Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert and former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain appeared together Friday at the College of Charleston for the “Rock Me Like a Herman Cain South Cain-olina Primary” rally. The Huffington Post reported that the crowd of 3,000-5,000 people in South Carolina was the largest campaign rally so far during this GOP
CHARLESTON, S.C. - The signs said, “I’m skipping class to see Stephen Colbert,” but the students were in the middle of a civics lesson. In a courtyard at the College of Charleston, the Comedy Central television satirist brought a marching band, 35-member choir, cheerleaders and, oh yes, Herman Cain to tell people that a vote
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
