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Stephen Colbert Explores Run For Presidency, Hands Over Super PAC To Jon Stewart

Last night on The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert announced that… he was setting up an exploratory committee over the possibility of running as the Republican candidate for President of the United States.

This caused a problem of course, because he is also running a Super PAC, a organisation raising money to promote a candidate without having to declare the source of funding, as long as they are not associated with the candidate in question.

Many of the SuperPACs however are run by people very close to the candidates however – colleagues, business partners or friends which makes a mockery of the separation.

Which is why Stephen Colbert has hande over the reins to the Stephen Colbert Super PAC – Americans For a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow to… Jon Stewart, frontsman for The Colbert Report's sister programme The Daily Show.

This letter was sent to members of the Stephen Colbert Super PAC.

Dear Super PAC Super Members,

Hi there. I'm Jon. It looks like I'm running this thing now. All the details are in the press release below. Quick question: does anybody know where the key to the Super PAC bathroom is?

Thanks,

Jon Stewart
President Pro Tem
Americans For A Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow

FOR REALLY IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Under New Management!

BASIC CABLE, USA – Americans For A Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow, an FEC registered Super PAC, today announced the addition of Jon Stewart to its executive board (along with the subtraction of Stephen Colbert).

With this change the group, which had been known colloquially as Colbert Super PAC, can now be referred to as The Definitely Not Coordinating With Stephen Colbert Super PAC. They have already begun updating all of their letterhead with sharpie.

"I am excited to take the reins of this completely independent organization, and begin to air ads in South Carolina," said New President and Noncommunication Director Jon Stewart. "But I want to be clear: Stephen and I have in no way have worked out a series of morse-code blinks to convey information with each other on our respective shows."

Colbert is currently exploring a run for President of the United States of South Carolina. Because of this, he cannot be associated with any Super PACs, although he has asked Americans For A Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow to forward any periodicals of an "adult nature." *

Americans A Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow is an independent, expenditure-only committee founded by Stephen Colbert in the wake of the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, then handed down to Jon Stewart like a pair of old dungarees.

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For Press Inquiries Contact:
Alberto Rèalnamè
Communications Director, Definitely Not Coordinating With Stephen Colbert Super PAC
alberto.realname@colbertsuperpac.com

* Including the periodical "Adult Nature".

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