It will just have to be a write-in campaign

South Carolina Democrats have decided that Steven Colbert doesn't qualify as a candidate in their primary.

South Carolina is the only state where Stephen Colbert, the comedian and a native South Carolinian, has sought to get on the ballot. He did not try getting on the Republican ballot because that costs $35,000.

Mr. Colbert met the Democratic filing deadline of noon today to send in some paperwork and a check for $2,500.

But the party’s executive council just voted 13-3 not to certify him.
Carol Fowler, chairwoman of the state party, told us that the council “really agonized over this because they really like him, they love his show and everyone thinks it’s wonderful that he cares about us.”

But, she said, they decided he did not meet two basic requirements: that the person be generally acknowledge or recognized by the media as a viable nationwide candidate; and be actively campaigning for the South Carolina primary.

You think they were worried about how many votes he'd get? And what is this excuse about not paying $35,000 to get on the Republican ballot? Come on. With the money that he must make, was he really going to balk at a few dollars? Is that the type of leadership we look for in our truthiness candidates?

I guess that South Carolinians will just have to write in his name on the ballot. Will that be his next line of jokes?