Stephen Colbert Answers the Tough Questions on ABC This Week with George Stephanopoulos
- Posted on January 15, 2012 at 5:54pm by
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(The Blaze/AP) Comedian Stephen Colbert says that just because his name won‘t appear on Saturday’s ballot in South Carolina‘s Republican primary doesn’t mean he couldn’t become president, or even pope, someday.
In an oftentimes awkward, meandering interview on Sunday, Colbert told ABC’s “This Week” that he established a presidential exploratory committee last week that consists of “someone who is good with explosives,” a mountain climber and a brain in a jar. He likened himself to a “one-man Lewis and Clark” expedition looking for his Sacagawea.
Colbert said if his quest for presidency doesn’t work out, he would be willing to throw his weight behind one of the other candidates. He said: “All they have to do is come kiss my ring like they did Donald Trump’s.”
While the candidate may still be in the exploratory stage, a super PAC supporting Colbert has already released an ad entitled “Mitt the Ripper” taking on possible opponents if Colbert decides to enter the primary.
Colbert’s full interview on ABC:
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Comments (73)
elf1362
Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:23amNever to play an idiot was so serious. The bases of democracy are at stake, can‘t you understand that it doesn’t matter if you are a liberal or a conservative if the majority can be manipulate by advertisement.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on January 16, 2012 at 5:45amCan you say: ‘self delusional?’
What kind of an idiot do you have to be to listen to a (literally) Clown for advice on the political landscape? It’s time for Pat Paulson to run for president again.
Report Post »The Third Archon
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:01pmReally? I got more that the entire political process itself was a sham of joke–a mockery of democracy, of representative government, and of the public good.
Report Post »Centrist_Mike
Posted on January 16, 2012 at 4:19amI’m with you. I cant wait to see this play out. It isnt like the republicans have a real candidate anyway. Who could he possibly hurt? Obama is leaning more right than Romney ever has.
Report Post »sane_man
Posted on January 17, 2012 at 2:35amThat‘s EXACTLY what he’s pointing out and trying to show. We should be thanking him. It‘s sad some people just don’t’ get it. Too many ideologues with information bubble syndrome.
Report Post »al_fallujah
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:51pmNBC owes the country an apology for even airing this interview.
HELLO People!!! NBC is telling you that the entire process of picking an opponent for Obama is a joke; that no opponent that conservatives choose is worth serious consideration.
You have just been spat upon by NBC. Mmmm taste good, doesn’t it?
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 16, 2012 at 7:32amDid Stephanopoulos ask Colbert if he would ban contraception? He seems a bit obsessed with that.
Report Post »your sensei
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:35pmColbert is the quickest mind in TV. Brilliant wit and sense of irony. Amazing timing. Well read. knows his history, science, art,music, and religion. A devout Catholic who can recite scripture more completely than anyone here. And a delightfully frustrating thorn in the side of conservatives everywhere.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on January 16, 2012 at 11:37amMr.Stephen is also one who loves his/our country, and sometimes his comment(s) are double-agents. I see many of these hidden-truths in his banter and his “tweeks” are decivingly hard-hitting and much needed to help us [Wake Up!] . And, yes…guys have emotions, too.
Report Post »sane_man
Posted on January 17, 2012 at 2:54amAgree 100% So sad that most here can’t see that fact.
Report Post »The Third Archon
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:33pmStephen Colbert 2012
Report Post »ZengaPA65
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:49pmI’d vote for him if got his mutant ear fixed.
Report Post »woodyb
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:39pmI’d vote for him if he runs against OBUMBLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »libh8er
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:29pmI don’t know…. Was this supposed to be funny?
Report Post »JoeA1010
Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:58amAgree. Colbert isn’t the least bit funny.
Report Post »timbo40
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 8:50pmone word.. stupid.
