Colbert '08

For those of you who haven't heard, last night on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, in a "cross-over event," if you will, Stephen Colbert announced that he is running for President of the United States -- though only in his home state of South Carolina. He stated that he plans to run as both a Democrat and a Republican. All very funny material, well delivered.

But the joke was just getting started. Unbelievably, actual media sources have picked up the "story" and started running with it in their Political sections. CNN.com has already done two stories about it, one seriously investigating whether Colbert could run for both parties simultaneously.

This thing is just getting warmed up, and already it's starting to take on an Andy Kaufman sort of vibe. And once encouraged like this, you'd better believe Stephen Colbert and his writing staff are going to milk it as far as it'll possibly go.

Of course, in an environment where whether or not a candidate wears a US flag pin on his lapel is considered a major story and actual cause to question his fitness for office, I shouldn't be surprised. Yes, news media is that frakking stupid. Now it's clear they're even stupid enough to take part in actually making fun of themselves and pointing out how dumb they are.

I'm so sad.