Hot! Colbert Super Pac Reports $1 Million In Donations

Comedian Stephen Colbert collects funds contributions around the sidewalk in front of your Federal Election Commission around Washington June 30, 2011.

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The super PAC run by comedian Stephen Colbert Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow reported to help that Federal Election Commission (FEC) early on Tuesday a . m . which because of Monday, this acquired collected $1,023,121.24 inside donations.

Colbert 's tremendous PAC, typically talked about on his Comedy Central satirical show "The Colbert Report," possesses assisted simplify the particular important function extremely PACs have performed on this election cycle, paying enormous pounds in order to to come back political candidates. All campaigns and also excellent PACs have got till the finale connected with Tuesday to be able to record their funding towards the FEC.

Along using its personal disclosure report, Colbert's team filled out a new memo having a record out of Colbert, which usually said, "Yeah! How you enjoy me now, F.E.C? I'm coming seven digits deep! I got 99 problems nevertheless a non-connected independent-expenditure exclusively committee ain't one!"

Super PACs enable donors in order to serve unrestricted dollars right into a marketing campaign to compliment or perhaps episode a new political candidate. The excellent PACs should continue to be theoretically unaffiliated while using candidates, nonetheless they can be run by a candidate's original staffers or nearby colleagues.

For instance, Newt Gingrich's former presidential campaign spokesman Rick Tyler is already a older mechanic intended for this pro-Gingrich super PAC Winning Our Future. That excellent PAC has been capable to present a much-needed enhance that will Gingrich's White House bid, thank you that will $10 million inside contributions from Las Vegas billionaire casino proprietor Sheldon Adelson.

For a brief time of time, Americans for your Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow was work by Colbert's Comedy Central colleague Jon Stewart. With that super PAC out of Colbert's control, the particular class to back Colbert's short-lived manage intended for "president from the United States involving South Carolina." Since Colbert couldn't get within the Republican primary ballot with South Carolina, the very PAC .