Report Post »jespasinthru
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:15pmStephen Colbert is just a comedian and an actor. Before he got his current high-profile gig, he played in a goofy, mean-spirited sitcom called “Strangers With Candy.” I think it was on either Comedy Central or Logo, I forgot which one. But now that he’s got top-of-the-line writers, he‘s using sarcasm in a way that some people don’t even recognize as sarcasm. Some idiots actually think his schtick is for real.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:21pmHe’s not as stupid as whoever typed this and spelled LEWIS and Clark wrong.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:24pmHe’s nothing but a rodeo clown.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 8:22pmOne freaking comedian in the WH is enough..
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on January 16, 2012 at 1:10amGeorgie StuffaLOT-US is a joke and a schill for BillyClinton.
Shame the words tough question appear next to Stuffy’s name.
I didn’t watch the clip but it seems TWO comedians competing for the biggest joke—-ieObummer.
Report Post »elf1362
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 8:06pmConservative or liberal who cares, he is pointing on the fact that democracy becomes a comedy when the court decided that corporations are people and money equals free speech, and you should all be concerned while democracy is taken away from you and bought as a grocery product.
Report Post »LibertarianRight
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:11pmLimiting money spent on speech does limit speech, and corporations are organizations protected, just like unions, think tanks, and any other free association, by the First Amendment’s association clause. Those First Amendment protections don’t just apply to the poor.
Report Post »elf1362
Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:19amDemocracy for all, rich, middle class and poor alike: one head, one vote, but the democratic process is rotten by money when corporations are allowed to advertise much more for the candidates of their choice, and sale it like a grocery product. The Constitution is for people who can love and die, not for Unions, not for Corporations, for their members who are accountable in front of the law.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 7:47pmhttp://imbibemagazine.com/Sour-Grapes-Recipe
Report Post »Platonician
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:43pmThis man is a buffoon, an opportunistic pig who has made a career bashing America to please his elitists masters.
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:53pmReally? Who cares about Colbert. “This Week” must be down in the ratings.
Report Post »weldman7
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 8:06pmYou do realize he is an actor playing a roll it is not meant to be serious.
Report Post »Centrist_Mike
Posted on January 16, 2012 at 4:14amYea he is an actor playing a role to his extremist base. exactly like Limbaugh, Hannity, and Beck. They all make ridiculous amounts of money saying ridiculous things. Only difference is Colbert realizes it’s a joke…
Report Post »sane_man
Posted on January 17, 2012 at 2:42amThe fact that you think he‘s a bafoon who bashes America show you nothing whatsoever about Colbert or wouldn’t know brilliance and patriotism if it came up and bit you.
Report Post »DirtyDeeds
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:43pmThis is cute, Stephen Colbert is a pretend candidate just as George Stephanopoulos is a pretend TV journalist. I wish George all the best luck in the future, once people wise up and realize he is nothing more than a mouth-piece that speaks to the ignorant or those without the will to find truthfulness in the media. He will be unemployed and would have wished he learned a good trade.
Report Post »Semper4everSemper
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:40pmI think some are taking this seriously. It’s a joke. He’s from South Carolina. He’s a comedian. He’s as serious as Pat Paulsen, remember him?
Blaze – Louis? Louis?
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 7:01pmIf it is a joke, then why did the FEC approve the creation of his PAC which was unlawful for a member of the media and they even had to grant him a waiver? Why is his PAC a legal, tax deductible, tax exempt 501(c)(4)???
A joke?
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:07pma joke on us.
Report Post »Centrist_Mike
Posted on January 16, 2012 at 4:12amHe isnt a member of the media. His show is a comedy show. it works.
Report Post »Cat
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:35pm…
Report Post »You must stand firmly behind someone before stabbing them in the back, and
this guy is doing just that to America.
Chromo200
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:26pmColbert is doing this to keep the negative ads on Republicans.. This way his PAC can get away with garbage. I wonder where he is getting his financial support?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:32pmSoros … as with all things .. follow the money .. .but I am sure they are laundering it though many nice sounds named organizations.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:40pm“sounding”
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 8:00pmFor months he’s run the list of his donors, but I really am still chuckling about “Soros.”
