Wearing golden elf shoes, his lawyer sitting at his side, Stephen Colbert tonight passed control of his SuperPAC to funnyman Jon Stewart and announced that he was forming an exploratory committee to consider running for President of “the United States of South Carolina.” Then balloons fell and the words “I’m doing it” appeared on the screen.
Minutes later, his SuperPAC, renamed The Definitely Not Coordinated with Stephen Colbert Super PAC, sent out this email:
FOR REALLY IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Under New Management!
BASIC CABLE, USA – Americans For A Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow, an FEC registered Super PAC, today announced the addition of Jon Stewart to its executive board (along with the subtraction of Stephen Colbert).
With this change the group, which had been known colloquially as Colbert Super PAC, can now be referred to as The Definitely Not Coordinating With Stephen Colbert Super PAC. They have already begun updating all of their letterhead with sharpie.
“I am excited to take the reins of this completely independent organization, and begin to air ads in South Carolina,” said New President and Noncommunication Director Jon Stewart. “But I want to be clear: Stephen and I have in no way have worked out a series of morse-code blinks to convey information with each other on our respective shows.”
Colbert is currently exploring a run for President of the United States of South Carolina. Because of this, he cannot be associated with any Super PACs, although he has asked Americans For A Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow to forward any periodicals of an “adult nature.” *
Americans A Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow is an independent, expenditure-only committee founded by Stephen Colbert in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, then handed down to Jon Stewart like a pair of old dungarees.
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For Press Inquiries Contact:
Alberto Rèalnamè
Communications Director, Definitely Not Coordinating With Stephen Colbert Super PAC
alberto.realname@colbertsuperpac.com* Including the periodical “Adult Nature”.
Earlier this week, a poll found that the undeclared Colbert was already beating GOP candidate Jon Huntsman in the Palmetto State.
He’s too smart to want to run for President. He’s doing what he does remarkably well – gaming the system with the upside of additional publicity.
Enough with coverage of this guy. He’s no more serious a candidate than walleroo or the late, sorely missed lasermikey. More importantly, he’s no longer all that amusing, either.