A Personal Appeal From Stephen

Stephen was pumped tonight and so was his audience. And with good reason. Everyone was excited about today's FEC decision to allow Stephen to have his SuperPAC. You can read about it in previous posts here at The Colbert Bump today. You should of course also go to Colbert Nation, if you haven't watched tonight's episode, so that you can hear it straight from Stephen's mouth to your ears. Listen to Stephen tell the Commissioners, "Good Morning," "Yes," and "You're welcome." Watch Stephen as he nearly falls asleep. (I don't believe him.)

Here's an important point. He says he took notes, but the camera caught him and he was drawing Snoopy. Remember in my previous post (10 Signs Your Child May Be Gifted) when I talked about him drawing Snoopy? Yep. Proof of just how talented he is.

Now is your chance to be part of history. Join his SuperPAC. Even if you joined his PAC, you should join his SuperPAC. That's because there's lots of technical stuff that means he can't use all those emails from the PAC. You need to do it all over again. (It only takes a minute.)

Go to Colbert Super PAC and sign up with your email. And then there's this personal appeal from Stephen:

"Please donate, Nation, because you can't spell donation without Nation and dough."

SuperPac: Liberty on Lay-Away

I think you heard it here first. Well maybe not. I really have no way of knowing. Although I guess if you didn't read anything else, then yes, you did hear it here first.

But that's not important. What is important is that Stephen Colbert and his SuperPAC got the thumbs up from the FEC (Federal Election Commission).

You can start reading about it at these sources. Some even have video of the decision.

Washington Post - (Colbert approved to form SuperPAC) Yes, video also after you watch a short 15 second commercial. But it's worth it to see Stephen smile.

Huffington Post - (Stephen Colbert Wins SuperPAC at FEC.) Stephen does not accept the status quo, but he does accept Visa, Mastercard and American Express.

Washington Post - (FEC allows Colbert to form SuperPAC for 2012 elections) This article is by Dan Eggen. It was outside of the FEC offices where Stephen was taking contributions of cash or by swiping credit cards that he said, "Today we put liberty on lay-away."

Deseret News - (Colbert gets some answers on campaign finance.) This article by Andrew Miga comes to us from Utah, home of Jason Chaffetz.

The Daily Beast - (FEC approves Colbert's SuperPAC.) Included in the comments is this: "Where do I donate!" Good question. Hopefully Stephen will let us know the answer to that on tonight's "The Colbert Report." (Or you can just go to www.ColbertSuperPAC.com)

Congratulations You Have Your PAC

Did I hear her say it? Is it true?

"Congratulations, you have your PAC." (I'm assuming that was Commissioner Bauerly speaking.)

He did it. He did it. He got the go-ahead from the Federal Election Commission. We can all breathe a sigh of relief.

Perhaps what clinched the deal was when Commissioner Weintraub described what we all know to be true about Stephen Colbert.

"You may just be unique."

Now you can with an easy conscience join Stephen Colbert's Colbert SuperPAC. Do it now so you can be one of the first, well not first, but at least be in the first million people to join.

I Can Has a SuperPac

Agenda Item: Thursday, June 30 at 10:00 a.m.

Where will you be then? Stephen will be at 999 E Street NW in Washington D.C. or in other words at the Federal Election Commission to find out if he gets to have his SuperPac. He commented on the show that all six of the Commissioners are very good looking!

And then at approximately 11:00 a.m., Stephen will be outside and will let the world know that he got his SuperPac (or else he will come out crying because he did not get it). Trevor Potter was again on The Colbert Report to advise Stephen and he did tell him that there was a third option. The vote could go 3-3 which would be a tie and that would mean that it wasn't yes but it wasn't no.

Okay, now here is something really interesting. If you go to the Federal Election Commission website, you may notice a scrolling text at the bottom of the screen.

Information regarding Commission's June 30 public meeting.

Hmpf. I wonder what that could be about. Well, I'll just poke on the link and find out.

