Slate's explainer column writes about how Colbert's presidential run violates federal election law unless Comedy Central decides to give equal time to every other candidate. Good thing the FCC and the rest of us know Colbert's candidacy is a joke. But the key graph later in the piece has to do with everyone's favorite Necessary Roughness star:

"Each of the 16 presidential hopefuls could therefore demand as much time on Comedy Central as Colbert gets—about 20 minutes a night, four days a week. Faced with a similar situation earlier this year, NBC decided to stop airing Law & Order reruns featuring Fred Thompson. The cable network TNT, on the other hand, is risking the FCC's ire by keeping its Thompson-heavy rerun schedule in tact."

Does this means everytime HBO airs Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, they have to give each candidate 133 minutes of air time? Yeah, Thompson plays a drunken, corrupt president in the movie, but he still gets to seem presidential. Seems like a political foul.