Liberals Strong Armed Colbert Off SC Ballot?

J.J. Jackson* | November 9, 2007

Filed Under Eyes on 2008

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) — Two prominent supporters of Illinois Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in South Carolina called state Democratic Party officials and urged them to keep funnyman Stephen Colbert’s name off the primary ballot, according to party officials and Obama supporters.

Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign has denied any connection to the phone calls.

The Obama campaign denied any connection to the phone calls.

“Democrats in South Carolina, including supporters of ours, had strong feelings on both sides of the ballot issue, and ultimately it was South Carolina Democrats who made this decision,” said Obama’s South Carolina communications director Kevin Griffis.
The South Carolina Democratic Party Executive Council voted last week 13-3 to block Colbert’s bid for the Democratic primary
To get on the ballot, a candidate had to demonstrate two requirements: that he or she was viable nationally and had spent time campaigning in the state.

The majority of voters said Colbert, host of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report,” did not meet the standard of national viability.
At least one member of the executive council, who requested anonymity, told CNN he felt “pressured” by former State Superintendent of Education Inez Tenenbaum to oppose placing Colbert on the ballot.

So I guess the question would be is Dennis Cuckoo Kucinich going to be on the ballot? He’s hardly “viable nationally” and will probably finish with about 1% of the total primary votes for his party. And considering that a recent poll by Rasmussen put Colbert ahead of Kucinich, it’s going to be pretty hard to justify this line of reasoning. But that’s ok. Their liberals … they can do whatever they want.

And here I thought that liberals loved “diversity”.

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