Colbert on ‘the War on Error’
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."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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