clever and for a good cause.

mrshowrules: Pelosi criticizing Colbert for going after her friend Gingritch is comedy gold. Low hanging fruit and not overly clever but comedy gold.

I love Pelosi if for no other reason, that she consistently makes the GOP her biatch.

I like the move, it's a good cause but it's a shiat solution. The problem is not as much the anonymity as it is the unlimited amount of money in elections so the wealthy can purchase political power. I'd rather have everyone be anonymous and limited to $5 than everyone be disclosed and unlimited. More than either of those, I'd rather just have publicly funded elections. That's what Pelosi should be using this for.

Is the DISCLOSE Act another one of those empty gestures like the STOCK Act?

Talking about someone who is funny does not make you funny.

Clever, though, steering attention to the corrupting influence of campaign financing, where she remains morally virginal, instead of insider trading, where she has a seat at the grownup table.

mrshowrules: Pelosi criticizing Colbert for going after her friend Gingritch is comedy gold. Low hanging fruit and not overly clever but comedy gold.

I love Pelosi if for no other reason, that she consistently makes the GOP her biatch.

hehe well except for that time that she lost her job as SotH :)

mrshowrules: dahmers love zombie: OK, we have a perfect opportunity to do something here. The mindless marching morons "know" that they hate Nancy Pelosi, because O'HanniBeckBaugh have told them so. With a bit of careful nudging, I think we can seriously increase the funds being donated to Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow. It'd have to be a Facebook campaign, probably. Although --anyone have a Freeper account that is still allowed to post?

I have a Florida Tea Party account? I've even maintained it by posting derp every month. I'll post something tonight. I guess I should indicate that the goal of this SuperPac is to ensure that Pelosi is not re-elected. Should work on a few of the mouth breathers.

Some ideas: mention that she just want to shut down superpacs because she things that the republicans will be able to use them to outspend Obama and win the election. Try throwing in some net neutrality and fairness doctrine dogwhistles.

That was nice and everything, but Pelosi in a parody ad is a bit like your grandmother telling you a 1930's dirty joke.

Political translation = PAC's are good when the benefit me and my friends, bad when they hurt us.

Giltric: Is the DISCLOSE Act another one of those empty gestures like the STOCK Act?

It's possible, but unlikely since it's coming from the Democrats. The goal of the DISCLOSE Act is to reduce the impact of SuperPACs (via transparency), which makes complete sense for the Democrats as Democratic SuperPACs are expected to gather significantly less cash than their Republican counterparts. It's one of those (all-too-rare) situations where Democrats can legitimately lay claim to being anti-corruption while still benefitting themselves politically.

DROxINxTHExWIND: I think sometime in the future folks will look back on what Jon Stewert and Stephen Colbert are doing and we'll realize just how brilliant it all was.

The future is now.

Crapinoleum: DROxINxTHExWIND: I think sometime in the future folks will look back on what Jon Stewert and Stephen Colbert are doing and we'll realize just how brilliant it all was.

The future is now.

Crap, looks like I missed it ;/

DROxINxTHExWIND: I think sometime in the future folks will look back on what Jon Stewert and Stephen Colbert are doing and we'll realize just how brilliant it all was.

One does not need the benefit of hindsight for that.

Stewart, the day he got Tucker Carlson's show cancelled (which really only showed the world what regular viewers already knew), cemented himself as "Chief Non-Bullshiatting Newsy-Type Guy (Who Used to Be a Comedian, Yet is Still a Better Journalist [and Comedian] Than Most Others)".

When that poll came out showing TDS viewers as better informed than everyone else (except IIRC NPR viewers?), we saw it again.

Colbert has changed from a GOP parody into an IRL troll (with good intentions). He's so obviously joking at this point that he basically walked into the FEC, told them "I'm going to make fun of you and your campaign-finance rules - legally - and you are going to let me," AND GOT AWAY WITH IT.

The moral of this story is that you can make a well-researched, informative, hard-hitting expose of all the things wrong with a system, but what will get people looking is if you can do it with punchlines every few minutes.

// or, "the jester is the only one allowed to make fun of the king"

Tibeerius: Giltric: Is the DISCLOSE Act another one of those empty gestures like the STOCK Act?

It's possible, but unlikely since it's coming from the Democrats. The goal of the DISCLOSE Act is to reduce the impact of SuperPACs (via transparency), which makes complete sense for the Democrats as Democratic SuperPACs are expected to gather significantly less cash than their Republican counterparts. It's one of those (all-too-rare) situations where Democrats can legitimately lay claim to being anti-corruption while still benefitting themselves politically.

They need to change the angle of attack on DISCLOSE. The current system allows foreign entities to funnel money into American politics anonymously. Transparency will prevent this. It also allows the adversary of the politician benefiting from the money to counterattack using the names/position of donors - aka Koch brothers vs Hollywood execs.

