The Colbert Report

Pulpit Freedom Sunday

Season 9 • 10/02/2012

By endorsing Mitt Romney in church, one thousand pastors plan to break a 1954 tax law.

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The Word - Supply Chained

Cheap prison labor leaves small manufacturers and unemployed Americans in the dust, but who else can make a toothbrush and a lunch tray into a crossbow?
10/01/2012
03:15

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Ben Folds Five

Alternative rock trio Ben Folds Five says that their band name was supposed to be comical, but even their manager didn't think it wasn't funny.
10/01/2012
03:41

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's UN Entourage

America will never cripple Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's regime now that Costco has given his associates unfettered access to Family Pack technology.
10/01/2012
03:32

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Mitt Romney's Tax Plan Math

The math behind how Romney can give everyone a 20% tax cut without bankrupting the government is way too advanced for regular folks to grasp.
10/01/2012
02:39

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"America Again" Release

"America Again" lays out bold action steps that average Americans can take to reclaim the country's greatness, starting with "buy this book."
10/02/2012
05:23

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Pulpit Freedom Sunday - Jim Garlow

Dr. Jim Garlow prepares for the fifth Pulpit Freedom Sunday and hopes the IRS will finally take him to court over it.
10/02/2012
03:34

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Debate Hype & Mitt's Strategy

Reporters exaggerate the importance of the first debate, and Mitt prepares one-liners for his silver-tongued opponent.
10/02/2012
00:07

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Sign Off - "America Again" Release

Stephen always has his nose and 3D glasses in a book.
10/02/2012
05:56

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Jorge Ramos

Mexican journalist Jorge Ramos discusses the presidential election, self-deportation and the civic contributions of undocumented immigrants.
10/02/2012
00:38

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Intro - 10/2/12

Churches back presidential candidates, Obama and Romney prep for the first debate, and Univision anchor Jorge Ramos sits down with Stephen.
10/02/2012
02:40

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Pulpit Freedom Sunday

Pulpit Freedom Sunday brings together the thrill of lengthy sermons and the excitement of IRS tax policy.
10/02/2012
00:08

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Sign Off - Banana Phone

Stephen takes an important call.
10/03/2012
05:34

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Kenny Rogers

Country music legend Kenny Rogers discusses his jazz beginnings and trusts that his song "The Gambler" is a metaphor for something.
10/03/2012
05:22

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Cheating Death - Low T

With testosterone therapy, middle-aged men now have a way to feel inappropriately good about themselves.
10/03/2012
00:37

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Intro - 10/3/12

Mitt Romney trails Barack Obama in the polls, a breakthrough occurs in men's vitality, and music legend Kenny Rogers talks country.
10/03/2012
05:04

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George Will's Political Post-Racial Journalism

Washington Post columnist and African-American pioneer George Will believes that President Obama is only leading in the polls because he is black.
10/03/2012
04:08

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Presidential Debates & Mitt Romney's Re-Introduction

Pundits debate whether or not the debates matter, and the name "Mitt Romney" just doesn't seem to stick with Americans.
10/03/2012
03:31

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Voter Fraud Alert - Halloween & Pennsylvania

While asking for a photo ID is now meaningless, Pennsylvania election officials are still allowed the consolation prize of harassing voters for no reason.
10/04/2012
03:22

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Mitt's "Etch A Sketch" Behavior

Mitt Romney shakes up his long-term policy promises, but the fact-check mafia warns that it could backfire.
10/04/2012
03:54

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Mitt's Socialist Rhetoric & Body Language

Though Mitt Romney contradicted everything he said on the campaign trail, Fox News applauds his confident facial expressions during the debate.
10/04/2012
05:26

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George Church

Molecular geneticist George Church shares his book, "Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves."
10/04/2012
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