Colbert files application for presidential primaries in SC

[RightIsWrong]

It appears that the Repubs have a slightly higher filing fee than the $2500 that the Dems do...

Say...$32,500 more.

How can you claim to be the "Big Tent" party if you don't make the cover charge a price that just about anyone can afford?

Colbert's announcement with video

He still might not be on the ballot however, it seems that the Dem candidates are trying to block him claiming that he isn't a "serious" candidate. This begs the question of what is actually a serious candidate? I would argue that a few that are already on the ballot weren't "serious" candidates.

It sounds like the Dems are trying to re-write the Constitution:

# Only native-born U.S. citizens (or those born abroad, but only to parents who were both citizens of the U.S.) may be president of the United States, though from time to time that requirement is called into question, most recently after Arnold Schwarzenegger, born in Austria, was elected governor of California, in 2003. The Constitution originally provided a small loophole to this provision: One needn't have been born in the United States but had to be a citizen at the time the Constitution was adopted.

# One must also be at least 35 years of age to be president. John F. Kennedy was the youngest person to be elected president; he was 43 years old when he was inaugurated in 1961. There is no maximum age limit set forth in the Constitution. Ronald Reagan was the oldest president; at the end of his term in 1988, he was nearly 77.

# Finally, one must live in the United States for at least 14 years to be president, in addition to being a natural-born citizen. The Constitution is vague on this point. For example, it does not make clear whether those 14 years need to be consecutive or what the precise definition of residency is. So far, however, this requirement has not been challenged.

 

[RightIsWrong]

Update at 3:45 p.m. ET: South Carolina Democrats have said no to Colbert. The Politico quotes party chairman Joe Werner as saying Colbert is not serious enough.

I'm wondering if they refunded his $2500?

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: RightIsWrong
Update at 3:45 p.m. ET: South Carolina Democrats have said no to Colbert. The Politico quotes party chairman Joe Werner as saying Colbert is not serious enough.

I'm wondering if they refunded his $2500?

Got a link?
I don't see how they can deny him the ballot if he meets the conditions.

 

[RightIsWrong]

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: RightIsWrong
Update at 3:45 p.m. ET: South Carolina Democrats have said no to Colbert. The Politico quotes party chairman Joe Werner as saying Colbert is not serious enough.

I'm wondering if they refunded his $2500?

Got a link?
I don't see how they can deny him the ballot if he meets the conditions.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1107/6674.html

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: RightIsWrong

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: RightIsWrong
Update at 3:45 p.m. ET: South Carolina Democrats have said no to Colbert. The Politico quotes party chairman Joe Werner as saying Colbert is not serious enough.

I'm wondering if they refunded his $2500?

Got a link?
I don't see how they can deny him the ballot if he meets the conditions.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1107/6674.html

No, I mean a link from a reputable source.

 

[RightIsWrong]

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: RightIsWrong

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: RightIsWrong
Update at 3:45 p.m. ET: South Carolina Democrats have said no to Colbert. The Politico quotes party chairman Joe Werner as saying Colbert is not serious enough.

I'm wondering if they refunded his $2500?

Got a link?
I don't see how they can deny him the ballot if he meets the conditions.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1107/6674.html

No, I mean a link from a reputable source.

Google -> News -> "Colbert running for president"

Geez.

 

[4thefuture]

Originally posted by: RightIsWrong

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: RightIsWrong

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: RightIsWrong
Update at 3:45 p.m. ET: South Carolina Democrats have said no to Colbert. The Politico quotes party chairman Joe Werner as saying Colbert is not serious enough.

I'm wondering if they refunded his $2500?

Got a link?
I don't see how they can deny him the ballot if he meets the conditions.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1107/6674.html

No, I mean a link from a reputable source.

Google -> News -> "Colbert running for president"

Geez.

You didn't respond to Techs. Your link doesn't have the story.

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: RightIsWrong

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: RightIsWrong

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: RightIsWrong
Update at 3:45 p.m. ET: South Carolina Democrats have said no to Colbert. The Politico quotes party chairman Joe Werner as saying Colbert is not serious enough.

I'm wondering if they refunded his $2500?

Got a link?
I don't see how they can deny him the ballot if he meets the conditions.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1107/6674.html

No, I mean a link from a reputable source.

Google -> News -> "Colbert running for president"

Geez.

Your link was bogus, but the story does now appear on reputable websites.

 

[Wreckem]

It is for his own good they are denying him. Why? Hed be charged with breaking FEC if he was allowed to be an actual candidate. Hed be charged because of his corporate sponsorships.

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: Wreckem
It is for his own good they are denying him. Why? Hed be charged with breaking FEC if he was allowed to be an actual candidate. Hed be charged because of his corporate sponsorships.

Didn't stop Bush from being sponsored by the oil companies.

 

[Sinsear]

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: Wreckem
It is for his own good they are denying him. Why? Hed be charged with breaking FEC if he was allowed to be an actual candidate. Hed be charged because of his corporate sponsorships.

Didn't stop Bush from being sponsored by the oil companies.

You're full of shit as usual.