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Colbert: Jesus Opposed Gay Marriage So Much He Was Speechless About It

David Taintor | May 11, 2012, 9:21AM

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert on Thursday was still "reeling" from President Obama's announcement this week that "he is gay."

Claire McCaskill Doesn't Fall For Colbert's Entrapment Prank

David Taintor | May 9, 2012, 10:36AM

Stephen Colbert and Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO)

Stephen Colbert thinks Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill (D) has a lot to answer for after launching an "attack ad against attack ad launchers."

So he had the senator do just that, inviting her on The Report to talk about all the "secret money" pouring into politics.

Colbert Relies On Joe Biden For 'Comic Relief'

David Taintor | May 8, 2012, 11:32AM

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The only thing that helps Stephen Colbert stomach President Obama's "socialist policy" is his sidekick -- Vice President Joe Biden.

Colbert Mocks Paul Ryan's Budget Cuts To The Poor

David Taintor | May 2, 2012, 10:14AM

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert on Tuesday turned from politics to policy, focusing on House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's budget.

Colbert Takes Down Fox News Over Fabricated Obama Quote

David Taintor | April 24, 2012, 9:22AM

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert on Monday took Fox and Friends' "chief friend" Steve Doocy to task for fabricating a quote by President Obama.

Colbert Celebrates Being One Of The World's Most Influential People

David Taintor | April 20, 2012, 9:56AM

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert on Thursday celebrated being featured in TIME magazine's 100 most influential people in the world list.

Michelle Obama Celebrates 'Joining Forces' Anniversary On The Colbert Report

David Taintor | April 12, 2012, 10:20AM

First Lady Michelle Obama on the Colbert Report Wednesday night.

The last time Michelle Obama stopped by The Colbert Report, she was potentially the next First Lady of the United States. Four years later, she is the first lady. "That's called the Colbert bump," Stephen Colbert told First Lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday.

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Colbert Tweets Like 'Cyber Punk' Chuck Grassley

David Taintor | April 11, 2012, 10:07AM

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No Republican tweets better than 78-year-old "cyber punk" Senator Chuck Grassley, Stephen Colbert said Tuesday. Case in point, Grassley's tough tweet over the weekend: "Constituents askd why i am not outraged at PresO attack on supreme court independence. Bcause Am ppl r not stupid as this x prof of con law."

"Tough talk? Sure," Colbert said. "Tough to understand? Oh yeah. But I believe Grassley's just proving he's a fiscal conservative by refusing to buy a vowel."

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Colbert: The Economy Is Not Getting 'More Better Any Faster'

David Taintor | April 6, 2012, 10:47AM

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America's greatest days are still ahead, Stephen Colbert said on Thursday. That's why, every so often, he likes to remind viewers that they are not. "Otherwise Barack Obama might get credit for it."

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Stephen Colbert Defends Pink Slime

David Taintor | April 3, 2012, 9:59AM

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Stephen Colbert is ashamed of liberals who all of a sudden have "beef with beef." More specifically, it's "pink slime," the filler commonly used in ground beef and recently in the public eye.

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Colbert Sells Kit To Start Your Own Colbert Super PAC

David Taintor | March 30, 2012, 9:48AM

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Responding to a college student at the University of Texas in Austin, Stephen Colbert on Thursday unveiled his Colbert Super PAC Super Fun Pack, an all-inclusive kit to help students across the nation's campuses start their own Colbert super PACs.

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Colbert: 'Obamacare' Is Dead!

David Taintor | March 29, 2012, 9:38AM

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Stephen Colbert on Wednesday had reason to celebrate: "'Obamacare' is dead!" he declared.

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Colbert Is Worried About Obama's Nonexistent War On Guns

David Taintor | March 28, 2012, 9:47AM

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Stephen Colbert on Tuesday took on the war on guns that President Obama is not waging. A Fox News segment Colbert ran shows that gun sales are spiking ahead of the November election, because voters are apparently worried that Obama will crack down on guns. People are buying so many guns that supply is running low.

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Colbert Gives Fox News Host His Number

David Taintor | March 9, 2012, 10:23AM

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Fox News' Eric Bolling claims to have a solution to America's rising gas prices problem. It's all there in a manila envelope. All President Obama has to do is give Bolling a call, and gas prices could go down by $1. What could possibly be in the envelope?