Report Post »Grasshopper42
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:25pmBob Hope, Jerry Lewis, Phyliss Diller, Robin Williams, Jim Carey, Jim Whitney (Larry the Cable Guy) etc., now these folks are funny . . .
This guy’s a joke, but not very funny . . .
Report Post »Dr. Joel Fleischman
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 7:20pmJoan Rivers is even funnier than Colbert/Stewart.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:24pm.
I can’t figure which is a bigger waste of Time?
Watching a Monkey Pick at it’s Butt, or watching those two fool’s………..
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:31pmLOL .. I agree .. and I would think Colbert would have a better shot at Pope. Also Stephy was the one who corrected Obama when the truth came out ….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMUgNg7aD8M
Report Post »academica2020
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:22pmThis proves how sad our society has become. Just watched the “Founding Brothers” DVD and the crap that we are considering worthy of reporting and having an impact on the future of our society is shameful. What makes this worse is the fact that a large number of twenty somethings are considering this worthy for political evaluation.
Report Post »Can I just say “The Roman Empire”, and “Ancient Greece”. When reality and fantasy combine, we are in dire straits!
Micmac
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:20pmI see nothing wrong with Cobert expressing his 1st amendment rights, even though I totally disagree with his beliefs. As long as he files the proper papers, etc., he has the right to run for president, as you do.
What I worry about is the lack of knowledge of the average person and the history of a progressive media and progressive education in this nation for the last 40 years, and the sense of entitlement that exudes everywhere.
NoBama 2012
Report Post »academica2020
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:31pmand the fact that exercising his first amendment right gives him an even remote amount of credence is a sad commentary on our society… It is a huge joke and he is laughing at the fact that his effort to mock Republicans is working…
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 7:05pmBut he is not running for “President”
Report Post »He is running for
“President of the united states OF SOUTH CAROLINA”
a fictional nation.
It is unlawful for a member of media so the FEC had to grant him a waiver, which they did.
Chromo200
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:16pmI see nothing wrong with Cobert expressing his 1st amendment rights, even though I totally disagree with his beliefs.
True but there is a responsibility that comes with this right. It does not give you the right to trash and screw up a great system. Don’t misunderstand me that I want any kind of censorship .. just that people should be aware of their responsibilities. Corbert doesn’t.
Report Post »Drakkhanlord
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:16pm3 Separate Ballot Access Challenges Against Obama Now Filed
And Pending In The State of Illinois
http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2012/01/3-ballot-access-challenges-against.html
The McCreery v. Somerville Funeral – Maskell And Gray To Attend –
Report Post »Minor v. Happersett To Preside
http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2012/01/attorney-donofrio-nothing-left-open-as.html
Baddoggy
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:23pmMan you creepy Birthers…wont you ever give it up?
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:15pmAnd in other news Stephanopolous thinks about presenting an unbiased, non globalist, non socialist spin on his news presentations, but then he wakes up. I like him better when I can’t see or hear him.
Report Post »mpthegreek
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:11pmColbert knows all about kissing the golden ring. That’s how he got where he is in life.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:19pm.
Colbert knows all about kissing the golden ring.
I think it’s more of a Brown with a Pink middle……………..
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:22pmewwwwwwww Monkey…The image in my head now…stop it! LOL
Will Snuffalopagus say anything about Ron Pauls news>??
http://americanvisionnews.com/1231/coveted-sc-endorsement-to-go-to-paul
Report Post »oriondma05
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:07pmAlmost as important when he addressed congress. Hell in a hand basket.
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:02pmNext week, Stephanopoulos interviews Sesame Street’s Bert and Ermie.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:23pmBig Bird must have been busy…
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 5:56pmThe guy’s a complete NOBODY. How come media takes him serious? Answer: The liberal AGENDA!
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