DROxINxTHExWIND: I think sometime in the future folks will look back on what Jon Stewert and Stephen Colbert are doing and we'll realize just how brilliant it all was.

You would think, but people look back on some of the Saturday Night Live stuff from the '70s that they thought was so brilliant and go meh. Topical humor tends to wear, eh?

- Pogo

He likes the kitties just fine.

I like Pelosi. She has more of a sack than Reid has for sure.

Am I not supposed to think that Colbert (et al) wrote that script? I'll give her props for doing it but not for creating it.

Giltric: Is the DISCLOSE Act another one of those empty gestures like the STOCK Act?

The STOCK Act had some teeth until Eric Cantor said he didn't like it like that.

I would have hoped that Nancy would've been able to afford better production values.

simplicimus: suziequzie: He likes the kitties just fine.

[www.zoenature.org image 220x158]

Yeah, but bears are a different matter.

Godless, soulless killing machines, those bears.

bgddy24601: mrshowrules: I have a Florida Tea Party account?

Please to be posting a link so that we can all follow this as it happens (and maybe add some fuel to the fire).

Do not do this! It would just up the odds of mrshowrules being outted. The link would provide entertainment for tonight, but them taking the bait and starting a full-out donation campaign would provide entertainment for days.

The neat thing about Colbert's style of satire is that it relies on real world action and through crowdsourcing, gives his viewers a sense of community. The votes to name bridges, mascots, and even space station modules call attention to how willing people are to get in on a joke. Then he turns these merry pranksters on to charity projects with his wrist awareness bands and icecream flavor, with folks donating money not just because they should, but because they can get a laugh out of it. And lately, with the rally in DC and the Super PAC, the aim shifts to real political action.
This new shift to politics is not necessarily partisan, as the targets are not people to elect or not elect, but rather the way in which we conduct politics. True, they labast the R's more than the D's, but supporters from both sides can support his message of honesty in government hidden beneath the satirical facade.

/way too wordy for a phone keyboard

She has all the charisma of a three-toed sloth, but I'm glad SOMEBODY is picking up what Colbert is putting down.

/Digging with the shovel he's giving her...
//Add your own...

LeoffDaGrate: That was nice and everything, but Pelosi in a parody ad is a bit like your grandmother telling you a 1930's dirty joke.

What did the white fella say to the black boy?



Nothin', ya twit, it's the 1930s!

simplicimus: suziequzie: He likes the kitties just fine.

[www.zoenature.org image 220x158]

Yeah, but bears are a different matter.

simplicimus: "And if that weren't enough, I hear he doesn't even like kittens."
Pretty cute. I guess Colbert will cover it on Monday.

C-can somebody tell me if she can run for Senator anywhere? Anywhere?! Because once elected, I'd like HER to be Senate Majority Leader and not Reid.

She seems to be among the few Democrats with the big brass ones to not only stand up to the GOP, but to biatch-slap them as well.

lennavan: mrshowrules: Pelosi criticizing Colbert for going after her friend Gingritch is comedy gold. Low hanging fruit and not overly clever but comedy gold.

I love Pelosi if for no other reason, that she consistently makes the GOP her biatch.

I like the move, it's a good cause but it's a shiat solution. The problem is not as much the anonymity as it is the unlimited amount of money in elections so the wealthy can purchase political power. I'd rather have everyone be anonymous and limited to $5 than everyone be disclosed and unlimited. More than either of those, I'd rather just have publicly funded elections. That's what Pelosi should be using this for.

Isn't that kinda how French do it? Except with public advertising? Everyone I believe has an allotted "x" amount of radio/tv spot.

I'm a little disappointed we're not hearing more from the freepers about Colbert being a liberal shill. It could have been good for a laugh on a Friday (which are like my Tuesdays). Are they all still too tuckered out from all the gay threads lately?

/subby

DROxINxTHExWIND: I think sometime in the future folks will look back on what Jon Stewert and Stephen Colbert are doing and we'll realize just how brilliant it all was.

I think alot of see that right now.

DirkValentine: DROxINxTHExWIND: I think sometime in the future folks will look back on what Jon Stewert and Stephen Colbert are doing and we'll realize just how brilliant it all was.

I think alot of US see that right now.

/FTFM

suziequzie: simplicimus: suziequzie: He likes the kitties just fine.

[www.zoenature.org image 220x158]

Yeah, but bears are a different matter.

Godless, soulless killing machines, those bears.

Are bears sharks of the land, or are sharkks bears of the sea?

LeoffDaGrate: That was nice and everything, but Pelosi in a parody ad is a bit like your grandmother telling you a 1930's dirty joke.

If that's supposed to be a bad thing, you obviously never met my grandparents.