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Colbert, a Palmetto State native who has twice mounted a satirical challenge to become the president of South Carolina, has already asked viewers of “The Colbert Report” to push Gov. Nikki Haley to appoint him to the seat being vacated by Republican Jim DeMint.
Posted on Dec 10, 2012
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including more speculation on Romney’s running mate and sh*t that Rep. Allen West says.
Posted on Aug 7, 2012
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including the release of May presidential campaign fundraising figures, how Citizens United affected the Wisconsin recall and the controversy surrounding recent comments made by Bill Clinton.
Posted on Jun 7, 2012
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After spending a day as a migrant farmworker, farceur Stephen Colbert hit Congress to testify about his experience. Media outrage ensued, but as Firedoglake points out, Colbert has done more for the powerless in this instance than any of the “blow-dried idiots that sit around the White House press room.”
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Stephen Colbert, in a hilarious outfit, has taken his show to one of Saddam Hussein’s old palaces in Baghdad to entertain the men and women of the U.S military. Watch President Obama order Gen. Ray Odierno to give Colbert’s coif a military makeover. Update: Full videos added.
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Bill O’Reilly must be some kind of highly dedicated comedian who has managed to fool the country with a series of elaborate Andy Kaufman-esque stunts. How else to explain moments like this, exquisitely captured by Stephen Colbert, when the “Factor” host unintentionally ridicules himself ad absurdum?
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The host of “The Colbert Report” asks a vetting veteran of the Clinton administration, “What if you have a dark secret, but also an unquenchable thirst for power?”
Posted on Nov 19, 2008
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Stephen Colbert has figured out John McCain’s new campaign strategy of trying to paint his rival as a socialist: “Clearly the McCain campaign is targeting its most important voter: Joe the McCarthy.”
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When faced with that nagging “Where’s Osama bin Laden?” question once again during a press conference about 9/11, White House spokesperson Dana Perino pointed out that President Bush & Co. don’t have superpowers. Oh, right! Well, Stephen Colbert has a few suggestions about super-skills specially tailored for Bush.
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There are three great moments in this short video of McCain’s acceptance speech. First, a Code Pink demonstrator interrupts McCain’s speech and gets dragged out to chants of “U.S.A.!” Then, McCain fumbles and makes an antiquated tech-related joke about static. Finally, McCain delivers his speech in front of a blue screen. Stephen Colbert, eat your heart out.
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Univision anchor Jorge Ramos isn’t just the host of L.A. and New York’s No. 1 news broadcast (in any language), he’s also a leading booster for the energy that Latin American immigrants bring to the U.S.
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While most other newspapers around the country treated the indictment of Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, as a major cover story, the New York Post ran the story as a small item on Page 17. As Stephen Colbert put it, “Thank God for Rupert Murdoch and the objective journalists at the New York Post,” which featured a 44-pound cat from New Jersey on Wednesday’s cover.
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Jon Stewart takes a whimsical look at Barack Obama’s excellent adventure while Stephen Colbert notes that, with the entire news establishment chasing the senator, “I am the Edward R. Murrow of who’s left.”
Posted on Jul 23, 2008
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This one’s going to be hard to top. A competitor in Stephen Colbert’s patriotic “Make McCain Exciting Challenge” has thrown down the gauntlet big-time with a creative adaptation of Madonna’s “Vogue” video from her infamous cone-bra era. Only one thing could top it, and that can be summarized in one word: Whitesnake.
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Harnessing the power of the Internet, Stephen Colbert challenged his viewers to place the usually drab John McCain into more lively circumstances by using the latest Christ-created green screen technology.
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Stephen Colbert outdoes himself with this indictment of the non-controversy over Barack Obama’s alleged elitism. After all, “Nothing stings like being called an elitist by the humble working-class members of the media and politics. Some of those people have to do their own hair.”
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“The Colbert Report” host pokes fun at the constant outrage, scandal and scrutiny surrounding Barack Obama’s (now) former church.
