Category Archives: The Colbert Report

Nancy Pelosi defends her friend, Newt Gingrich

This is political genius: Never mind that this is kind of a bait and switch, because Stephen Colbert‘s PAC does have to report its donors. You can link to that here. But for Nancy Pelosi to sit there and say … Continue reading

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Colbert/Stewart’s latest super PAC ad

(These Colbert/Stewart super PAC ads are great. But to emphasize, they aren’t coordinating with each other.)

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Stephen Colbert joins the campaign

Stephen Colbert is probably doing more to explain the presidential campaign process, and the evils of super PACs than anyone in the media today. Mitt Romney is a serial killer? What a great ad. But as Bill Moyers says: I’ll … Continue reading

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One diversion out of the way

Weiner and little weener are gone, thank goodness: Rep. Anthony Weiner announced his resignation Thursday, following revelations that he sent sexually explicit messages and photographs of himself to women he met online. In a packed news conference at a senior … Continue reading

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Nothingness

Stephen Colbert discusses class warfare and Rand Paul. If I understand this right, the new Kentucky senator says there is no rich, there is no poor, there is no middle class. But he also says we work for the rich, … Continue reading

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