The largest single contributor to the Super PAC (political action committee) supporting Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert’s faux presidential campaign is...Alex Rigopulos?
Yes, Alex Rigopulos, the very same CEO of Harmonix, the creators of Rock Band and Guitar Hero. The executive donated nearly $10,000 to “Americans For a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow.”
The New York Times has broken down the contributors to Super PACs, and unearthed that Rigopulos contributed $9,600 towards Colbert’s quest to expose the ridiculousness of Super PACs.
Super PACs are the result of a Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in “Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission.”
I won’t get into the politics of the decision--there's plenty of that elsewhere--but the net result has been more money than ever before finding its way into elections, and Colbert’s Super PAC has been doing its best to lampoon the process ever since.
Rigopulos has contributed to campaigns in the past, having donated thousands of dollars to President Obama's campaign in 2008.
If you haven't been paying attention to Colbert's antics, here's a taste of what you've been missing: