The American satirist Stephen Colbert has announced that he will run for the Presidency of the United States. He made his announcement on his mock news show The Colbert Report.
However, Colbert said that he would only run in his home state of South Carolina as a favorite son. He also said that he would represent both major political parties: the Republicans and the Democrats.
It is not known how far Colbert will go with his character during his electoral run.
Stephen Colbert has hosted The Colbert Report, a spin-off to another satirical television series, The Daily Show, since its creation in 2005. On the show he plays a right-wing political pundit, based on real-life pundits such as Bill O'Reilly and Stone Phillips. Colbert has been credited with creating certain words that have entered the English language such as "Truthiness", meaning to believe something intuitively, without regard for actual facts, logic or evidence.
Filling in for New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd on Sunday, Stephen Colbert wrote: "I am not ready to announce yet — even though it's clear that the voters are desperate for a white, male, middle-aged, Jesus-trumpeting alternative." - Source: Wikinews.org
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