"Could it be a dollar?" Colbert wondered. "I have to know what's in there."

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Colbert: 'Rush Will Do Anything With His Mouth For Cash'

David Taintor | March 6, 2012, 10:46AM

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert, weighing in on the latest controversy surrounding Rush Limbaugh, says it takes a "slut" to know one.

Limbaugh, after smearing a Georgetown University law student who testified at a House hearing, has apologized for his poor choice of words. But not before more than a dozen companies pulled their advertisements from his program.

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Nancy Pelosi And Colbert Discuss DISCLOSE Act, Contraception

David Taintor | February 23, 2012, 10:22AM

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Stephen Colbert

After vowing she would never be a guest on his show, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi stopped by the Colbert Report on Wednesday to discuss the DISCLOSE Act and the brouhaha over the Obama administration's contraception rule.

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Stephen Colbert Addresses His Absence

David Taintor | February 21, 2012, 8:34AM

Stephen Colbert addresses his brief hiatus.

Stephen Colbert is back! "Hi, how ya been?" Colbert asked the Colbert Report audience Monday after his brief hiatus. Colbert addressed his recent absence from the "national conversation" and depriving his viewers a look at his face.

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Colbert Performs Dramatic Reenactment Of Obama's 'War On Religion'

David Taintor | February 15, 2012, 11:10AM

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Stephen Colbert, devout Catholic, despises President Obama's "war on religion." The administration's rule that health insurance companies provide contraception coverage is basically "forcing priests to hand out condoms at mass," Colbert said Tuesday.

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Colbert Mocks Obama's 'Jay Leno In Chief' State Of The Union

David Taintor | January 26, 2012, 10:21AM

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It's no surprise Stephen Colbert wasn't satisfied with President Obama's State of the Union address. Perhaps worst of all, it got in the way of Colbert's favorite television show, NCIS: Los Angeles.

"We know this country is in deep trouble, but this clown, to him it's all a big joke," Colbert said of Obama, rolling a clip of the president joking about crying over spilled milk.

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Colbert: Newt Gingrich Thinks I'm 'Brilliant'

David Taintor | December 6, 2011, 10:30AM

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Stephen Colbert was exhausted Monday. He was in Washington over the weekend, celebrating this year's Kennedy Center honorees: Broadway legend Barbara Cook, musician Neil Diamond, musician Sonny Rollins, actress Meryl Streep and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

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Colbert: U.S. Troops Don't Sacrifice Enough Already

David Taintor | November 18, 2011, 10:37AM

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No one appreciates American veterans' sacrifice more than Stephen Colbert. But why should Colbert keep honoring the troops if they're not still sacrificing when they come home?

That was the subject of Colbert's "The Word" segment on Thursday. Leaders of the House and Senate veterans' affairs committees sent a letter to the deficit super committee, voicing support for capping veterans' affairs funding.

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Colbert Says Good Riddance To Occupy Wall Street

David Taintor | November 16, 2011, 11:48AM

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Police on Tuesday morning evicted Occupy Wall Street protesters from their encampment in downtown Manhattan's Zuccotti Park. And Stephen Colbert says good riddance!

"Clearly their expression was prohibiting other expression," Colbert said Tuesday. "After all, when a drum circle starts in Zuccotti Park, all other music in New York stops."

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Colbert: Allow Concealed Guns In WI Capitol! (VIDEO)

David Taintor | November 1, 2011, 10:28AM

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Stephen Colbert on Monday tipped his hat to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) "for bringing a new freedom to America's dairy land": Guns in the state Capitol.

"Damn straight," Colbert said. "We have a right to bear arms in this country, and, like it or not, Wisconsin is still part of this country."

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Colbert To Occupy Wall Street: 'Go Home!' (VIDEO)

David Taintor | October 28, 2011, 10:23AM

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America is "under attack" by the "Shockupy Wall Street" protests, Stephen Colbert said Thursday. And Oakland, California is ground zero for the "youth-stapo."

