October 25, 2012

In lieu of that last post:

“This is important, so go grab a pencil.

If you are about to talk about rape, I want you to stab yourself in the eye with your pencil.

Just jam it in there, really work it around, just back and forth, up in your skull cavity. See if you can get it in there and sever the portion of your brain that stores the word rape.”

— Stephen Colbert
February 03, 2012
“I spoke to Trevor Potter, former chairman of the FEC and adviser to John McCain, and the man Colbert has designated his “personal lawyer,” about the consequences of Colbert’s assault on the campaign finance regime. Potter is very careful not to ascribe an end game to Colbert’s efforts but says that he has seen Colbert’s campaign finance crusade as an “opportunity to open up to the rest of the world what we lawyers already know: that the whole area of campaign finance is a mess.” He adds that Colbert’s antics are “having a real effect in terms of public understanding about how the system works” and getting people to start to think about how to fix it.”

Stephen Colbert is winning the war against the Supreme Court and Citizens United. - Slate Magazine

We love you, Stephen.