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I thought this was awesome. It's time to restore the truthiness to the White house!

With trumpets blaring and doves flying, Stephen Colbert has officially wrapped himself in the American flag of honor that is the American presidency.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Stephen Colbert has announced his candidacy for president on "The Colbert Report," tossing his satirical hat into the ring of an already crowded race.

Stephen Colbert looks like a formidable candidate.

"I shall seek the office of the president of the United States," Colbert said Tuesday on his Comedy Central show as red, white and blue balloons fell around him.

Colbert, 43, had recently satirized the coyness of would-be presidential candidates by refusing to disclose whether he would seek the country's highest office -- a refusal that often came without any prompting.

Shortly before making the announcement, Colbert appeared on "The Daily Show" (the show that spawned Colbert's spin-off) and played cagey, claiming he was only ready to consider a White House bid. He entered the studio set pulled by a bicycle pedaled by Uncle Sam and quickly pulled out a bale of hay and a bottle of beer to show that he was "an Average Joe."

Colbert said his final decision would be announced on a "more prestigious show," which turned out to be his own.

"After nearly 15 minutes of soul-searching, I have heard the call," said Colbert.

His recent best-seller, "I Am America (And So Can You!)," allowed him to mock the now-standard approach to a White House run, complete with a high-profile book tour.

Colbert said he planned to run in South Carolina, "and South Carolina alone." The state, one of the key early primaries, is also Colbert's native state. Earlier this week, South Carolina public television station ETV invited Colbert to announce his candidacy on its air.

Exactly how far the mock conservative pundit planned to stretch his impression of a presidential candidate wasn't clear. Colbert rarely breaks character on camera, including at his memorable speech at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner last year.

The Comedy Central host has often mobilized his fans ("Colbert Nation"), encouraging them to vote to have a Hungarian bridge named after him, for example, or to vandalize Web site Wikipedia.com with his version of "truthiness" and "wikiality."

Colbert said he would run as both a Democrat and Republican. He earlier explained the strategy: "I can lose twice." He claimed three running mate possibilities: Colbert-Huckabee, Colbert-Putin or Colbert-Colbert.

Minutes after announcing his presidential pursuit, Colbert welcomed CBS political analyst Jeff Greenfield to ask how he had changed the race.

"This is going to be one for the books," said Greenfield.

A spokesman for Colbert said he would be unavailable for further comment Tuesday evening.

In a guest column for Maureen Dowd in Sunday's New York Times, Colbert wrote: "I am not ready to announce yet -- even though it's clear that the voters are desperate for a white, male, middle-aged, Jesus-trumpeting alternative."

In a recent interview with Jon Stewart about his contract extension, he said, "I look forward to using this extension to [have] great fun at President Colbert's expense."

plumbarius

ddoubleez

And the first lady's reaction, tells steven to 'get fucked':

FattyJJ

The presidecy is a joke these days anyway, corporations and big money run our country. So why not have a comedian in office. At least we can laugh with him instead of at him like GW.

thecowboy

Did she really tell him to get fucked?

muman5150

i'd vote for him

ddoubleez

She surely did not say, 'good job...'

Even if you are a fan of bush, he has some funny as shit on the vdo.....

Echolalia

That is really cool. If serious, I would consider voting for him (why not vote for a fictional comedy character? That is what most presidents, if not all, really are/were).

I just wish Jon Stewart were running too.

PurpleButton

i don't believe it. lol. lies all lies.

thecowboy

I don't know. I really like Stephen Colbert on his show, but I honestly didn't find many of his jokes there to be beyond the snicker factor... I kind of thought it all was really out of place. I really don't have a problem with jokes about the president (we do have a first amendment), but I guess I just didn't get the jokes .

CD

This thread actually matters to me, since I live in the great state that he is running in! I'll be keeping a close eye on him to see how he responds to debates and such, but I'd trade in unintelligent president for a smart comedian if he goes the distance.

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BradleyNIN

True...

FattyJJ

Found this today,
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote...=3766656&page=1










So, explain to me (rhetorical) how every other candidate can get sponsored by a fortune 500 company like Halliburton, but Doritos cant sponsor Colbert. I'm sure its more complicated than that, but its just funny to see the feds flip out over a non-corrupted man running for pres. America the great.......

VIVIX

Is this where the conspiracy theorists come out and say that the government feels threatened and they decided to try to cut his campaign short?