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Colbert: My character is a mix of O’Reilly, Cooper and Geraldo
In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert revealed the inspiration behind his Colbert Report persona — and the confusion that his antics sometimes create. “I often don’t know who people invite to come talk to them,” Colbert said in the interview, which aired Sunday on Oprah’s…
Colbert: Polls showing Romney behind ‘have to be wrong’
On Thursday night’s edition of “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert took a look at the science of polling, specifically the poll numbers concerning the upcoming presidential election. In survey after survey, President Barack Obama is pulling ahead of former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA), a development that has some on…
Colbert: Coming bacon shortage is ‘creeping Sharia law’
On Wednesday night’s edition of the Colbert Report, host Stephen Colbert warned that the rumored looming shortage of pork and bacon could well be part of an Islamic plot, which is ultimately part of President Barack Obama’s plan to turn the United States of America into the Ottoman Empire. Agricultural…
Colbert: Romney supporters beginning to cycle through ’5 stages of grief’
On Tuesday night’s edition of “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert discussed the steadily worsening prospects of former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA)’s bid for the presidency. A new poll in the National Journal shows that President Barack Obama leads Romney in the polls by 7 points, garnering 50 percent of…
Former FEC chair tells Moyers superPACs are ‘shadow party committees’
The man who told Stephen Colbert how to set up his own super PAC told Bill Moyers this week that regardless of judicial intent, fundraising groups of that type are not independent of their candidates of choice. “When the courts midwifed these things, they said, ‘They can’t corrupt because they’re…
Colbert pans Romney’s Hispanic outreach
Thursday night on “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert discussed the fact that Republicans are having a hard time scoring new voters among the changing demographics of the U.S.. The mostly white conservative party’s hard line on immigration and social programs have made it hard to recruit among non-whites, who…
Colbert praises Romney’s ‘no spoilers’ approach to discussing how he’d govern
Wednesday night on “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert discussed presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA)’s vagueness about what he would do specifically as president of the United States. In a “The Word” segment entitled “Ask Not,” Colbert asserted that Romney has been quite explicit. “What are they talking about?”…
Colbert delivers ‘elegant’ version of Romney’s ’47 percent’ speech
Mitt Romney’s infamous “47 percent” remarks from a May fundraising dinner were not a crisis, Stephen Colbert insisted Tuesday, but a triumph — finally, he said, a presidential candidate was willing to say there’s no such thing as a free lunch. “Lunch is $50,000 a plate,” Colbert said. The video,…
Colbert defends Romney against ‘liberal media cleverly disguised as conservative media’
On Monday, Stephen Colbert sent his thoughts and prayers to the families of the four people killed in the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya — but his rage, he said, went straight to President Barack Obama. Obama’s media cohorts, Colbert said, tried to tie both the…
Colbert: Conventions rare opportunity to hear different parties say same things
Friday night, on a special edition of “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert delivered his post-mortem on the two 2012 political conventions. “Now that the balloons have dropped,” he said, “the conventions can be over. Rob Portman and John Kerry can be bubble-wrapped and returned the National Wonk Containment Facilities,…
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