Stephen Colbert Super PAC Ad Labels Mitt Romney A Serial Killer

[Rich Johnston]

The Definitely Not Coordinated With Stephen Colbert Super PAChas released a new ad, ahead of Stephen Colbert trying to run for Republican candidate in the South Carolina primary, even though he's not actually on the ballot and they don't accept write-in votes.Entitled Attack In B Minor For Strings, the release states;

"Mitt Romney claims to be pro-corporations," said Jon Stewart, President of The Definitely Not Coordinated With Stephen Colbert Super PAC. "But would you let him date your daughter's corporation? Americans have been clamoring for a comprehensive study of this crucial issue, so we splurged for the full sixty-second commercial. We think South Carolinians will agree ? they deserve a leader who shares their state's values, and perhaps even their state's initials."

The new spot begins airing today in a major ad buy that will blanket South Carolina from Charleston all the way to North Charleston. Those of you with some free AOL hours left canview the ad here.

The Definitely Not Coordinated With Stephen Colbert Super PAC, officially known as Americans For A Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow, is an independent, expenditure-only committee that's been proudly serving the community since late Thursday.

The ad takes two aspects of Mitt Romney and ties them together. One, that he believes corporations should be treated like people when it comes to First Amendment legislation, and another, that he was an asset stripper of companies, concluding that this makes him a serial killer. The ad is voiced by John Lithgow, who played a family man serial killer recently in Dexter.

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[Knut Robert Knutsen]

Well, as Stephen Colbert says "You can't argue with that logic".

[obii]

lol

I liked one of the comments someone made about corporations 'I will believe that corporations are people when the first one is executed in Texas'

[jacob#]

Wow, the Dems must be feeling desperate to grab at straws like this.

[Lars Jensen]

Wow, the Dems must be feeling desperate to grab at straws like this.

I'm wondering, jacob#... Who or what do you think this ad is attacking? And who do you think created this ad?

[Knut Robert Knutsen]

"Wow, the Dems must be feeling desperate to grab at straws like this. "

This is not the Dems, it's Stephen Colbert. He's been critical of the "Corporations are people" malarkey that came out of the Citizens United ruling. Which is why he pushed to have a non-binding ballot question on the South Carolina ballot asking if the voters thought Corporations were people. That was denied.

So he's "running for President" in the republican primary (only he's really not since he didn't file and they don't count write-ins) so his Super-Pac is in a position to run "attack ads". The only thing this ad is meant to accomplish is to point out how really silly the "corporations are people" argument really is, because if corporations are people, someone who butchers corporations is a "people butcher" or serial killer. He's essentially running the argument into the ground.

Obviously no-one's going to seriously believe that Mitt Romney is a serial killer based on this ad. They might come to the conclusion that corporations aren't really people, though.

[Ian Coke]

Slightly off-topic, but who do BC conservatives fancy as a GOP candidate?

'Mittens' seems like a bit of a buster, but I've been wrong before.

[Joe B. Pangrazio]

"Wow, the Dems must be feeling desperate to grab at straws like this. "

This is not the Dems, it's Stephen Colbert. He's been critical of the "Corporations are people" malarkey that came out of the Citizens United ruling. Which is why he pushed to have a non-binding ballot question on the South Carolina ballot asking if the voters thought Corporations were people. That was denied.

So he's "running for President" in the republican primary (only he's really not since he didn't file and they don't count write-ins) so his Super-Pac is in a position to run "attack ads". The only thing this ad is meant to accomplish is to point out how really silly the "corporations are people" argument really is, because if corporations are people, someone who butchers corporations is a "people butcher" or serial killer. He's essentially running the argument into the ground.

Obviously no-one's going to seriously believe that Mitt Romney is a serial killer based on this ad. They might come to the conclusion that corporations aren't really people, though.

And he's also pointing out how ridiculous Super PACs are in the process.

[jacob#]

Stephen Colbert isn't a Democrat the same way Rush Limbaugh isn't a Republican. The ads are attacking the GOP. I thought that was fairly obvious.
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[GreggN]

Who cares about PACs or Super PACs? Contrary to popular opinion, money doesn't win elections.
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If you don't care about them, why are you complaining about this one?