Now that comedian Stephen Colbert’s White House ambitions have seemingly been annihilated by the totalitarian South Carolina Democrat Party, I’ve had to re-focus my content on less fun stuff like Congress, education, spending and the guys — and girl — who are really running for president. So when I read the below quoted article with the above placed picture of Colbert in all of his Rambo-esque glory, I couldn’t help but flash back to the good ol’ days (two weeks ago) when the beacon of hope for America still burned brightly and the promise of a “truthier” future blanketed our hearts and minds.

Or something like that.

Anyway, I didn’t really read much of this article, but it’s about South Carolina’s favorite son so I’m sure it’s awesome. Enjoy:

Misunderestimate Stephen Colbert at your peril. Just because he is an unassuming, bespectacled physical specimen whose business cards may read “TV comedian” is no reason to dismiss him as a lightweight funnyman. Since the very night he launched his own series on Comedy Central in 2005, Colbert has thrown some vicious elbows, and demonstrated a bravura that dares his enemies to, in paraphrasing his ironic hero George W. Bush, bring it on.

As both a humorist and a political and media commentator, Colbert is a stealth bomber. A gladiator of mockery. A comedy Rambo. He’s the most dangerous satirist out there right now, and neither the writers’ strike nor his failure to get on the presidential-primary ballot in his native state of South Carolina will stall his advance for long.

In fact, Colbert has reached such revered status at this juncture that even in a period of relative inactivity — not doing a show, not running for president — people are talking about him, wondering about him, and waiting for his next move. He’s the Al Gore of Comedy Central: even if he can’t or won’t run for office, he is nevertheless building anticipation. (Can a Nobel Prize be far off?)

And, like Gore, he knows it. The question is, now that he knows he has the public’s attention and the media transfixed, where will he strike next? Or is not striking, and laying back, the smarter play? Colbert is nothing if not smart, and that’s why you have to watch him — even if, at least right now on TV, you can’t. [DAVID BIANCULLI - The Phoenix]

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(h/t No Fact Zone)