“California’s Direct Democracy Troubles”
The Daily Show takes on direct democracy in the Golden States. Takeaway: John Burton swears like a sailor.
Category Archives: election law “humor”
“Colbert Fans Email The FEC About Karl Rove’s Super PAC Request”
TPM highlights the funniest emails.
Anyone else notice…?
the rick-roll at the end of the Colbert letter to the FEC? Has the FEC ever been rick-rolled before?
Must-Watch Colbert Segments on Super PACs and Coordination with Candidates
It is not easy to make the complex world of campaign finance comprehensible, much less entertaining. One unanswered question in the current campaign finance world is whether Super PACs may feature candidates in their ads if they do so far… Continue reading
Colbert on OWS
Is God Illegally Coordinating with Multiple Presidential Campaigns?
Political Wire stacks up the evidence.
“Colbert Super PAC SHH! – Apology to Ham Rove”
Iowa Republican Party Counted Colbert “Parry” Votes for Perry in Straw Poll
See here. We still don’t know how many there are. (H/t Doug Chapin.)
Colbert on AFP’s Absentee Ballot Mailer in WI
John Stewart Updates “I’m Just a Bill” with a Beat Up Dodd-Frank
Readers know I like to start my Legislation course with various versions of the Schoolhouse Rock song, “I’m Just a Bill.” Now comes this hilarious parody from “the Daily Show,” with John Oliver as a bloodied version of Dodd-Frank. Not… Continue reading
“Stephen Colbert, not coordinating with Buddy Roemer”
Politico reports [corrected link] on a segment of Colbert last night. The segment included some instructions from Trevor Potter, lawyer for both Colbert and Roemer, over how to have their on-air conversation.
Colbert’s also been soliciting minors.