Internet, I hereby declare that I do - on occasion - read the news. Truly I do. Usually said news circles around the world of technology because of my job but, nevertheless, I still do pay marginal attention to the broader world at large as much as I can. (Marginal attention = scanning the front pages of the newspaper's A and Metro sections and reading the stories that catch my interest...)

So I ran across this article yesterday about Stephen Colbert announcing his presidential bid. Like the title of my blog says, it's not the worst idea I've ever heard... :) Granted, I'd prefer to have Jon Stewart run because I find him yummy, but heck - Colbert is a good second choice as long as we're going for comedians.

I mean let's think about it: at least Colbert is intelligent, can string together a sentence and has the capacity for abstract thought. How is that not an improvement on what we have now?? Plus, the guy's funny. And it's not that I typically vote for candidates on the basis of whether their State of the Union addresses will amuse me, but hey: bonus! At least I might be able to sit through an entire presidential speech without becoming ill (something I cannot do with the current administration.)

Here is the "official" announcement on Comedy Central's Indecision2008 blog, whose tagline is, "something approximating election news with something approximating honesty." Check out the "poll" at the bottom of the post... well worth 30 seconds of your time.