Jon Stewart Rebuffs Stephen Colbert's Request For Return Of Super PAC

When Stephen Colbert, the host of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report," decided to explore a satirical candidacy for president of the United States of America of South Carolina, he asked his friend Jon Stewart to take over his super PAC.

According to The Note, the stunt was meant to draw attention to the problems of independent expenditure committees, commonly referred to as super PACs, in political contests.

A few short weeks later, Colbert came in fifth place in the South Carolina primary via a proxy vote with former GOP candidate Herman Cain. Now Colbert wants to regain control of The Definitely Not Coordinating With Stephen Colbert Super PAC.

He may be out of luck.

Stewart, the host of "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," has been thoroughly enjoying the process of playing with Colbert's money and responded to the request by telling him to "take a long walk off a short go-f%?#-yourself."

Here's the full text of the humorous e-mail Stewart sent to his super PAC "supporters":

Dear Super PAC Super People,

Hey, it's Jon again. As you know, a while back, I took over this Super PAC so that my friend and business partner Stephen Colbert could explore possibly running for President of the United States of America of South Carolina (maybe).

Unfortunately, he never connected with voters, despite nearly a week of part-time campaigning, culminating in a massive rally at the College of Charleston.

Now, Stephen's exploratory phase is over. And like most exploratory phases, it was strange, awkward, and ended not long after he left campus.

Today he asked me if he if he could retake control of The Definitely Not Coordinating With Stephen Colbert Super PAC. I told him, with all due respect, to go take a long walk off a short go-f%?#-yourself.

Are you kidding me? This thing is a pile of money, sitting on top of a heap of cash, sitting on top of a mountain of moolah. And I'm going to spend it. But in a legal, responsible way. For example, I just bought a jaguar! And I'm going to buy that jaguar its own Jaguar, and teach it to drive me around!

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go ? my official Super PAC Private Zeppelin is about to land and the pilot told me I have to turn off all electronic devices. Which sucks, I was about to score a bingo on Words With Friends. Oh, the H-U-M-A-N-I-T-Y!

In conclusion: I'm rich! Rich, I tell you, rich!

Jon Stewart
President For Life For Ever
The Definitely Not Coordinating With Stephen Colbert Super PAC

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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/24/jon-stewart-rebuffs-stephen-colbert_n_1226091.html

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