The Colbert Report

CNN-Tea Party Republican Debate

Season 7 • 09/13/2011

Stonehearted realism is a proven crowd-pleaser at GOP debates.

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00:06

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Sign Off - Stephen's Mug

Stephen says goodnight and takes a big swig from his Colbert Report mug.
09/12/2011
04:37

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Shopping Griefportunities

If Americans can exploit the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks to make a quick buck, it's like hitting the terrorists with economic Jujitsu.
09/12/2011
07:24

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Stephen Reports on an Old-Fashioned Hero

Newspapers are part of America's past, like buggy whip makers and the middle class, but they still perform an important function.
09/12/2011
02:35

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Tea Party Face-Off Preview

The real game changer came before the Republican debate, when former candidate Tim Pawlenty stopped by to borrow a cup of airtime from "Fox & Friends."
09/12/2011
03:23

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Ron Paul 2012

Ron Paul needs a credible national endorsement to give his campaign the kind of legitimacy his campaign has not been able to get from his campaign.
09/13/2011
01:59

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Barack Obama's American Jobs Act

Barack Obama's plan is just more job-killing spending, adding to America's job-killing debt, so he can create some job-killing jobs.
09/13/2011
04:32

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Barack Obama's American Jobs Act - Paul Krugman

The New York Times' Paul Krugman talks about the Lesser Depression and the confidence fairy's effect on the American economy.
09/13/2011
00:11

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Sign Off - "Stephen Colbert"

Stephen says goodnight with air quotes around his name.
09/13/2011
00:25

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Intro - 9/13/11

Barack Obama plans to create jobs in the job plan-creating industry, and Former Vice President Al Gore discusses global warming.
09/13/2011
06:42

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Al Gore

Al Gore talks about his work on the Climate Reality Project and marvels at the sophistication of Stephen's global warming metaphor.
09/13/2011
03:24

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CNN-Tea Party Republican Debate

Debates are supposed to help Americans find the Republican presidential candidate, but instead they found the running mate.
09/13/2011
03:02

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Jobs Bill Clipgate

If Barack Obama really believed in his jobs bill, he should have presented it in a leather-bound volume with gold filigree and illuminated initials.
09/14/2011
04:19

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Rick Perry's HPV Vaccine Mandate

If Americans let the government mandate the HPV vaccine, they might as well let the U.N.'s jackbooted thugs inject their daughters with pharmaceutical-grade slut juice.
09/14/2011
03:42

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Return to Sender

There's one downside to the United States becoming the only civilized nation without a postal service, but Stephen has just the solution.
09/14/2011
05:57

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Michael Moore

Michael Moore describes the defining moment that transformed him from a quiet kid into an outspoken social critic.
09/14/2011
00:07

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Sign Off - Goodnight

Stephen says goodnight and shoots WristStrong bands into the audience.
09/14/2011
03:49

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Return to Sender - Phil Rubio

Former postal worker and author Phil Rubio discusses the important universal service provided by the post office.
09/14/2011
03:23

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Take a Billion, Leave a Billion

While the $2 billion UBS lost in rogue trades sounds like a lot, it's only a fraction of what they lost through authorized trades.
09/15/2011
06:03

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Jimmy Fallon & Stephen Reminisce

Jimmy Fallon and Stephen find a way to share their fun, private memories of friendship with the world.
09/15/2011
00:25

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Intro - 9/15/11

$2 billion goes missing from a major bank, and David Copperfield explores the science of illusion.
09/15/2011
03:53

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FEMA's Waffle House Index

Waffle House becomes FEMA's syrup-smothered canary in a coalmine, which is also available on their menu.
09/15/2011
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