Stephen Colbert allowed to form his "Super PAC," continue mocking campaign finance laws
The Federal Election Commission recognized that Stephen Colbert was just screwing with them when he proposed creating a “Super PAC,” one that would spend unlimited amounts of Viacom money on the 2012 presidential campaign without having to declare them as “in-kind” contributions. But today they gave him a serious response anyway, granting him permission to go ahead and do it in a 5-1 vote. Colbert had sought to form his committee as a way of spoofing last year’s Supreme Court decision removing limits on political spending from corporations and unions. Now his performance art stunt has the blessing of the F.E.C., and a website where you too can donate toward the cause of spreading satirical shame.
