The Colbert Report

Mitt Romney's "Peacetime" Gaffe

Season 7 • 04/26/2011

A war must take more than 10 years and a trillion dollars to get Mitt Romney's attention.

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Obama Needs Charts and Graphs
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Barack Obama needs to use graphs and charts in his speeches if he wants to keep people's attention.
04/14/2011
05:11

Obama's Tax Return & Road to the Trump House
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President Obama makes his tax return public, and Donald Trump's special relationship with "the blacks" goes back decades.
04/25/2011
05:19

Ron Paul
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Ron Paul defines liberty, criticizes the Federal Reserve and doesn't believe in the income tax.
04/25/2011
06:26

Cheating Death - Vaxa International, Lap-Band Surgery & Restless Leg Syndrome
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Prescott ends its proud Vaxa line, the FDA approves Lap-Band surgery for the cheerfully obese, and masturbation calms restless leg syndrome.
04/25/2011
00:07

Sign Off - Vacsa-Not-Masturbating
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Stephen alleviates the symptoms of restless leg syndrome with Vacsa-Not-Masturbating.
04/25/2011
03:11

Catholic Bender
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Stephen must accept that he is a functional Roman Catholic after his weekend bender.
04/25/2011
03:25

Charles Manson Believes in Global Warming
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Charles Manson makes the case for climate change, and Harvey Wayne Wilkes supports Obamacare and cannibalism.
04/26/2011
00:05

Sign Off - Taser
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Stephen says goodnight with his taser.
04/26/2011
05:43

A.C. Grayling
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A.C. Grayling's humanist Bible, "The Good Book," is a collection of great wisdom, but it's nothing Stephen would kill somebody else over.
04/26/2011
00:31

Intro - 4/26/11
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Stephen can't hear the climate change debate over his crackling tire fire, and A.C. Grayling writes a secular Bible.
04/26/2011
03:56

Mitt Romney's "Peacetime" Gaffe
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Haley Barbour ends his daring presidential campaign, and Mitt Romney nails Obama on a peacetime spending binge.
04/26/2011
03:54

Tip/Wag - FAA, Casio Watches & Postal Service
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The FAA needs to put sleepy air traffic controllers in coach seats, Casio becomes the wristwatch of terrorists, and the postal service prints the wrong Lady Liberty.
04/27/2011
04:14

Anderson Cooper Goes on the Absurd-U-Chart
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Anderson Cooper and his RidicuList go on the chart reserved for things that Stephen finds offensively absurd.
04/27/2011
05:34

Ice-T
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Even though Ice-T has never done drugs, Stephen wants to know where to score some pure, uncut street cred.
04/27/2011
00:34

Intro - 4/27/11
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The new danger in air travel comes with a $25 fee, MSNBC steals CNN's viewer, and Ice-T talks about his memoir.
04/27/2011
05:34

America Needs to See Obama's Report Cards
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Barack Obama releases his long-form birth certificate, but Donald Trump wants the president's Occidental records.
04/27/2011
00:19

Sign Off - Goodnight in Spanish
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For tonight's goodnight in Spanish, please pack your bags and leave the country.
04/27/2011
00:32

Intro - 4/28/11
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Stephen travels to England for the royal wedding, points out the Tower of Buckingham and asks Wade Graham about Covent Garden.
04/28/2011
00:19

Sign Off - Off to the Royal Wedding
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Stephen still doesn't have an invitation to the royal wedding, but he's going anyway.
04/28/2011
05:28

Wade Graham
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Wade Graham reveals what American gardens in closets with grow lights say about the culture.
04/28/2011
04:37

Homeland Security Eliminates Color-Coded Terror Alert System
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Stephen unclenches his sphincter when he realizes a government color chart no longer validates his paranoia.
04/28/2011
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