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RNC 2012 - The Road to Jeb Bush 2016 - Paul Ryan's Speech

Season 17 • 08/30/2012

Paul Ryan's GOP convention speech in Tampa ducks tough issues by promising not to duck tough issues.

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Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus is really good at holding still for pictures.
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RNC 2012 - The Road to Jeb Bush 2016 - Ann Romney & Reince Priebus
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The 2012 Republican National Convention tags Ann Romney with the challenge of making America fall in love with Mitt Romney, while Reince Priebus slurs President Obama.
08/29/2012
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RNC 2012 - The Road to Jeb Bush 2016 - We Built It Pt. 2
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Aasif Mandvi battles the elements from inside the Republican National Convention, and Jon plays call-and-response with chanting conventioneers.
08/29/2012
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RNC 2012 - The Road to Jeb Bush 2016 - Hurricane Isaac Media Coverage
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The media successfully mounts full team Republican National Convention coverage while simultaneously airing copious amounts of hurricane porn.
08/29/2012
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Herman Cain
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Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speculates on the real reason Mitt Romney isn't polling well among potential African-American voters.
08/29/2012
05:00

RNC 2012 - The Road to Jeb Bush 2016 - Abortion Law & The Republican Platform
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At the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Samantha Bee learns that government is meant to protect the individual liberties of everyone lacking a uterus.
08/29/2012
04:17

RNC 2012 - The Road to Jeb Bush 2016 - Mitt Romney: A Human Who Built That
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"Mitt Romney: A Human Being Who Built That" recounts the self-made businessman's rise from public housing and the Vietnam War, to his presidential self-reconstruction.
08/30/2012
00:15

Moment of Zen - Tim Pawlenty Credits Barack Obama
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Tim Pawlenty bucks the generic Republican message by crediting Obama with very specific job creation.
08/30/2012
04:47

RNC 2012 - The Road to Jeb Bush 2016 - We Can Change That
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John Oliver utilizes the Republican National Convention theme of "We Can Change It" to change facts, reality and the meaning of words in order to make a much larger point.
08/30/2012
05:03

Michael Steele
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Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele sees today's political conventions as infomercials focusing on broad policy themes, not on substantial nuts and bolts.
08/30/2012
04:04

RNC 2012 - The Road to Jeb Bush 2016 - Paul Ryan's Speech
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Vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan electrifies the Republican National Convention with his deep blue eyes and lack of specific policy proposal details.
08/30/2012
04:02

RNC 2012 - The Road to Jeb Bush 2016 - A Fistful of Awesome
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Amid the tired rhetoric, empty platitudes, and frantic attacks, a fistful of awesome emerges at the Republican National Convention in the form of Clint Eastwood and a chair.
08/31/2012
03:45

RNC 2012 - The Road to Jeb Bush 2016 - The Best F#@king News Team & Republican Outreach
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The Best F#@king News Team Ever scours the Republican National Convention and the city of Tampa for signs of reported Republican minority outreach.
08/31/2012
04:58

RNC 2012 - The Road to Jeb Bush 2016 - Republican Time Travel
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Mitt Romney recalls an uncomplicated America and suggests that Americans could all return to this nostalgic paradise if it wasn't for this one f**king guy.
08/31/2012
00:45

Moment of Zen - Tampa: The Greatest City in America
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The Daily Show leaves Tampa and the Republican National Convention, and Aasif Mandvi visits his childhood home.
08/31/2012
02:46

RNC 2012 - The Road to Jeb Bush 2016 - Invisible Obama
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Clint Eastwood reveals the cognitive dissonance that is the beating heart of the Republican party in a 12-minute, avant-garde Republican National Convention performance.
08/31/2012
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RNC 2012 - The Road to Jeb Bush 2016 - The Best F#@king News Team Ever Audits America
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To run America more like a business, the Best F#@king News Team Ever must downsize underperforming states like Mississippi, Wyoming, and Minnesota.
08/31/2012
06:11

Tom Brokaw
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"The Time of Our Lives" author Tom Brokaw compares modern, tightly-scripted political conventions to the raucous 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
09/04/2012
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Hope and Change 2 - The Democratic National Convention
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The nuanced economic reasoning at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC, faces the combined force of Ronald Reagan and Chuck Norris.
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Hope and Change 2 - Charlotte, NC
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The Best F#@king News Team Ever explores the food, culture and NASCAR history of Charlotte, NC, site of the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
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Moment of Zen - Joe Biden's Call to Arms
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Joe Biden reminds voters of President Obama's domestic and foreign policy successes.
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