Posted on Jun 3, 2008
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In this “Colbert Report” clip, Stephen Colbert gives Bruce Springsteen a televised talking-to about The Boss’ recent lefty-leaning lyrics, beckoning Bruce to his show, and drinks himself under the table with the help of a cold Miller Lite. Or was that a Coors Light?
Posted on May 22, 2008
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Well, as you’ve probably noticed by now, John Edwards has publicly backed Barack Obama as his candidate of choice. There’s just one problem, as Stephen Colbert reminds us: Edwards previously said on Colbert’s show that he’d support the candidate who pledged to do the most for the nation’s poor—and the one who supplied him with a jet ski. But he hasn’t gotten that jet ski yet, has he now, Mr. Obama?
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Stephen Colbert rips Clinton insider Terry McAuliffe, who recently told Tim Russert that his father, Big Russ, was probably looking down from heaven cheering Hillary Clinton on. One problem: Big Russ is alive.
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Stephen Colbert has himself a laugh over the many superstitions of John McCain, whose political success can be attributed to his independent reputation and his lucky feather.
Posted on Apr 30, 2008
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Stephen Colbert began his interview with Michelle Obama by asking about her “silver spoon” upbringing on the South Side of Chicago. The pseudo pundit then segued into a brief and comical flirtation and even managed to get in a few digs against Hillary Clinton. “Why would you want to be first lady?” he asked. “You’d never get any sleep because I understand the phone keeps ringing at 3 a.m.”
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The “Hardball” host seems to tell his satirical counterpart that he’s serious about a run for the Senate in 2010: “Some kids want to be a fireman. I want to be a senator.” Awwww.
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You may not have given the penny much thought, but it turns out that the least of our currency is essentially worthless and wastes Americans a surprising amount of money and time. Anti-penny advocate Jeff Gore would like to do away with the coin altogether—and he has a plan.
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Stephen Colbert pokes fun at Mike Huckabee’s miracle strategy and Rush Limbaugh’s inability to move the Republicans against McCain.
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The pseudo pundit proves once again that he is a master of satire with this interview with the Human Rights Campaign’s Joe Solmonese, who does his best to respond to questions that, for once, sound as dumb as they are.
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What will it take to end the bitter standoff between WGA screenwriters and studio big cheeses? Stephen Colbert tries an innovative—and inspiring—approach by breaking into “Go Down Moses” with some help from the Harlem Gospel Choir and “Blink” author Malcolm Gladwell.
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After an uncharacteristic moment of empathy for the left, Stephen Colbert reminds us that there are other newsworthy events besides the primaries: The world is full of other countries—which, it turns out, are also obsessing about the U.S. primaries.
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If Comedy Central headliners Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert indeed return to television Jan. 7—the eve of the New Hampshire primary, as fate (or whatever capricious force controls networks’ holiday scheduling practices) would have it—they’ll probably have to stage their comebacks without their trusty and witty writing teams.
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Those Stephen Colbert fans who had hoped that, for once, there would be a political figure on the national stage who would be refreshingly upfront about the parodic and performative nature of his role will be no doubt be disappointed that Colbert has ended his quest for the presidency—at least this time around.
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All those hand-wringers out there who’ve been vexed and perplexed by Stephen Colbert’s presidential campaign might be heartened to hear that the South Carolina Democratic Party—“a shadowy organization whose rituals are shrouded in mystery,” says Colbert—has thrown a major wrench into the works.
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Regardless of Americans’ varying opinions about Comedy Central court jester Stephen Colbert’s satirical (or is it?) play for the White House, one thing’s for sure—the man’s getting results. While Barack Obama’s bid to build a loyal network of young’uns on Facebook grew slowly, Colbert’s followers almost crashed the ultra-popular site’s servers in mere days.
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Stephen Colbert’s presidential campaign—a compellingly postmodern play on identity and politics (or something like that)—is apparently being taken seriously enough by the polling firm Public Opinion Strategies to merit Colbert’s inclusion in the lineup of candidates the firm is currently tracking. Here’s how the TV comedian—who says he’s running as both a Democrat and a Republican—is doing in the race for White House glory.
