The Colbert of 2012 feels like a completely different person from the Colbert of 2023 and not just because he was playing a character. He was a lot more cutting back then and everything wasn’t just about Trump.
That’s because trump wasn’t taken seriously by any political party in 2012
It was all about the absolute shit show that was the GOP on its death spiral into an extremist dominated organization. Now that Trump dominates the GOP he gets dominant coverage.
Same schtick.
Hard to drop out when you never started to begin with.
He attempted to run for president as a Democrat twice.
When? I remember the Reform Party run, but not any Dem runs.
He actually did put in a Presidential bid in 2012.
Colbert would be lucky to poll at 1.3% today lol
Why’s that?
Super PAC
This is the Colbert I liked. What he’s become today is such a letdown.
Current Colbert seems like a super nice fellow but the mean character he played made me laugh a lot more.
There’s actually a pretty fun movie based off of this idea, one of Robin Williams last roles, called “Man of the Year”. Have no idea how it holds up, but it’s effectively this scenario, except the comedian wins due to an error in the voting machines.
…on second thought, that twist means it probably aged as well as Season 5 of Veep…
I voted for Colbert that year.