[sarcastro]

Forgetting the pros and (many) cons of Mark Sanford. One thing that's been overlooked in this race is just how brazen Stephen Colbert has been about the level of support, if not worship, he gets from large pockets of the population. Even worse, the media are afraid to call him out on it, lest he make fun of them. ("Stephen, how are you so much better at telling the truth than we are?") Colbert stopped lampooning a self-absorbed blowhard and became one himself some time ago. I can barely watch the show anymore, but when I do, it seem his "jokes" these days are little more than self-righteous statements designed to get hoots and hollers of approval from his audience. I'm just wondering what kind of segments Colbert would have if O'Reilly actively pushed for HIS sister to get elected.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

One thing that's been overlooked in this race is just how brazen Stephen Colbert has been about the level of support, if not worship, he gets from large pockets of the population.

Those are called fans. They tend to be fanatic.

[CaptainK]

How popular is Colbert in this particular S. Carolina voting district?

[CaptainK]

Just wanted to add I meant to ask how popular is Stephen Colbert?

[freekitty]

The real question is why these two thugs are even running?

[John 3_19-21]

In evry local story on this the media always uses the "Steven Colbert's sister" moniker when refering to Ms. Bush.

How many low information voters will see the name "Bush" on the ballot and pause?

[fieldmarshaldj]

Stay out da Busches.

[Verginius Rufus]

When George W. Bush was President, Colbert was the entertainer at some dinner at the White House (probably the annual White House correspondents’ dinner). His “jokes’ about Bush were nasty and mean-spirited—he showed his own lack of class. Of course that probably appealed to most of the press people there.