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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2012-04-27 12:00 pm
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[personal profile] innerbrat 2012-04-27 11:54 am (UTC)(link)
The trouble with one knowing more about US politic(al comedy) than Game of Thrones! I could have explained who Colbert was and about his SuperPAC, but I guess you don't need it now?

[identity profile] cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com 2012-04-27 12:05 pm (UTC)(link)
) In fact, I don't know much about either -- I know the GoT books (and want to watcht the series), but I've picked up the TV characters mostly from seeing them in memes. And have about the same level of knowledge of american politics -- I recognise all the people on the GoT chart, but don't know that much more than what it says :)

I could have explained who Colbert was and about his SuperPAC

I just looked it up now, but that doesn't seemed to have helped me understand it. It's a new legal dodge that lets candidates raise unlimited amounts of funding? Which is good, because it lets someone popular and non-traditional like Colbert get involved, but terrible because it means that even more so, the election will be decided by campaign contributions rather than votes? Which means Colbert is intending to do... something?
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[personal profile] innerbrat 2012-04-27 12:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Colbert was as far as I know, running his election bid and his SuperPAC as a part of his satirical persona, to illustrate on his show quite how ridiculous the system was.

I have no idea how much was actually raised, or what happened to the money. But it made for good TV.
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