The New, Bo-taxed, Socialist Face of Health Care
Does President Obama have it in for senior citizens and Sean Hannity? What's to become of "high-fructose families" under our socialist president's alarming new health care system? Stephen Colbert explores all this and more while keeping his enraged forehead remarkably still.Does President Obama have it in for senior citizens and Sean Hannity? What’s to become of “high-fructose families” under our socialist president’s alarming new health care system? Stephen Colbert explores all this and more while keeping his enraged forehead remarkably still.
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