‘Colbert Report’: Obama Answers to GI Joe
As usual, Glenn Beck exhibits an, um, unusual political sensibility in his analysis of Barack Obama's West Point speech and the president's plan to send 30,000 more American troops to Afghanistan. Luckily, Stephen Colbert is on hand to translate Beck's logic puzzles with the help of his other favorite plastic friends, GI Joe and My Little Pony.As usual, Glenn Beck exhibits an, um, unusual political sensibility in his analysis of Barack Obama’s West Point speech and the president’s plan to send 30,000 more American troops to Afghanistan. Luckily, Stephen Colbert is on hand to translate Beck’s logic puzzles with the help of his other favorite plastic friends, GI Joe and My Little Pony. –KA
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