Originally posted by: PaulisDead2221
He is self described as being a democrat, and he describes the conservative right as...aww I can't remember, but he basically was saying there's some good people there, and some real bad people too.
Yeah, just like the Democrat party.
Not yet. Just like Jesse Ventura wasn't a political idealogue and he only served one term. Someone like Colbert would find it impossible to get anything done without aligning himself with one party. The majority in Congress is a slim one at best and they don't even have the power to do whatever they want right now since they simply don't have enough votes to override a veto.
Originally posted by: PaulisDead2221
Nobody is stupid enough (scratch that)--Most people understand his comedy and wouldn't be surprised if democratic policies started coming out of his mouth. But when we elect Colbert, we elect the man, but we also elect his character. So when he talks about national health care for all citizens or something, he has to find a way to make it happen and be begrudgingly defeated over it.
He is self described as being a democrat, and he describes the conservative right as...aww I can't remember, but he basically was saying there's some good people there, and some real bad people too.
Yeah, just like the Democrat party.
Originally posted by: PaulisDead2221
The thing I'd like about him is that he isn't a political idealogue.
The thing I'd like about him is that he isn't a political idealogue.
Not yet. Just like Jesse Ventura wasn't a political idealogue and he only served one term. Someone like Colbert would find it impossible to get anything done without aligning himself with one party. The majority in Congress is a slim one at best and they don't even have the power to do whatever they want right now since they simply don't have enough votes to override a veto.
Originally posted by: PaulisDead2221
Nobody is stupid enough (scratch that)--Most people understand his comedy and wouldn't be surprised if democratic policies started coming out of his mouth. But when we elect Colbert, we elect the man, but we also elect his character. So when he talks about national health care for all citizens or something, he has to find a way to make it happen and be begrudgingly defeated over it.
I disagree. For the people that actually buy into him, all he'd have to say is that he wants national health care and that we can figure out how to pay for it later. Maybe he'd add something like "I have a plan, but it's a secret and if I tell you what the plan is, the other candidates will steal my idea". The people that would vote for him would accept that and vote for him anyway. He'll be defeated anyway, simply because there aren't enough stupid young people to get him into office.