Nikki Haley 'vets' Stephen Colbert

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Comedian Stephen Colbert has been “vetted” to replace retiring Sen. Jim DeMint, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley joked on Thursday.

"Mr. Colbert, clearly a whole lot of people felt you needed a second look for U.S. Senate,” Haley wrote on Facebook. “And because I believe in doing my full due diligence ... this is what our vetting process came back with: http://goo.gl/2WeZl.”

The link leads to a document listing strikes against Colbert.

A few examples: “In 2007, Stephen Colbert did not know the South Carolina state amphibian, the spotted salamander … Colbert attended a South Carolina trade conference, in his words, ‘representing Iran.’ … Stephen Colbert demanded to be named Keith Olbermann’s ‘Worst Person in the World’ and used a puppy to slap a baby to make his case.”