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Colbert’s Super PAC launches first TV ad supporting ‘Rick Parry’

4:42 PM 08/10/2011
Jeff Winkler

Funnyman Stephen Colbert has made good on his promise to up the ante with his very real “super” political action committee.

The (entirely legal) Colbert Super PAC launched its first commercial on Wednesday. And as promised, it’s throwing its support to Rick Perry.

Sort of.

The video encourages Iowans participating in Saturday’s Ames Straw Poll to write in “Rick Parry … that’s Parry with an ‘a’ …  for ‘America.’”

“We want you to vote for Rick Perry, too,” says Colbert in the voiceover of what otherwise looks like a classic political ad. “But not their Rick Perry, our Rick Parry.

Colbert’s antics usually seem to walk a line lambasting both the right and left, both of which enjoy the newly established Super PACs. But this new video paints a satirical target on the backs of GrowPAC and Jobs for Iowa, two Super PACs established to promote a Rick Perry presidency.

In June the Federal Elections Commission agreed to let Colbert set up his Super PAC and produce media and promotional materials for it. Super PACs are political organizations that can raise unlimited funds from corporations, individuals and unions. They are not permitted to actively work with candidates they support.

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Tags: Campaign ads, Elections 2012, Rick Perry, Stephen Colbert
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  • Anonymous

    lol funny thing is it will work with some voters and yes there will be write-in votes for Rick PArry

  • Raacerx

    just saw the adds, i think it is not clear but besides pointing out the that superpacs corrupts the elections process, the add also gives you the idea that Parry is a non existent candidate who is corrupt to the core. it kind of weird how he approaches this whole political thing. a pac usually support a candidate they like. in this case he is supporting a candidate he believes is a bad choice for iowa. now that i have thought about it i actually think his strategy is a good one. but most people wont get that which is funny on its own. so i will be looking to see on the news how many people write parry instead of perry. and does that count for him or not all?

  • Right is Right

    Waste of time and money.  Most people will not get it.

    • Raacerx

      well at least they will think about it for 30 seconds which is better than nothing

  • Holly SZ

    Go Stephen!  The man is a genius satirist and if you don’t think so, you probably haven’t watched him (or you have no sense of humor)!  Frankly, I wish he’d run for president.  At least he’d make me laugh unlike the rest of the folks in Washington who make me want to pull my hair out.

  • Jackharnough

    It will be interesting when republicans get their way over the next 10 years and walk back 5 decades of social reforms, I can’t wait until corporations have unlimited power and no one to tell them no. It will be just like the 1800s again!

  • Jackharnough

    He’s making fun of the new law that allows super pacs to gather unlimited funds from corporations to run political action groups by making his own group and taking donations. Read the news people, you might learn something.

  • Birdie

    Is that supposed to be funny?  I’m all for funny but someone on his staff needs to stop humoring Colbert when he falls flat and spends money on a “miss.”

    • Raacerx

      he can actually do what ever he wants with the money thats the whole point of the add.
      people who have money can do what ever they want. 

  • dc

    In what way does this commercial support the Left?  Can anyone explain that to me?  Seems to me that it’s just a non-partisan bash on the PAC system, no?

    • Raacerx

      yea, thats it you got it. there is nothing more to it. it simple yet it make you think. thats the whole point of it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Daniel-Burke/1573712155 Daniel Burke

    Liberal loon who know formenting nonesnes and chaos is helpful to dumbocrats. That’s what they do. Dems party of lies, corruption, and voter fraud.

    • Raacerx

      you must live under a rock, cause that what republicans are about

    • Mrs. Outerspace

      Both parties do a fine job of being corrupt with some individual
      exceptions. The Republicans brought this country to it’s knees and
      crashed our economy, that is factual. Now they don’t want to pay the
      bill. The party of tax and spend verses the party of borrow and spend.
      The democrats in office are not liberal enough for me, they are
      Republican lite.

  • aposematic

    I’m sure this is because Colbert is just too stupid to know how to spell Perry…right? But not to worry, Colbert’s audience is even more stupid than he (why else watch his show), so no harm done…right again?

    • Raacerx

      if you dont get it, thats fine. you just dont get it. lol

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