Okay, this is interesting. Here's what it says on the FEC website for Public Meeting of June 30, 2011:

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Public Meeting of June 30, 2011

Individuals planning to attend the Federal Election Commission's June 30 public meeting should be aware that:

1. Seating in the hearing room is extremely limited, and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. There will be overflow seats in the Public Records Division but there, too, the seating will be extremely limited.
2. Members of the public will not be admitted before 9 a.m., but may line up outside to the east of the building entrance.
3. Security guards will screen all visitors and their belongings. Please bring a valid, government -issued picture ID.
4. Visitors must wear their FEC-issued guest ID while in the building.
5. Food and drink are not permitted in the hearing room or in Public Records.

The Commission will consider Stephen Colbert's Advisory Opinion Request as the first item on its agenda. Afterward, there will be a short break to allow members of the public who wish to leave to do so.

Live audio feeds and recorded podcasts of all the Commission's public meetings are available on the agency's website. Click here (go to FEC website and click) to access the June 30 broadcast.
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Wow. Wowie! I wonder how often they have this much interest in a hearing. The suspense is unbearable. Keep your fingers crossed and tune in tomorrow.

You Be the Judge

Did you know that you can read the actual FEC Advisory Opinion Request for Stephen that was written by Trevor Potter, Joseph M. Birkenstock and Matthew T. Sanderson of Caplin & Drysdale, Chtd?

That's right, just go to Stephen's SuperPAC and click on the gray box that says VIEW Stephen's FEC Advisory Opinion Request. It's only eight pages and you can skip all the footnotes, so it wont' take very long to read.

Apparently the idea for the PAC and then the SuperPAC came to Stephen after seeing (former) Governor Tim Pawlenty's (yawn) dynamic, almost wrestling mania type of commercial that Pawlenty (yawn) used to hint at the possibility of thinking about considering perhaps running for office, maybe even President.

Stephen Colbert's request seems like a good idea to me. And after reading the letter from the lawyers, I think I would agree with everything that Stephen is asking for. Yep, my opinion is go for it!

What do you think?

Building a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow

Well of course tonight Stephen talked about the news that neither Mike Huckabee nor The Donald (Donald Trump not Donald Pellview) is running for GOP nomination for president. Chris Matthews put it this way,"Trump, bump, hump, dump.

But the big news is Stephen Colbert! He did go to the FEC (Federal Election Commission) on his birthday - May 13. He was there in Washington D.C. to drop off his request for a SuperPAC. He spoke briefly on the steps of FEC and reminded people that he was standing on the same spot where George Washington stood 250 years ago to get his permission way back then to form a SuperPac.

He compared it to standing at an American Crossroads, not to be confused with Karl Rove's American Crossroads. ( If that link doesn't work, try here or here. I've been having trouble getting that link to work right, so be patient.)

The crowd, and it was crowded, chanted that famous of famous mottoes with him: Building a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow. And while there may be cynics that will claim Tomorrow never comes, thanks to his lawyer, Trevor Potter, Tomorrow just got one day closer.

A while back, a young man gave Stephen $10 so that Stephen could accomplish what was on a list that the man also gave Stephen. That man was Ben Donaldsonson and Stephen lost the list. But it inspired Stephen to do the right thing and for $1, people could shake Stephen's hand. The response was overwhelming and Stephen had to start putting the dollar bills in his mouth. (Does he know where that money has been? Take it from me, you don't want to know.)

Stephen collected a whopping grand total of $31. That is, for lack of another word, impressive. Truly Stephen Colbert is willing to put his money where his mouth is.

Unfortunately, the FEC has 60 days to make its ruling. That's a long time to wait. Let's hope we get the decision sooner.

Moving on, tonight's guest was Alison Klayman talking about her documentary "Ai Weiwei, Never Sorry" which is about Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. You probably know the Birdnest that was built for the Olympics in China. He helped design the Birdnest. You can read a lot of information about Ai Weiwei at Wikipedia. You should go take a look. He has really neat art stuff and it's a very interesting story.