Speakeasy: Colbert cheers his Super PAC outside FEC

Published June 30, 2011 4:00am ET



“I don’t know about you, but I do not accept limits on my free speech. I don’t know about you, but I do not accept the status quo. But I do accept Visa, MasterCard or American Express. Fifty dollars or less please because then I don’t have to keep a record of who gave it to me.”

Comedian Stephen Colbert addressing a crowd (sporting a suit and a nametag that simply said “Steve C”) outside the Federal Election Commission Thursday, after the FEC greenlit the creation of Colbert’s Super PAC.