Colbert says his U.S. presidential run is no joke

[jefferson_dem]

Colbert says his U.S. presidential run is no joke



WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Comedian Stephen Colbert insisted on Sunday that his ambition to run for president was no joke -- then joked he would consider disgraced Republican Sen. Larry Craig as a vice presidential running mate.

"I don't want to be president. I want to run for president. There's a difference," the host of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" said in a television interview.

"I'm far realer than Sam Brownback, let me put it that way," he told NBC's "Meet the Press" in a reference to Republican Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas, who dropped out of the 2008 White House race on Friday.

Colbert, whose pugnacious egomaniacal TV persona routinely mocks conservative talk shows, hopes to run in both the Republican and Democratic primaries in his native South Carolina "because I'd like to lose twice."

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[liberal N proud]

1. That should have the msm and the right wing buzzing for a while

[tridim]

2. Wouldn't it be fun if he got to participate in a debate?

:rofl:

[liberal N proud]

3. It would be the highest rated debate of all time

[valerief]

5. That would be wonderful. I'll bet he'd attack the media again. nt

[fenriswolf]

4. anyone seen man of the year with robin williams?

[MaxwellCube]

6. "Colbert says his U.S. presidential run is no joke"

It is a joke if you're running in only one state.

I wish he'd make this a 50-state campaign.

[Sparkly]

7. He was joking when he said it. nt

[Sal Minella]

9. On "Wait Wait" today he said his campaign starts and ends in South Carolina.

He doesn't want to BE president. He just wants to RUN FOR president in South Carolina. And somehow, he says this so matter-of-factly that one thinks, at the moment, "oh, yeah, that makes sense."

But it's hard to have any doubts about someone running on a platform of truthiness.

[peace frog]

8. Shades of Pat Paulsen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMoqFxhoJG8