The Colbert Report

Michele Bachmann's Natural Disaster Metaphor

Season 7 • 09/06/2011

Hurricanes have that hole in the middle because they're God's megaphone.

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02:39

Colbert Super PAC - PARRY-with-an-A-GATE! - Day 6 - We May Have Did It!
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Rick Parry might be the only write-in candidate to rank in the Ames straw poll top 10, but the Iowa GOP refuses to release the results for public scrutiny.
08/18/2011
04:25

Anderson Cooper's Kryptonite
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If "Depard-two" tickled Anderson Cooper's funny bone, Stephen has just the thing to slit his jocular vein.
08/18/2011
03:57

Colbert Super PAC - PARRY-with-an-A-GATE! - Day 6 - WOI in Des Moines Reports
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Stephen goes live via satellite to The Colbert Report's local affiliate in Des Moines, WOI, for the latest on the Rick Parry write-in scandal.
08/18/2011
00:08

Sign Off - WOI in Des Moines
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Stephen reminds Colbert Nation to tune into The Colbert Report's Des Moines affiliate station, WOI.
08/18/2011
00:36

Intro - 8/18/11
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The Iowa straw poll has become an empty dirt field, Anderson Cooper loses his composure, and computer hacker Kevin Mitnick discusses technology.
08/18/2011
05:54

Kevin Mitnick
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Once the world's most wanted hacker, Kevin Mitnick talks about his start as a phone prankster and his years as a government fugitive.
08/18/2011
06:21

Cheating Death - Placebocisers & Vaxamalgam
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The American Council on Exercise finds that toning shoes offer no benefits, and pharmaceutical companies create two-for-one combination pills to extend their patents.
09/06/2011
05:21

The Word - Happy Endings
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Since people know how everything ends, they can either worry or they can enjoy the show.
09/06/2011
00:09

Sign Off - Placebocisers
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Stephen puts on Prescott Orthopedics' shin-core toning Placebociser.
09/06/2011
05:26

Tim Pawlenty
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Tim Pawlenty discusses his reasons for dropping out of the presidential race and endorses Stephen in the 2012 election.
09/06/2011
03:31

Michele Bachmann's Natural Disaster Metaphor
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In Michele Bachmann's metaphor, God represents the American people, politicians represent themselves, and the hurricane represents the earthquake.
09/06/2011
00:07

Sign Off - Stephen Uses His iPad
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Stephen takes a break from his iPad to say good night.
09/07/2011
05:32

This Weak in National Secowardty
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Whenever terrorists come up with a new way to attack air travel, the TSA finds innovative ways to overreact, but all that security is about to disappear.
09/07/2011
07:09

Robin Wright
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Robin Wright believes that, by rejecting extremism, Muslims have created the most important political turning point of the early 21st century.
09/07/2011
03:24

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Paraphrase
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Controversy develops around the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and not just because the sculptor mistakenly made him white.
09/07/2011
03:59

PARRY-with-an-A-GATE! - Day 26 - Update
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WOI station manager and men's room Emmy fluffer Ray Cole sends an update on the Rick Parry write-in scandal.
09/07/2011
00:34

Intro - 9/7/11
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Controversy erupts over a DC monument, Des Moines may be hiding something, and Robin Wright discusses her book on the Arab Spring.
09/07/2011
06:00

Barack Obama's Jobs Speech
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To reach the unemployed, Barack Obama should deliver his speech when the unemployed are watching TV: at 3 a.m., right after a Slap Chop commercial.
09/08/2011
00:06

Sign Off - Old Milwaukee Beer
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Stephen says good night and sips from his can of Old Milwaukee.
09/08/2011
03:50

Republican Presidential Debate Media Coverage
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All the 2012 election media coverage until now has been bulls**t, but everything from here out is crucial, life-or-death stuff.
09/08/2011
06:05

Tom Brokaw
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Tom Brokaw recalls the experience of reporting on the 9/11 attacks and explores how Americans have been shaped by the tragedy.
09/08/2011
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