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Stephen Colbert is a master of mocking the ridiculous and predictable posturing of overly rehearsed candidates as they announce their intention to run. During his book tour, for example, he has been known to interrupt interviewers to say he’s unable to discuss his campaign intentions, and then there was this surprise appearance on “The Daily Show.”
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Rep. Dennis Kucinich flexes his comic muscle by responding to Stephen Colbert’s challenge to empty his pockets on the air. It’s a shame he didn’t get to dive into the issues, but it’s nice to see a candidate who can take a joke.
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The take-away from the recent showdown between MoveOn.org and Bush administration members (not to mention the Senate) over the now-infamous “General Betray Us” ad should be, according to Stephen Colbert, that the full force of our nation’s military power can best be unleashed on the world stage in the form of ... deadly schoolyard taunts.
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In a satirical match made in heaven, Stephen Colbert appears in cartoon form on “The Simpsons” season premiere. Meanwhile, “Family Guy” takes a jab at the Bushies (and Limbaughs) of the world on its own season debut—featuring a “Star Wars” send-up, just to add that much more comical catnip to the mix for the show’s loyal target demographic.
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For his part, Stephen Colbert doesn’t see Naomi Wolf’s point about Blackwater USA’s recent shameful shenanigans in Iraq somehow heralding a fast-approaching era of fascism in America. Instead, the faux-pundit believes the trend is more toward “a bull market for shooting people” these days.
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Inspired by a nefarious scheme to divert California’s electoral votes to the GOP, Stephen Colbert looks into the oppression of California’s Republicans: “They must be under attack. Why else would so many of them live in gated communities?”
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DailyKos proprietor Markos Moulitsas joins Stephen Colbert to defend his super popular blog, which “Papa Bear” Bill O’Reilly has repeatedly compared to the work of the KKK and the Nazis.
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As savvy spin-maestro Stephen Colbert knows, rhetoric is key to any successful political campaign—ideally, it would involve simple, catchy, even alliterative phrases (e.g. “freedom fries”) that fit easily on your average bumper sticker. So, it’s no surprise that the pseudo-pundit doesn’t cotton to the Democratic presidential candidates’ complex takes on “the war on terror.”
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Stephen Colbert takes on Bush’s nominee for surgeon general, Dr. James Holsinger, who has argued that homosexuality is a disease that can be cured.
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Americans need to catch up with Albanians in terms of showing President Bush some serious love, according to pseudo-pundit Stephen Colbert, who laments that Albanians have renamed a street after our commander in chief and dedicated stamps to him; in fact, he’s so popular over there that “gypsies actually put money in his pockets” during his Albanian love-in.
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Instead of hearing the truth(-iness) from the likes of Stephen Colbert, organizers of this year’s White House Press Correspondents’ Association dinner played it safe (read: boring) by inviting comedian Rich Little to entertain President Bush and the assembled flock of journalists Saturday night.
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Stephen Colbert says goodbye to an American icon, who began his career fighting the Nazis and would go on to capture the cultural temperature for decades. Plus, don’t miss Fox News’ reaction: “You should not kill Captain America when we’re at war.”
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This week, our selection of Truthdig-flavored videos includes a preview of Fox’s answer to “The Daily Show”; The Dixie Chicks’ Natalie Maines speaking about artistic courage to the ACLU; and Chris Hedges laying a smackdown to Colbert and the Christian right.
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Stephen Colbert on climate change: As long as it’s only 99.9 percent of scientists saying that greenhouse gases are responsible for global warming, then all the science isn’t in.
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The White House press corps has named inoffensive impersonator Rich Little to host this year’s correspondents dinner, confirming that the group has yet to recover from its unwarranted anxiety attack following Stephen Colbert’s performance last year. While some criticized Colbert for treating President Bush roughly, others—including Bill Maher—wondered why, in the first place, the press corps gets tanked every year at a party with the people it’s supposed to be covering.
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