# Stephen Colbert Donated What's Left of his SuperPAC money **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 14, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-colbert-donated-whats-left-of-his-superpac-money/644037 "2012-12-14T16:26:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-colbert-donated-whats-left-of-his-superpac-money/644037/1 "2012-12-14T16:26:36Z")
…mostly to Hurricane Sandy Relief (and some to organizations fighting for political money transparency). I got an email today (was on the Super PAC mailing list) with these bits (after explaining his fictitious SuperPAC mastermind Ham Rove had died): > [@Stephen Colbert](#): > > Colbert Super PAC’s money, $773,704.83, was squirreled away in a fashion that was extremely suspicious, but entirely legal > [@Stephen Colbert](#): > > But Ham Rove had plans beyond his death, and I was recently surprised to find myself on the board of the Ham Rove Memorial Foundation. I was equally surprised to learn we received a $773,704.83 donation. Where did that very specific amount of money come from? There’s simply no way to know. $125 K to _Donors Choose_ $125 K to _Team Rubicon_ $125 K to \*Habitat for Humanity \*(all 3 for Hurricane Sandy Relief). $125 K to \*Yellow Ribbon \*(for wounded soldiers). The rest to the \*Center for Responsive Politics \*and the _Campaign Legal Center_. Thus ends one of the most brilliant and responsible pieces of satire ever. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-colbert-donated-whats-left-of-his-superpac-money/644037/2 "2012-12-14T16:29:14Z")
He’s one of menschiest mensches around. Good to hear this; thanks. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-colbert-donated-whats-left-of-his-superpac-money/644037/3 "2012-12-14T16:40:09Z")
Yeah, I caught that on his show last night. Kudos to him for getting this out there into the public mind and eye - at least a little bit - since most people are just trying to slog through the day and wouldn’t really give a crap about campaign finance reform otherwise. Well, maybe they still don’t, but at least some worthy causes got a boost, both $$ and publicity. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-colbert-donated-whats-left-of-his-superpac-money/644037/4 "2012-12-14T17:04:27Z")
[Video clip here.](http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/422222/december-13-2012/colbert-super-pac---the-ham-rove-memorial-fund) Good for Colbert. And because I am so rarely right about this kind of thing, I want to add that this is what I predicted last month when Colbert transferred all of his super PAC money to a secret new Super PAC. The Super PAC saga was great, although I doubt even this charitable act will get Colbert promoted to the U.S. Senate. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-colbert-donated-whats-left-of-his-superpac-money/644037/5 "2012-12-14T18:48:54Z")
I wish we had a Ham Rove memorial conference room at my job.