Demonstrating the truthiness of his Presidential candidacy, Stephen Colbert delivered a campaign speech at USC, Columbia, South Carolina on Sunday, October 28.
Hundreds gathered at USC’s historic Horseshoe Sunday to celebrate “Stephen Colbert Day.”
South Carolina’s favorite son returned to his home state.
“Now therefore I, Robert E. Coble, do declare October 28 Stephen Colbert Day to honor South Carolina’s favorite son!” Mayor Bob Coble told the crowd.
It’s official: not only is Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert running for president, he now has his own day.
10:02 am on October 31st, 2007 1
Stephen Colbert is going to have more to speak about if the news item below proves to be true:
Only days after announcing his intention to run for president of the United States, Stephen Colbert seems to be in hot water. According to staffers working inside the fledgling campaign who spoke with Bob McCarty Writes™ on condition of anonymity, the host of Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report is being investigated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Colbert is alleged to have secretly hired hundreds of illegal immigrants from Mexico to make so-called “get out the vote” phone calls to likely voters in South Carolina — the only state where he plans to campaign as both a Democrat and Republican candidate. In exchange for working up to 20 hours a day in the sweatshop-like conditions of a suburban Charleston call center, sources said the White House wannabe is paying his “south of the border” staffers with bags of Doritos® Brand Tortilla Chips, the corporate sponsor of his presidential campaign effort.
Attempts to reach Colbert or a representative of his campaign through a post on his web site’s message board have, to this point, been unsuccessful.