Over one million Facebook users have made a mockery of American politics. On October 16, television comedian, fake newsman Stephen Colbert launched a less-than-serious bid for the US presidency, and within hours, a social networking-crazed high schooler tossed up a Facebook group called "1,000,000 Strong For Stephen T Colbert," an obvious parody of a group dedicated to presidential hopeful Barack Obama. After nine months, "1,000,000 Strong For Barack Obama" has fewer than 400,000 members. Meanwhile, "1,000,000 Strong For Stephen Colbert" has lived up to its name in just 10 ten days. Membership now tops 1,020,000 - and counting. Whatever the case, it seems clear that Facebooker's are more interested in heavy-handed TV comedians than serious political candidates. But that shouldn't surprise you. These are the same people who prefer texting dirty messages to each other, rather than going out to vote.
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He couldn't be worse than the bozos running right now!
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The sad thing: that so many young people go to Jon Stewart and his spinoff, Stephen Colbert, to become "informed". This is like mentally unstable people relying on "Frasier" re-runs for their therapy, or law students watching three seasons of "Cops" to pass the bar. An informed electorate? Yeah, right.
Posted by: sd | October 29, 2007 4:11 PM | Permalink to Comment