In Oakland on Tuesday, protesters sparred with law enforcement, throwing rocks and bottles at the police. So the cops were "forced" to respond with their own "improvised weapons," Colbert said: "tear gas canisters, flash grenades and bean-bag guns."

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Herman Cain Cancels Colbert Report Appearance

Evan McMorris-Santoro | July 25, 2011, 5:08PM

Herman Cain has canceled his scheduled appearance on the Colbert Report Wednesday, citing "a last minute scheduling conflict."

Show host Stephen Colbert had been hyping the appearance, which would have come after Cain challenged Colbert colleague Jon Stewart and amped up his rhetoric that critics have called anti-Muslim.

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Amid Fox News Attacks On Jon Stewart, Herman Cain Heads For The Colbert Report

Evan McMorris-Santoro | July 5, 2011, 6:52PM

Herman Cain will be a guest on The Colbert Report on Thursday, July 28, Cain's campaign tells TPM.

That puts Cain in one of the most scorching hotseats on television just days after he said Colbert's lead-in, Jon Stewart, "does not like me...because I'm black and conservative."

They may be two different shows, but by appearing on Colbert, Cain is headed to Stewart's home turf in the midst of a rhetorical fight between Stewart and Fox News that's partially about Cain.

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Stephen Colbert To FEC: I Don't Want To Be The 'Chump' Without Unlimited Corporate Cash (VIDEO)

Ryan J. Reilly | May 13, 2011, 5:40PM

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Stephen Colbert doesn't "want to be the one chump" without any unlimited corporate money going to his political action committee. That's why he showed up the the Federal Election Commission building in D.C. to formally request an advisory opinion on behalf of "Colbert Super PAC," a proposed independent expenditure only committee able to accept unlimited corporate, individual, political committee and labor contributions.

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Jon Kyl's Approval Rating Falls After False Planned Parenthood Claim

Jon Terbush | May 6, 2011, 1:58PM

Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ)

Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) is still a very popular politician in Arizona despite his false claim that abortions make up 90% of Planned Parenthood's services. Actually, that's not intended to be a factual statement.

In reality, Kyl's approval rating has gotten markedly worse since January, according to a PPP poll released on Friday, perhaps not coincidentally because of the false claim he made on the Senate floor last month, and the negative press attention it generated.

In the same PPP poll that showed Kyl's approval rating slipping, a majority of Arizonans said they opposed cutting funding for Planned Parenthood. Further, while Republicans' opinion of Kyl hasn't changed much since January, large numbers of Democrats and independents -- who both strongly opposed cutting funding for Planned Parenthood, according to the survey -- have soured on Kyl over the same period.

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Sen. Kyl Erases His False Statement On Planned Parenthood From Congressional Record

Jon Terbush | April 22, 2011, 2:52PM

Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ)

Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) has erased from the Congressional record his false claim that abortions comprise 90% of Planned Parenthood's services. And yes, that is intended to be a factual statement.

During the recent budget debate, Kyl made that false claim about Planned Parenthood on the Senate floor, thus entering it into the Congressional record. But after taking a lot of flak for that act of huge hyperbole, Kyl had it stricken from the official text.

According to the Library of Congress website, members of Congress are entitled to, "edit the transcript of their floor remarks before publication in the daily record or the permanent record."

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Colbert: Lavish Black-Tie Dinner May Give China The Wrong Idea On U.S. Debt (VIDEO)

David Taintor | January 20, 2011, 1:02PM

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Stephen Colbert last night said Obama's lavish state dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao might give China the wrong idea about America's debt issues.

"Is (Obama) crazy?" Colbert said. "President Hu knows full well that he's the one footing the bill for the duck pâté Lincoln Memorial. Think about it, if you're down on your luck, and you borrow a bunch of cash from your brother-in-law, you don't invite him over to check out your new 52-inch flat screen."

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Colbert On AZ Shooting: 'Did We Pick Someone To Blame Yet?' (VIDEO)

David Taintor | January 11, 2011, 12:30PM

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Stephen Colbert last night started out on a serious note, offering condolences to the families and friends of the victims of Saturday's mass shooting that left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords hospitalized in critical condition.

"We, of course, send our thoughts and prayers," Colbert said. He then added that now is not the time to "lay blame or politicize" the tragedy, only to follow by showing a handful of highly politicized pundits reacting to the shooting.

