this is.

[qb]

53. I hope the SCOTUS is watching this and saying "OH F*CK!"

[Kablooie]

55. Wonderful!

Citizen's United has given a pack of professional comedians and writers the opportunity to create impressively entertaining political ads.

There is going to be a lot of mud, more than ever before, mixed into the soup before this party is over.
I'm just glad that some of it will be entertaining.

[RockyMtnGuy]

56. Brilliant

This was perfect, hope there are a whole lot more in production right now!

[Tanelorn]

57. How can you not K&R

[truthisfreedom]

58. I wonder how long this took to write/plan/shoot?

If it was under a week, Colbert and Stewart have the best team ever.

[qanda]

59. Amazing!

Brilliant and oh so funny!

[1monster]

60. Stephen Colbert belongs in the Smithsonian. He is an absolutely PRICELESS

National Treasure.

[Historic NY]

61. He should do "Mitt Bates"....Psycho Corporate vulture of the "Bain hotel"...

where companies go to checkout.

[ChadwickHenryWard]

62. They seem eternally amazed and delighted by what they can get away with.

This all just shows how absurd our laws have become.

[amuse bouche]

63. Dexter fans will appreciate

the fact that John Lithgow narrates the ad and he played a serial killer on Dexter. Love it