Jerkoff of the Week

You've got to love the logic behind this.

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

Apparently South Carolina Democrats were afraid, afraid dammit, that Colbert would take away votes from their little darling, Barrack Obama. And, of course, the potential threat of losing votes for your candidate is legal grounds for keeping the other guy out of the race. But, isn't that the American way?

When the American auto industry was circling the drain in the 70's due to Japanese imports, the attempted response was to try and eliminate the competition by banning imports, rather than, you know, actually building better cars for less money. Because apparently it was just too dammed hard to actually compete on our own home turf. History has shown that Detroit's strategy didn't exactly inspire confidence in their products and here we are thirty years later, and Japanese and European imports are still a better product for less money with much better reliability, service, warranties, and options. Great plan, guys, really super job.

With Detroit to inspire them, Barack's campaign supporters have apparently adopted the same strategy, only they've been a bit more successful - so far. They've got a glossy product, that's for sure. But I'm guessing that Barack's own people think he's more show than place in this race. Barack's own people, his most fanatical supporters, don't think he can win the South Carolina primaries in a fair fight. In fact, the actions by Obama supporters seem to indicate that they think he can't even beat a Comedy Channel comedian in a fair fight.

"I placed the calls as a concerned Democrat, realizing that we are a country in despair," [Bakari] Sellers [Rep, D-SC] told CNN. "It is not a time for games or to make a mockery of the process."

Oh, I completely disagree, Representative Sellers. When the country is in despair, it is precisely the time for games and mockery. I could use a laugh about now. I mean, come on, aren't you the same bunch of people who kept electing Strom 'I likes me the dark meat' Thurmond over and over? Games and mockery of the political process are a tradition in South Carolina.

Seriously, Representative Sellers, you honestly don't think your candidate can beat Colbert? You are actually afraid that Stephen Colbert, the 'truthiness' guy, will actually take enough actual votes away from Obama on his own home ground? Seriously? And so you justified keeping Colbert off the ballot, because he isn't a viable national candidate? Damn, Dude, if Obama can't beat Colbert on his own home turf, he isn't a viable national candidate either. Maybe you should get your own show on Comedy Central, I mean with a great comedic name like Sellers, how could you lose?

Seriously, in complete truthiness, Sellers, you are indeed a total jerkoff.