Stephen Colbert releases his SuperPAC FEC forms. And provides a little personal note to the FEC as well. Update!

Here is the supplemental memo that was attached to Colbert's filings.

Leave it to Stephen Colbert to make even an official filing funny.

If you are interested in what is contained in the filings you can find out by visiting the Colbert SuperPAC here.

Now just for shits and giggles let's compare Colbert's haul, all done to make a point about how damaging the effects of the Citizen's United ruling are, as well, of course, for comedic effect, to what Palin's PAC brought in.

This from ADN:

Sarah Palin's political action committee raised about $752,000 during the second half of 2011, according to financial disclosures filed Tuesday, less than half the nearly $1.7 million that SarahPAC raised during the first half of the year.  (I guess it becomes much harder to trick people into giving you money, once you finally admit that you have no intention of doing what they thought you were doing all along to earn their support.)

She has had words of praise for many of the candidates -- Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich -- and said before the South Carolina primary that she would vote for Gingrich to keep the race going. 

But the disclosures, filed with the Federal Election Commission, do not show any contributions to any of the 2012 GOP presidential contenders. Palin's contributions do include $5,000 to the Republican Party of Iowa, a contribution that came on the eve of the Ames Straw Poll in August when Palin visited the state, and a charitable contribution of $300 to Paws and Effect of Des Moines, Iowa. (Really? NO money to Newt? I guess Palin is all talk, with nothing to back it up.)

SarahPAC spent $1.2 million during the second half and ended 2011 with about $1 million on hand.   

Among the expenses: $50,450 for DVDs and shipping to donors; at least $2,022 for copies of the U.S. constitution from the National Archives; nearly $60,000 for video work and photography; and $16,900 to a group listed as "Republican Presidential Travel," for charter air services. About $2,600 was for Todd Palin, Palin's husband, dated Aug. 29, for airfare, food, lodging and fuel (And whores). 

 Palin also listed $225 for a tour of Mount Vernon, one of the stops on her "One Nation" bus tour last year, and $932 for clambake catering in New Hampshire, her last stop on the trip's first leg. Bus repairs, dated Oct. 27, were listed at about $1,100. 

Oh how the mighty have fallen!  I guess even a natural born grifter like Sarah Palin can only fool some of the people some of the time. (But let's face it there are Palin-bots who will NEVER stop throwing their money away on her, even if after she starts tucking her boobs into her socks and there is not a single hair left on her head.)

I think my favorite part of the expense report is that SarahPAC paid $50,450.00  for copies of "The Undefeated," which they then sent off to Palin-bots to punish them for supporting her. ("That'll teach ya!")

I swear this day simply could NOT get any better!

Update: Here is Palin's actual FEC filing. I could really use some help with it, so if you find anything interesting please let me know.

Update 2: Politico has some interesting tidbits: Sarah PAC spent about $400,000 on the consultants who form the core of her small but devoted staff.

Peter Schweizer, who was hired as a foreign policy advisor to replace John McCain holdover Randy Scheunemann, was paid $60,000 in the second six months of the year. Other core Palin staffers include chief of staff Michael Glassner (who was paid $62,000), speechwriter and Palin Internet defender Rebecca Mansour ($48,000), fundraising consultant Tim Crawford ( $93,000), researcher Andrew Davis ($45,000), and conservative coalitions liaison Pam Pryor ($36,000).

$48,500 to RAM?  Does that mean she is still on the payroll? Or was that just her hush money?

Update 3: Mother Jones has made a graph comparing Sarah Palin's fake campaign fund raising to Stephen Colbert's fundraising.

If I might steal a little something from Rachel Maddow, THAT is the "best new thing of the day!"