‘Colbert Report’: Aromatherapy for Our Economy

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‘Colbert Report’: Aromatherapy for Our Economy

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President-elect Barack Obama says he thinks he can find a way to fix the American economy, which leads top economic wonk Stephen Colbert to conclude that Obama might just need a little extra confidence—and the help of a strangely alluring body spray for men.

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