Stephen Colbert for President
October 17, 2007 by Susan Gunelius
Filed under Marketing
First, let me say that I think Stephen Colbert is hilarious, and I love to watch Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show followed by Stephen Colbert’s The Colbert Report on Comedy Central. So I might be biased when I say I love that Stephen Colbert might run for President of the United States.
Last night, Stephen Colbert announced on The Colbert Report that he will run for President in his home state of South Carolina, and he hopes to get on both the Democratic and Republican ballots. No one knows how serious he actually is and how far this will actually go, but it’s fun nevertheless and certainly gives Stephen Colbert’s brand an extra boost.
Already the online buzz is going strong about Stephen Colbert’s announcement, and both Colbert and The Colbert Report are sure to get a great deal of attention from it.
Perhaps Stephen Colbert won’t be able to change the country (although you never know), but he’ll certainly inject some interest into his brand and give us all some laughs along the way.
What do you think of Stephen Colbert for President?
I have observed that Colbert has evolved (or at least transitioned) from being a sarcastic liberal pundit to a flat out mock-conservative shouter. If he’s going to run for President, he’ll have to either say what he actually means, or make the sarcasm much more transparent. If I (a New Yorker) can barely tell when he’s serious, what’s the average American voter to do?
Hey, it worked in that Robin Williams movie….why not (-:
Stephen Colbert is one of my heroes, but people are freaking out about this whole “running for president thing” when he’s not going to do anything about it. What you have to understand first is his character: Stephen Colbert the real person is MUCH different than Stephen Colbert the character. His character in the Daily Show and The Colbert Report is a Huge Repulblican that is very closed minded and to a point kinda dumb; Not to put down his character because it’s absolutely hilarious and it works. Stephen Colbert in real life is a HUG democrat that is extremely intelligent. Since the beginning of the Colbert Report, the running gag has been that he is the greatest human being alive and deserves praise. From Mascots to ice cream to animals at the zoo, the “Colbert empire” has been growing. But they are all stunts. It’s great comedy; it works. Thats what this is; yet another stunt he’s pulling for bigger ratings. And it’s working. But even though he’ll probably make some steps toward the presidency, he’s eventually going to say on his show that he decided not to run, or he’ll use some actual reason that he can’t run and say that on the show. So he wants to be on the South Carolina primary. It’s not been announced wether or not he actually will be yet, and if he will it’s yet another stunt and probably won’t extend beyond that. They are all a bunch of stunts that are hilarious, but you have to remember that he is a comedian, looking to do something comedic.