Us President
When talk show host Stephen Colbert announced his quasi-bid for the US presidency, he presented American voters with an embarrassing democratic dilemma: How were they going to tell the mock candidates from the real ones?
Lovers of fine farce will be familiar with Colbert’s work. His hallucinatory satire is so formidable it can be seen from space (where a NASA astronautical treadmill was recently named COLBERT in his honour).
On the off chance you aren’t a religious tuner innerer to the Comedy Channel at 7pm on weeknights, Colbert is the anchor for The Colbert Report. He’s a maniacal, semi-fictitious character who displays breathtaking audacity when it comes to speaking truthiness to power.
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The US is fighting three wars – give or take Libya. Unemployment just ticked up to 9.1 per cent. In coming weeks, the nation faces a critical decision to raise the $14 trillion debt ceiling. So why is America’s political class still squawking over Sarah Palin?
Last week, the former Alaska governor threw the 2012 Republican primary race into chaos - not by announcing her candidacy, but simply renting a bus and hoiking it on vacation. She rode in a bikie parade. She made a cameo at the National Archives.
Like the garden gnome in Amelie, her cherubic face popped up in a reel of happy snaps from Gettysburg to the Liberty Bell to New York’s Ellis Island.
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Frank says:
LOLGate, this is a joke right? Sarah Palin could barely run Alaska let alone America….hey how about those Russians? Still keeping an eye on them! Come on does anyone else see that this Redneck Hill Billy stuck in the early 80’s thinking that good old pop Reagan is the shizzle… Read more »
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mel says:
KH Emigrate? As if. Fraud Read more »
Next month the American Presidency comes to Australia.
For all that is written about the American Presidency one of the aspects which is most intriguing is that its history can be condensed into the lives of four people: three who are known, one to be identified. Each person knew the next in line and together they may have known all 44 Presidents from Washington to Obama.
John Quincy Adams, the eldest son of America’s second President – John Adams, led a truly remarkable life.
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Julian Thomas says:
maybe GB jr is that 4th person? Read more »
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Brian says:
BTW the callous disrespect your Government, particularly Rudd & Garrett have shown to these young people should cost you alot of votes and hopefully government. A moral disgrace….....the Reverend should deny Rudd entry to church this Sunday. Read more »
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