The Colbert Report

Money & Politics: The Machine That Ain't Broke

Season 2 • 04/24/2006

Before you can legislate for money, you have to be elected.

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06:26

Better Know a District - Maryland's 4th - Albert Wynn
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Stephen thinks that Representative Albert Wynn and his people shouldn't be allowed to vote -- and by "his people," he, of course, means "federal employees."
04/20/2006
03:09

Protecting Kids from Papers
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Stephen doesn't want Stephen Jr. reading the isolationist rants in American newspapers like the USA Today.
04/20/2006
05:52

Ralph Nader
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Stephen and Ralph Nader discuss whether corporations are people too.
04/20/2006
00:31

Intro - 4/20/06
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Tonight: juvenile delinquents reading Shakespeare, Ralph Nader and the shocking truth about Maryland's 4th District.
04/20/2006
03:55

The Word - Bard
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Teaching kids Shakespeare will just make them more violent.
04/20/2006
06:32

Duke-obilia Auction
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Stephen is excited that disgraced former Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham's worldly possessions are going up for auction.
04/24/2006
02:08

Wok This Way
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The New York Post covers Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to the White House with appropriate sensitivity.
04/24/2006
04:35

Hugh Hewitt
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Hugh Hewitt thinks the Republicans are aiming at an electoral iceberg and they need to turn the ship around quickly.
04/24/2006
00:21

Sign Off - Chatty Cathy
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Stephen had a report on pork barrel politics prepared, but Hugh Hewitt spoiled it.
04/24/2006
00:32

Intro - 4/24/06
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Tonight, Stephen talks to conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt and wonders if we should take money out of politics.
04/24/2006
06:05

Money & Politics: The Machine That Ain't Broke
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Stephen thinks you can measure a candidate's character in dollars.
04/24/2006
04:24

Contacting John Lennon
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This is the kind of science Stephen likes -- the kind with the word "pseudo" in front of it.
04/25/2006
00:27

Intro - 4/25/06
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In tonight's episode, David Lee Roth fails as a radio host, Arlen Specter proposes an oil tax and Stephen talks God with author Sam Harris.
04/25/2006
06:40

Sam Harris
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Sam Harris reminds Stephen that we're all atheists with respect to Poseidon.
04/25/2006
00:29

Sign Off - Bush Clock
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It's almost midnight on the East Coast, which means soon there will be only 999 days left in the Bush presidency.
04/25/2006
02:51

The Word - Panama
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Like the Bush administration, celebrities should never try anything new.
04/25/2006
00:05

Fract - Middle Name
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In 1983, Stephen legally changed his middle name.
04/25/2006
05:26

ThreatDown - Tom Hanks
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Tom Hanks' latest movie questions the divinity of Jesus -- not to mention, what's with the hair?
04/25/2006
06:40

Better Know a District - Georgia's 11th - Phil Gingrey
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Representative Phil Gingrey won in Newt Gingrich's old district when voters confused their last names.
04/26/2006
00:36

Intro - 4/26/06
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In tonight's episode, "The Star Spangled Banner" is translated into Spanish, and Sebastian Junger discusses his cheery book on the Boston Strangler.
04/26/2006
05:06

Sebastian Junger
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Sebastian Junger is even more rugged in person than he appears on the back of his books.
04/26/2006
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