Stephen Colbert, who plays “Stephen Colbert” on The Colbert Report, took his quasi-fake campaign for president to the University of South Carolina yesterday, making promises and generally mis-using the English language.  Colbert is running for president, but only in his home state of South Carolina.  He is entering as both a Republican and Democrat, so he can lose twice.  Bob Coble, the Mayor of Colombia, gave Colbert a key to the city, called him South Carolina's "favorite son" and declared October 28 “Stephen Colbert Day”.  In his speech, Colbert took aim at neighboring state Georgia.

"I promise, if elected, I will crush the state of Georgia,” Colbert told the crowd. He continued, proclaiming South Carolina's produce dominance, “Our peaches are more numerous than Georgia's. They are more juiciful."

It's funny to see how far this mock campaign has gone and the national recognition it has received.  Other than ranting and raving on his own show, I don't really see where Stephen can go with this campaign now that he's been on the political talk shows and made his South Carolina speech.  Will he make a commercial?  Will he start publicly calling out his opponents?

If Colbert goes through with his presidential campaign, but only in South Carolina, I could foresee him being a significant vote-getter in that state.  Colbert has shown that he has no problem dragging this thing on. How much of the South Carolina vote could he get?  I know he won't win the primaries, but he could easily become an independent, which would also give Colbert a lot of comedic mileage.   Doesn't it seem possible that Colbert could receive a good percentage of the votes in South Carolina? I wouldn't bet against the man.  If I were a South Carolina native, I would also have to be pleased with his tough stance on Georgia peaches. 


Click here to read about Colbert's latest poll results.


-Oscar Dahl, BuddyTV Senior Writer
Source: AP, USA Today
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