Stephen Colbert: Michele Bachmann bought the Ames Straw Poll [VIDEO]

By Mike Mullen Tue., Aug. 16 2011 at 7:28 AM

Categories: Michele Bachmann, T-Paw

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Stephen Colbert approves of Bachmann buying the Ames Straw Poll.

Michele Bachmann's dominant showing at the Ames Straw Poll is a great achievement -- unless you think about how she did it.

Bachmann bought 6,000 straw poll tickets, which cost $30 each, and handed them out to supporters. She also used a Randy Travis concert, which allowed only Bachmann voters, as a further incentive to lure ticket holders to the polls. Democracy!

Even with all that, Stephen Colbert thinks her vote total of 4,823 is still pretty great.

"Bachmann," Colbert said, "got a commanding 80 percent of the votes she paid for. That's pretty impressive."

Colbert also wished a fond farewell to Tim Pawlenty, which is probably genuine on some level: Colbert will miss the chance to make fun of the former governor, who'd been a pretty reliable target.

Colbert harkened back to the "epicness" of Pawlenty's first commercial: "So much grandeuer! So much stock footage!"

Pawlenty should've gone out the same way he came in, according to Colbert. Colbert's team took Pawlenty's downbeat announcement that he was withdrawing from the race and made it the new voiceover to the flash-cut scenes of American success.

Colbert even offered up a new slogan for T-Paw: "Pawlenty 2012: It Was Disappointing."

"Of course," Colbert said, "now that Pawlenty's out, the big question is whether Bachmann or [Rick] Perry will get his supporter."

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Seriously, a right-wing troll stalking the comments on the CityPages to bash libs? All day, every day? Desperate, we're talking desperate, to hurt people. That's what it's all about. That is one of the worst examples of a Hater there is. But the CityPages won't take action, so we keep feeding the troll.
I always try to understand what Kirk's point is, but it's hard to find. If the point is to simply smear Liberals, go ahead there are as many skeletons on both sides of the aisle. If the point is to sway us to be more Conservative, I don't know if I would want to be allied with someone who doesn't know how to present a single concise argument but rather regurgitate lies. At the end I think he just gets singed anytime one of his brahs gets slammed for being the hypocrites they are. Pent-up anger and hatred usually lead to stream of consciousness.
Kirk wrote: "Did she use George Soro's money?" Yes, because Soros is the only person with money in the entire country. It must be him. Obviously he supports Bachmann, too. Were you trying to make sense when you asked such an inane question? " I am having a hard time finding Colbert's mocking videos of Obama and Clinton" You don't know what Colbert is all about, do you? He's not some supposedly neutral pundit. He's a comedian that parodies wingnuts. Kind of what you do here unintentionally on a daily basis.
Kirk wrote: "Again, Voter id is to give a electronic record of who has voted and how many times." Then why is the address so important? It's not to "give an electronic record of who voted and how many times". If it were, it wouldn't matter if the address was current or not. If it were, voters could use a US passport. Passports have RFID, so you wouldn't even have to "swipe the card". "Much similar than having to sign your name in the registry." Except that signing your name in the registry isn't proving your current address, is it?
Well I know you got my last response Green23, and as you can see the editors here are fascists. Scrub my damaging message from existence say Citypages. My historical facts disprove the GOP being racists, and clearly prove the the Democrat party has historically been the "Racists" for the last 150 years. Anyhow Again, Voter id is to give a electronic record of who has voted and how many times. it uses the magnetic strip. Walk in, swipe you card, and get handed a ballot. Much similar than having to sign your name in the registry. Call it what you want, 80%+ on Minnesotans want it. It will become law.
17k rejected registrations certainly does not equal 17k "illegal votes". In fact, since those 17k registrations were rejected ("returned to sender"), then it is certain that none of them voted. The real issue with voter ID is that it's not about identity -- it's about *the current address*. Nobody pushing voter ID ever mentions this. For example, US passport proves not only citizenship, but also identity. Almost NO voter ID legislation accepts a US passport, though. Why? Because there is no ADDRESS. None of the examples that you mentioned require a current address; only an ID. Poor people and students move much more frequently. It's not about the cost of the ID. It's about transportation to the DMV, as well as time off work during business hours to stand in line. So most people don't bother to keep their address current on their DL. And you think that should disqualify them to VOTE, a Constitutional right. The address is so "important" to the GOP because it CREATES fraud, which they can point to as a pretext for further restricting voting rights. How? It forces voters with a valid ID (but not an updated address) to vote in a precinct that they don't currently live in. That's fraud. If you show up at the proper precinct with a valid ID showing your old address, you will not be allowed to vote there. You will be told to go to the precinct shown on your ID, which you no longer live in.
Minnesota constantly leads the nation in voter turnout. In the 2010 election Minnesota cast a total of 2,123,369 votes. Of those votes there was 47 cases of possible voter fraud. I know kirk isn't very bright but that isn't 1/10 of 1% of total votes cast yet we need new voter laws? Some small government conservative you are, you advocate spending millions of dollars to fix a nonexistent problem? I would guarantee that over 1/10 of 1% of guns sold in Minnesota have some sort of illegal tie. A gun sold illegally to a murderer would result in a death of an innocent person. Voter fraud will result in zero deaths. Why don't we change all the gun laws kirk the racist stupid liar? You have to be pretty fucking stupid to not realize what Republicans are trying to do with their voter id laws. I would think as a Black man you might be worried about assholes trying to keep people from voting but you are a stupid idiot liar so who knows.
change subject--bash liberals--lie about it--change subject--bash liberals--lie about it--what a boring pattern. Take your thorazine; stop selling it.
You say "I know it", but I have to admit my ignorance on this idea of "disqualify as many student and poor votes as possible" How does that work? These "students must not go to bars or drink if over 21. Must have ID These students must not smoke. Must have ID These students surely must not ever get a head cold or have allergies. You need an ID to buy sudafed. Sound like something a fear mongering, vote fraud committing criminal would say to prohibit something from being done about their criminal activities. The GOP is proposing a FREE ID for anyone who cannot afford the $8 to get one. So how is the GOP "disqualifying" anyone? 17,000 illegal votes per Mark Ritchie in one election. 17,000 fake addresses or names given while registering to vote. What should we do Zero? Continue to allow the "wild west of voting" to be status quo.
The GOP wants Voter ID so that they can disqualify as many student and poor votes as possible. You know it, I know it, and even the state GOP barely keeps up the pretense of denying it.
Try looking for those videos deep up your ass...next to your head.
Bought the votes, hmmm. Did she use George Soro's money? I wonder if she had people vouching for each other, busing from polling place to polling place? Er, wait! That was Mark Dayton. 17,000+ voter registration cards were marked "returned to sender" in the 2010 Minnesota election. (per mark ritchie's own numbers) Is there any wonder the GOP wants voter ID? Ya know, I am having a hard time finding Colbert's mocking videos of Obama and Clinton from the 2008 election. Could someone help with this?
Is anyone on earth shocked by this story??