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Hope and Change 2 - Barack Obama's Nomination

Season 17 • 09/07/2012

President Obama's soaring rhetoric reminds America that flying comes with inherent risks.

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03:01

Hope and Change 2 - Johnny O's Secondhand Meat Paste
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John Oliver discusses a time he was personally touched by Barack Obama, specifically when the president reached down his throat to dislodge a stray hot dog fragment.
09/05/2012
05:54

Hope and Change 2 - Bill Clinton's Math
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Bill Clinton's Democratic National Convention speech ran long, but used more specific numbers than the Republican leadership did during an entire week in Tampa.
09/06/2012
04:41

Hope and Change 2 - Barack Obama: It Could Have Been Worse
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Larry David suggests that Americans consider how f**ked they could've been without President Barack Obama.
09/06/2012
04:56

Hope and Change 2 - Democratic Platform Amendments
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Under criticism from hard-core, dead-end Republicans, the DNC votes by faux-acclamation to amend their platform to include mention of God.
09/06/2012
00:24

Moment of Zen - Nancy Pelosi's Final Word
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Nancy Pelosi assures Anderson Cooper that the Democratic platform's religion "controversy" is over.
09/06/2012
04:47

Austan Goolsbee
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Former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors Austan Goolsbee doesn't regret leaving government, nor is he surprised at the Republican National Convention's amnesia.
09/06/2012
03:26

Hope and Change 2 - Democratic National Convention Parting Thoughts
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The Best F#@king News Team Ever shares impressions, memories, breakfast choices and Latino copies from their time at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC.
09/07/2012
04:52

Hope and Change 2 - Bin Laden Isn't Better Off
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The Democratic National Convention speakers accentuate the non-livingness of Osama bin Laden, in film, words and slogans.
09/07/2012
01:36

Moment of Zen - Where Mitt Learned About Russia
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John Kerry believes that Mitt Romney's foreign relations knowledge comes from the movies.
09/07/2012
05:41

Hope and Change 2 - Last Week This Week
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Discrepancies arise in Fox News's coverage of the Republican National Convention and its Democratic counterpart.
09/07/2012
05:00

Hope and Change 2 - Barack Obama's Nomination
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President Obama accepts the Democratic nomination and replaces the audacity of hope with the more reasonable calibration of expectation.
09/07/2012
05:24

Kofi Annan
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Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan implies the Russians and Chinese aren't the real impediments to effective international action in Syria.
09/17/2012
03:32

Actual Democalypse 2012 - Islam's Growing Pains
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John Oliver considers Islam's relatively young age as compared with other major religions, and predicts it will grow out of this awkward phase in half a millennium or so.
09/17/2012
02:20

Moment of Zen - Bill O'Reilly Likes Jon Stewart
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Bill O'Reilly announces a forthcoming debate; an old fashioned duel of wits complete with podiums and crazy straws.
09/17/2012
05:17

Actual Democalypse 2012 - Conservatives Rethink Middle Eastern Democracy
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Amid escalating Middle Eastern violence, conservative pundits question their own recent positions promoting democracy in places without any values for civilized society.
09/17/2012
03:55

Actual Democalypse 2012
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"The Innocence of Muslims," a dumb Internet video made by some a**hole and promoted by Koran-burning pastor Terry Jones, incites violence across the Middle East.
09/17/2012
01:59

The Millionaire Gaffemaker - Mitt Romney's Bed Head
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Addressing a leaked video, Mitt Romney's words say "No big deal, I want to help all Americans," but his eyes and body language say "Holy s**t, we're all gonna die."
09/18/2012
00:36

Moment of Zen - Mr. Burns Speaks at the Springfield Republican Party Headquarters
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Mr. Burns echoes Mitt Romney's sentiments concerning the 47% of Americans who don't pay income tax.
09/18/2012
06:38

The Millionaire Gaffemaker
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The Romney campaign's reboot is spoiled by footage of Mitt Romney talking to donors in a manner you would imagine cartoon rich people talk about cartoon poorer people.
09/18/2012
07:49

Salman Rushdie
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"Joseph Anton" author Salman Rushdie remembers the moment he learned of Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa, and also discusses the a**hole behind "Innocence of Muslims."
09/18/2012
03:42

The Millionaire Gaffemaker - Minority Benefits
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In an America where Latinos have the advantage, Al Madrigal and Jessica Williams express admiration for Mitt Romney's accomplishments as an underprivileged, rich, white male.
09/18/2012
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