CHARLESTON, South Carolina - Television comedian Stephen Colbert took his political shtick down south on Friday, staging a mock campaign rally in South Carolina, the site of the next Republican presidential primary. Colbert, who grew up in South Carolina, held a bogus rally on the grounds of the College of Charleston, and urged fans to
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And on the eve of tomorrow's primary, the college of Charleston was the scene of a big political rally today. And the draw was not one of the candidates we've been hearing about. It was Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert. NPR's Don Gonyea was there. http://www.npr.org/2012/01/20/145532520/colbert-cain-hold-rally-in-s-c
"People may be voting not so much for Gingrich, but just to keep the primaries going," said Kendra Stewart, an associate professor of political science at the College of Charleston. http://www.thestate.com/2012/01/20/2121949/south-carolinas-gop-primary-saturday.html#storylink=misearch#storylink=cpy
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA—Friday afternoon, presidential candidate Stephen Colbert, son of South Carolina and estranged father of the Definitely Not Coordinating with Stephen Colbert Super PAC, held a rally with former G.O.P. hopeful Herman Cain at a courtyard on the College of Charleston campus. While the Colbert campaign is slightly enigmatic—the satirist denies it’s an educational
Newt Gingrich skipped out of a scheduled appearance at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference Friday morning, with campaign staffers citing sparse attendance — there were only a few dozen people in the arena. Three hours later, 3,500 people crammed into Cistern Yard at the College of Charleston. The cell-phone network was overloaded as friends desperately
Who, by the way, was only a make-believe politician, Comedy Central satirist Stephen Colbert, campaigning alongside erstwhile politician Herman Cain. Together they took over the Cistern Yard at the College of Charleston in what was surely the quirkiest, most spirited pep rally of the primary season. http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/01/20/colbert-and-cain-rally-for-laughs-in-south-carolina/
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Two posts about Stephen Colbert? I know; I'm sorry. The Comedy Central host's stunt presidential bid, his second, was the biggest show in downtown Charleston today; I was working nearby, so I walked over. The game was rigged. His rally, which used a stage CNN had set up for its own coverage,
CHARLESTON, SC--Comic Stephen Colbert stumped for "president" at a big rally here Friday, mocking the election system by asking people to vote for Herman Cain in the South Carolina primary Saturday--whose name remains on the ballot even though he dropped his presidential bid. Colbert, a South Carolina native, appeared with Cain at the College of
I’ve never been to Charleston, S.C., but I’m pretty sure that, for this afternoon at least, Randolph Hall at the College of Charleston was located at the intersection of Reality and Satire. There it was that Stephen Colbert and Herman Cain, unlikely ballotfellows, held a funny, serious and seriously funny rally to promote Colbert’s bid
Colbert, the Comedy Central star running a psuedo-presidential campaign, and Cain filled the main quadrangle at the College of Charleston with an eclectic mix of college students, Occupy Wall Street protesters and townspeople drawn in by the circus-like atmosphere. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-primaries/205457-colbert-tells-sc-voters-to-vote-for-herman-cain-because-herman-cain-is-me
