Stephen Colbert is having some fun with campaign finance law. He went to the FEC for an advisory opinion as to whether Viacom would have to make disclosures if he was promoting his PAC on his show. This highlights a lot of what Fox News does, putting high profile political candidates or potential candidates on the air to promote themselves. Some of Colbert’s better lines:
Colbert explained his move was motivated by his belief in “the American dream. And that dream is simple. That anyone, no matter who they are, if they are determined, if they are willing to work hard enough, someday they could grow up to create a legal entity which could then receive unlimited corporate funds, which could be used to influence our elections.”
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“I believe that the Citizens United decision was the right one. There should be unlimited corporate money and I want some of it, I don’t want to be the one chump who doesn’t have any.”
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he described its purpose as setting the stage so “the Colbert Nation could have a voice, in the form of my voice, shouted through a megaphone made of cash” in the 2012 elections.
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“Why does it get so complicated to do this,” Colbert said. “I mean this is page after page of legalese. All I’m trying to do is affect the 2012 election. It’s not like I am trying to install iTunes.”
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