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Indecision 2012 - Rick Santorum's Conservative Rhetoric

Season 17 • 02/23/2012

John Oliver analyzes Republican reaction to Rick Santorum's rise in the polls.

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Punanny State - Virginia's Transvaginal Ultrasound Bill
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A Virginia bill states that any woman seeking an abortion must first lie back in a chair with her feet in stirrups and a 10-inch ultrasound wand in her vagina.
02/21/2012
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Back in Black - Whitney Houston's Death
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Lewis Black examines the media's handling of Whitney Houston's death, from Nancy Grace's murder allegation to Eric Bolling's cautionary tale.
02/21/2012
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Indecision 2012 - President Evil 2
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Republican leaders believe that everything Barack Obama has done in his first term has been a canard so that he can do the opposite in his second term.
02/22/2012
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Indecision 2012 - President Evil
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Republicans claim that the 2012 election is all that stands between America and catastrophe -- same as they claimed in 2008.
02/22/2012
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Bruce Bartlett
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Economist Bruce Bartlett weighs in on Barack Obama's proposals for cutting America's corporate tax rate and examines Ronald Reagan's tax increases.
02/22/2012
00:13

Moment of Zen - Rick Santorum's Fire
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Rick Santorum gives his supporters the opportunity to see what's burning inside him.
02/22/2012
05:17

Hypochondriac Update
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The World Health Organization plans to publish research on how scientists mutated the avian flu virus into a highly contagious form.
02/22/2012
07:40

Indecision 2012 - Three Men and a White-Haired Man-Baby
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At the Arizona GOP debate, Rick Santorum explains the decision-making process behind his conservative transgressions, and Mitt Romney describes himself as resolute.
02/23/2012
06:30

Paul Rudd
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Paul Rudd treats the audience to a bowl of green room candy and copes with his sugar rush.
02/23/2012
00:16

Moment of Zen - Conservative Mitt Romney
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Mitt Romney insists he was a severely conservative Republican governor.
02/23/2012
06:25

Indecision 2012 - Rick Santorum's Conservative Rhetoric
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John Oliver explains why the Republican Party objects to Rick Santorum's unadulterated conservative dogma.
02/23/2012
07:18

Indecision 2012 - How Is It that Mitt Romney Hasn't Crushed this Guy Already?
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Rick Santorum finds JFK's stance on religious freedom nauseating and Obama's educational aspirations snobbish, while Mitt Romney finds a blue collar connection impossible.
02/27/2012
03:46

in#FAILable
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Pope Benedict XVI's social media team uses Twitter to post spiritual messages during the Lenten season.
02/27/2012
06:37

Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explains how fear contributed to the development of America's space program in the late 1950s, thereby spurring economic growth.
02/27/2012
02:35

Indecision 2012 - My Two Bads
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Jessica Williams weighs in on Rick Santorum's claim that college is just a liberal indoctrination center where Barack Obama remakes students in his own image.
02/27/2012
00:36

Moment of Zen - Vodka-Soaked Tampons
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A news anchor demonstrates just how much vodka a tampon can hold.
02/27/2012
03:37

Indecision 2012 - Mitt Romney's & Rick Santorum's Michigan Campaigns
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Rick Santorum releases a robocall urging Michigan Democrats to vote for him, while Mitt Romney decries the practice of cross-party sabotage.
02/28/2012
05:15

Grover Norquist's Taxpayer Protection Pledge
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Samantha Bee sits down with Grover Norquist to find out more about the lifetime fealty pledge that his subjects have sworn to him.
02/28/2012
06:12

Stephen Merchant
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Comedian Stephen Merchant reveals his ideal height and talks about the drawbacks of being 6'7".
02/28/2012
00:18

Moment of Zen - Angela Merkel's Beer Shower
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A waiter spills beer down German Chancellor Angela Merkel's back.
02/28/2012
05:22

I Can't Believe It Got Better!
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America's economic recovery is good news, unless you work for a media organization whose job it is to make sure Barack Obama doesn't get re-elected.
02/28/2012
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