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Colbert: What's A Reince Priebus? (VIDEO)

David Taintor | January 6, 2011, 11:40AM

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert last night took on Monday's Republican National Committee chair debate, deeming Wisconsin GOP chair Reince Priebus as the candidate to beat.

"Folks, this could be the perfect name for the chairman of the RNC, which I believe is pronounced "'Reince,'" Colbert said.

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Colbert Declares The Week After Christmas A Sacred Holiday (VIDEO)

David Taintor | December 17, 2010, 11:40AM

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert last night continued his coverage of the nation's war on Christmas, calling Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) -- who is urging Congress to continue working through the holidays -- the "albino raisin who stole Christmas."

Sen. John Kyl (R-AZ) has said it would be impossible to complete all the work Reid wants to accomplish during the holidays "without disrespecting one of the two holiest of holidays for Christians, and the families of all the Senate." And Colbert agrees.

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Colbert Celebrates Eric Cantor's Threat To Defund Art (VIDEO)

David Taintor | December 9, 2010, 11:26AM

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert last night gave a "tip of his hat" to incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) for threatening to defund the Smithsonian National Portrait Museum over a video installation titled "Fire in My Belly."

The Smithsonian eventually removed the piece, which briefly shows ants crawling over a crucifix, and the decision drew criticism from some art critics. But Colbert thinks the critics "just don't get" Cantor's work.

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Colbert To Obama: 'Republicans Just Aren't That Into You' (VIDEO)

David Taintor | December 7, 2010, 12:30PM

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert last night celebrated the White House's compromise on extending the Bush-era tax cuts, saying he "cannot wait to create all those jobs."

"We rich folks wouldn't have our tax cuts if (President Barack Obama) wasn't willing to fight all the Democrats who want him to fight the Republicans," Colbert added.

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Colbert: Congratulations On Your Win, Joe Miller (VIDEO)

David Taintor | November 19, 2010, 11:30AM

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert last night had a bit of breaking news, declaring "tea party favorite and groomed yeti" Republican Joe Miller the winner in the Alaska Senate race.

The AP has already declared write-in candidate and incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski the winner, and the Alaska GOP has urged Miller to concede gracefully. But that didn't stop Colbert from celebrating.

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Colbert On Obama's Veterans Day Abroad: What Do You Have Against Veterans? (VIDEO)

David Taintor | November 16, 2010, 1:01PM

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert last night called into question President Barack Obama's patriotism, disappointed that he spent Veterans Day in South Korea -- with active-duty American troops, no less.

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Colbert 'Giddy As A Schoolboy' Over GOP's Planned Investigations Into Obama Admin (VIDEO)

David Taintor | November 10, 2010, 10:43AM

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert last night focused on expected chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Rep. Darrell Issa's (R-CA) plans to hold seven investigations a week for a 40-week period.

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Colbert And Stewart To Bush: Come On Our Shows!

David Taintor | November 10, 2010, 10:00AM

Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert last night did their best to entice former President George W. Bush to come on their shows, offering easy interviews and tasty gifts.

Following the release of his memoir "Decision Points," Bush has embarked on a media blitz, and is set to appear on, as Stewart lamented, "NBC, CBS, Fox, Fox, Fox, and Fox and more Fox ... you get the point." But alas, not The Daily Show or The Colbert Report.

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Colbert On Obama In India: Appealed To GOP Voters 'By Dancing Like A White Man' (VIDEO)

Jillian Rayfield | November 9, 2010, 10:54AM

Stephen Colbert decided last night that President Obama's trip to India, during which he danced with students at a celebration of the Hindu holiday of Diwali, had a very important goal: "He has tried to make conservative voters more comfortable with him by dancing like a white man."

Colbert also addressed Minnesota Rep. and "Talbots mannequin" Michele Bachmann's erroneous claim that the trip was costing taxpayers "$200 million a day." Colbert was impressed: "That's 200 'Slumdog Millionaires.'" He added that he's heard Obama is "also dining on Bald Eagles, using the original Declaration of Independence as a Wet Nap, and renting an airplane hanger to house Babe, his big blue ox."

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