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Barack Obama Is Luke Skywalker

Season 16 • 01/03/2011

The media calls Barack Obama the "comeback kid," but he's more like Luke Skywalker.

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The Great Gaffesby
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Puppet RNC Chairman Michael Steele will run for a second term so he can cut taxes for bibillionaires, repeal Obibble-care and protect America's bibbles.
12/15/2010
04:35

Fall of the House of Blitzer
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CNN shakes things up by replacing Larry King with Piers Morgan and showing diarrhea clips.
12/15/2010
08:54

9/11 First Responders React to the Senate Filibuster
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9/11 first responders express their thoughts on Mitch McConnell's tearful sendoff of a retiring friend and Jon Kyl's reasons for why the Senate can't work after Christmas.
12/16/2010
05:17

Worst Responders
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Senate Republicans filibuster the Zadroga bill but pass tax cuts for the wealthy, which is great news for firefighters who make over $200,000 a year.
12/16/2010
00:45

Moment of Zen - Moment of Lieb
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Josh Lieb is remembered on his last day before he moves to Los Angeles.
12/16/2010
05:29

Mike Huckabee
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Mike Huckabee shares why the Zadroga bill for 9/11 first responders is personal to him and urges Republicans to vote for it.
12/16/2010
00:24

Moment of Zen - Kid Complains About Travel Delays
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A frustrated kid would rather be in Florida getting a tan on his back than sitting at the airport with his iPod.
01/03/2011
04:55

San Francisco's Happy Meal Ban
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After San Francisco bans toys from Happy Meals, Aasif Mandvi introduces kids to the brand new Crappy Meal.
01/03/2011
03:04

Arkansas Competes for Craziest State
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Arkansas competes for craziest state, with masses of birds dropping from the sky and thousands of dead fish washing ashore.
01/03/2011
06:10

Paul Giamatti
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If Jon were Groucho Marx, Paul Giamatti would have earned $100 and a gift certificate to Gray's Papaya for saying "rapscallion."
01/03/2011
05:47

Barack Obama Is Luke Skywalker
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The Democrats defeat the Republican empire with stones, vines and a well-placed log to gain legislative victories.
01/03/2011
00:17

Moment of Zen - Nuts to My Face
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Stephanie Edwards will keep her face looking good by applying nuts to it this year.
01/04/2011
08:21

Top of the GOPs
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RNC chairman candidates must name their political hero, aside from Ronald Reagan, defend marriage, and reveal how many guns they own.
01/04/2011
03:17

2010 Part 2 - The Re-S**t Stormening
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Peter King wants to discuss the radicalization of Muslims, Michele Bachmann hopes to repeal ObamaCcre, and Darrell Issa releases a vanity project.
01/04/2011
08:13

Kirsten Gillibrand
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Kirsten Gillibrand believes Americans should be proud of the 9/11 first responders bill and wants to reform Senate filibuster rules.
01/04/2011
00:14

Moment of Zen - John McCain Acts Like Andy Rooney
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John McCain and Andy Rooney ask the same kind of questions.
01/05/2011
06:28

Jimmy Wales
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Jimmy Wales weighs in on the silly co-founder debate and explains why Wikipedia abides by the laws of Florida.
01/05/2011
01:04

Daily/Colbert - New Year's Resolutions
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Stephen wants Jon to lose that embarrassing muffin top and start composting.
01/05/2011
09:21

Let's All Stand on John McCain's Lawn
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Puppet Senator John McCain attributes his crankiness to America not electing him president.
01/05/2011
03:27

YouBoat
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The commander of a naval aircraft carrier loses his job for making raunchy videos.
01/05/2011
10:04

Republicans 2: The New Batch
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Sam Bee explains that Republicans will accomplish their plan to reduce the deficit with John Boehner's crying strategy.
01/06/2011
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