Colbert Super PAC Goes Negative On Romney In First South Carolina Ad

[PauliticsPolitics]

Emphasizing the fact that Mitt thinks "corporations are people" is likely good for us actually.

PPP did a poll on that question, (http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/p...olbertTabs.pdf)
and only 33% of likely SC GOP voters think "corporations are people."
67% think that "only people are people."

And the cross tab shows that only 34% of people planning to vote for Mitt think that "corporations are people."
66% of people leaning toward Romney think that "only people are people."

So perhaps some of that 66% will stray from Romney.

It also means there are ~66% of those 33% who could sway towards Romney..

Hmm, not sure I understand your train of thought here.

[jsem]

Colbert is EPIC!

[gb13]

Wrong thread...

Please delete.

[akterence]

too funny!

[milo10]

My god, that ad was brilliant!

To be honest, I think this will hurt Romney. While it makes people laugh, it also makes them think.

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

I have a feeling that people will be singing a different tune when it is Ron getting slammed by Colbert.

[LibertyRevolution]

that was funny.

[giovannile07]

Haha Hilarious... Mitt, you murderer... And I was thinking about his voice from How I Met Your Mother. xD

[NoPants]

The ridiculousness of it (which many people probably won't get as a joke) will probably think this is anti-Romney people getting so desperate to go to this type of ad, they will fall behind Mittens.

I still don't think it will help him. When you start getting mocked like this you look like a joke (reference, see Obama presidency). I honestly can't see a scenario where it helps him, maybe with the youth vote???

[asurfaholic]

I want to know how big of an ad buy they made.

From Charleston to north Charleston. Proudly serving since late Thursday.... LOL

[Dianne]

Oh my, that was great !!!! I love the Mitt the Ripper... hope that nickname sticks, hehe

[speciallyblend]

I have a feeling that people will be singing a different tune when it is Ron getting slammed by Colbert.

colbert respects Ron Paul, like jon stewart does. They would do a skit that gives ron paul props.

[milo10]

colbert respects Ron Paul, like jon stewart does. They would do a skit that gives ron paul props.

I agree. Colbert and Stewart are, in general, the best type of progressives. They respect Paul the way that most of us respect individuals like Nader and Kucinich.

It's not about 100% agreement, it's about seeing someone has integrity, intelligence, and the very best of intentions. That is a complete rarity on the political landscape nowadays.

[Carole]

LOL That was really amusing. We shall have to look at those Charleston to North Charleston tabs after the primary.

[centure7]

OMG Romney is a serial killer by his own admission! He is dangerous LOL.

[Revolution9]

Hehe. LOL'd. The checkmark at the end for Not Romney is for Ron...

Rev9

[Snowball]

Colbert picked the wrong state. He won't crack 1%.

[trey4sports]

Stupidest ad ever.

[Shelton88]

This is flat out hilarious. I watched it twice and was Rollin both times.

[Eric21ND]

Dragging the dead body made me laugh out loud, my neighbors hate me now LOL

[neverseen]

dragging the body was classic :P

I love the "Not Mitt Romney" vote. They don't mention anything about colbert so i'm pleased about that.

[Forty Twice]

Gingrich's PAC took 28 minutes trying to say the same thing and, sad to say, it was boring. Colbert's PAC takes 30 seconds to destroy Mitt Romney over the same issue. I see why Jon Stewart gets paid the big bucks.

[Bruno]

Just glad Paul is not the target (yet?)

[69360]

Just glad Paul is not the target (yet?)

Colbert and Stewart won't attack Ron. They don't agree with him on everything, but they respect his integrity. They make a living pointing out the hypocrisy of his opponents.

[RonPaul101.com]

This will help Romney, if anything.

Actually I think this is the best angle of taking down Romney. Voters don't seem to care that he flip flops and can;t be trusted on his word, so we need to see if people want to hand the country over to a Wall St insider. I think that angle works better; people are hurting in this country, that is anyone who isn't best friends or family with Mitt Romney.

[Lavitz]

I think the ad is hilarious but I'm also pretty sure most of the people who see it on TV will be confused. Even if they understand the concept of satire, the fact is that if this runs on a normal (not-comedy-central) channel, people are going to expect it to be another political ad, not a minute-long joke. I mean, if I saw this on TV, I'd be confused too. Why would someone pay to run an ad that just makes a joke? If people don't know Stephen Colbert is behind it (like all of us did when we opened the thread), they're just going to rationalize it based on what they do know. They know it's not from Romney, so they're going to guess that it's from one of his opponents, and that it's a weird political ad.

Hopefully I'm wrong and everyone gets the joke, because I think it's pretty funny

[shrugged0106]

will it really be aired in sc? I was thinking it was more of a show fodder piece. It would be hysterical if its really aired on national TV

[maninblack]

Stupidest ad ever.

...like a fox

[Monarchist]

Stupidest ad ever.

I think that was the point.

[LibertyIn08]

Any non-CC links? Can't watch it outside the U.S.