In typical Stephen Colbert over-the-top humor, Colbert’s Super PAC attack ad being aired in South Carolina paints Mitt Romney as a “serial killer.” Of course, Colbert had turned over his Super Pac to none other than Jon Stewart, which puts Stewart’s fingerprints all over this particular ad. That’s what makes the ad, I think, humorous yet somehow true. It’s that ounce of truth that tends to make something funny. Had Mitt Romney never boldly declared that “corporations are people,” and had the Supreme Court not ruled in favor of Citizens United, allowing corporations and unions the ability to directly and expressly advocate for the election or defeat of candidates (as long as they do not coordinate their efforts with the campaigns or candidates), Colbert’s “Romney is a serial killer” ad would never had been created…and aired.
But…Romney did make the argument that corporations are people, and the Supreme Court did grant power to Super PACS to do/say whatever they damn well please in ads (and spend as much as they want), so here you have it:
Compared to the $10.2 million that current GOP candidates and Super PACs have spent on ads thus far in South Carolina, the pro-Colbert PAC’s $7,600 ad buy is mere pennies.
Let the Super PAC games begin!
