Probably would not be noticeably bad. Colbert certainly is attracting a massive amount of attention after declaring his desire to run as a candidate in South Carolina. Whereas Barrack Obama’s facebook group was haled as a success after gathering 384k+ members, Colbert’s group skyrocketed to over a million in just one week. So does he actually have a shot at the presidency if he decided to kick it up a notch and run in all 50? That certainly seems to be the case with younger voters at this point, but would it hold out at the actual election? On Wonkosphere, he’s got a buzz percentage of about 4%, roughly one-third of the buzz for the candidates the media is telling you to vote for (Hillary and Giuliani).
Better yet, he should run in 48 states, singling out 2 as “handicap” states to give the other candidates a fighting chance. I’m sure he could find a pair funnier than Alaska and Rhode Island, but that’s a start.
Also, for a good read about why the democratic leadership isn’t worth two farts in the wind, you should check out today’s article on Dissident Voice.
I read the article and would just like to say that I disagree that George Bush has ruined our standing in the International community. I lived in Russia for a year in 1996-1997 during Clinton’s presidency and I can tell you that the standing was not good then, either. I wonder when it truly has been?
I think Bush has made it worse, but Donna is right that America’s reputation has been in pretty poor standing for quite some time. You don’t go around acting like the rest of the world is your backyard without making people angry at you. It’s actually a testimony to the Bush administration’s dismal handling of affairs that the awful Clinton administration looks good to some folks in comparison. Really, the sad truth is that pretty much every President since World War II is guilty of terrible foreign policies and war crimes and in a just world they should all have stood trial for crimes against God and humanity. Carter is the only one without a glaring stain of outright evil acts during his Presidency and even he turned the other way and supported vicious right-wing dictatorships in Latin America.