Episode #08099

"Spooky PACs" trailblazer Karl Rove gives anonymous political money to help keep political money anonymous, and Stephen gives in to donor transparency fetishists. (05:27)

Tags:  Colbert Super PAC,  laws,  fundraising,  money,  elections,  Karl Rove,  wealth,  accountability,  business,  Newt Gingrich,  charity,  taints,  founding fathers,  photos,  campaigns,  democracy,  Jay-Z,  Jimmy,  Indecision 2012,  advertising,  oral sex

Episode #08097

A mysterious Florida rival challenges Stephen's dominance in the world of super secret Super PAC-ing. (06:59)

Tags:  Colbert Super PAC,  Florida,  Jimmy,  on location,  investigations,  money,  fundraising,  Bigfoot,  Animal Planet,  apologies,  racism,  African American,  print media,  Viacom,  songs,  candidates,  Colbert Bump

Episode #08095

Election advertising gets ugly, God sanctions cuts to the poor, and Carne Ross believes democracy is defective. (00:35)

Tags:  intro,  ethnic,  campaigns,  advertising,  America,  poverty,  government,  God,  religion,  Carne Ross,  democracy,  American Idol,  TSA,  breasts,  plastic surgery,  terrorism,  explosions,  bombs,  lookin' good,  profiling

Episode #08095

Carne Ross discusses his book "The Leaderless Revolution: How Ordinary People Will Take Power and Change Politics in the 21st Century." (06:08)

Tags:  Carne Ross,  interviews,  books,  government,  Occupy Wall Street,  democracy,  America,  capitalism,  corruption,  business,  Colbert Super PAC,  protests,  money,  Wall Street,  poverty,  Congress,  U.K.,  Bush administration

Episode #08092

Harvard University's Michael Sandel illustrates the ethical and moral concerns regarding the growing role of money and market values in society. (07:02)

Tags:  Michael Sandel,  interviews,  money,  capitalism,  wealth,  ethics,  elitism,  morality,  democracy,  corruption,  America,  books,  education,  prison,  immigration,  housing,  citizenship,  voting,  Colbert Super PAC,  business,  Saudi Arabia,  elections,  Indecision 2012,  California,  debates,  international affairs

Episode #08089

Tavis Smiley and Cornel West talk about their book on American poverty, "The Rich and the Rest of Us." (06:16)

Tags:  Tavis Smiley,  Cornel West,  interviews,  poverty,  America,  blue collar,  books,  economy,  wealth,  government,  democracy,  lobbyists,  capitalism,  Mitt Romney,  Paul Ryan,  Native American,  voting,  unemployment,  poop & pee

Episode #08079

Attorney Trevor Potter explains the IRS's interest in the social welfare activities of 501c4s and records not-legal advice for the Colbert Super PAC Super Fun Pack. (03:57)

Tags:  Colbert Super PAC,  laws,  fundraising,  Trevor Potter,  appearances,  money,  lawyers,  taxes,  IRS,  advertising,  accountability,  magic,  performances

Episode #08077

Peter Beinart discusses his book "The Crisis of Zionism" and what he sees as a divide between the democratic Israel and the Israel of the West Bank. (05:38)

Tags:  Peter Beinart,  interviews,  Peter Beinart,  interviews,  media,  Palestine,  Israel,  peace,  Iran,  religion,  give it to me,  Jewish,  World War II,  democracy,  friends,  Middle East,  Nobel Prize,  Christian,  international affairs,  wars

Episode #08065

Dawn Quarles, a Florida high school teacher, faces voter fraud fines for registering her students to vote. (07:13)

Tags:  People Who Are Destroying America,  Florida,  on location,  voting,  kids,  teens,  school,  education,  laws,  elections,  discrimination,  democracy,  mongering,  corruption,  parenting,  Rick Scott,  crime,  statistics,  sexism,  men/women

Episode #08060

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi believes that super PACs threaten American democracy and that Citizens United should be overturned. (08:13)

Tags:  Nancy Pelosi,  interviews,  Colbert Super PAC,  money,  fundraising,  wealth,  democracy,  Supreme Court,  freedom of speech,  business,  elections,  Better Know a District,  Colbert Bump,  advertising,  Congress,  government,  California,  Catholic,  Lent,  holidays,  Jesus,  Rick Santorum,  men/women,  health,  birth control,  family,  kids

Episode #08059

Author Robert Kagan talks about advising Mitt Romney on foreign policy and explores America's use of military force in international affairs. (05:24)

Tags:  Robert Kagan,  interviews,  books,  conservative,  Mitt Romney,  America,  business,  economy,  history,  high five,  democracy,  international affairs,  wars,  Iraq War,  Iran,  Israel,  nuclear,  weapons,  Middle East,  WMDs,  military,  Muammar al-Gaddafi,  Barack Obama

Episode #08055

Super PACs haven't led to billionaires secretly buying democracy, they've led to billionaires publicly buying it. (02:58)

Tags:  money,  Supreme Court,  elections,  Democrats,  Jimmy,  business,  wealth,  under the desk,  fires,  Occupy Wall Street,  founding fathers,  Mitt Romney,  songs,  campaigns,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  Newt Gingrich,  Jon Huntsman,  fundraising

Episode #08052

Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe discusses the function of the Constitution and reveals his favorite amendment. (05:37)

Tags:  Laurence Tribe,  interviews,  Barack Obama,  education,  laws,  citizenship,  John Roberts,  lookin' good,  Constitution,  Harvard,  government,  business,  Supreme Court,  money,  fundraising,  campaigns,  elections,  voting,  inaugurations

Episode #08046

Columnist David Frum calls for an economically inclusive, environmentally responsible and socially modern Republican party. (05:57)

Tags:  David Frum,  interviews,  Mitt Romney,  flip-flopper,  Mormon,  Colbert 2012,  Independents,  Tea Party,  money,  polls,  polls,  speeches,  Republicans,  conservative,  candidates,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012

Episode #08044

South Carolina's locked ballot means that Stephen can't get on and Herman Cain can't get off, but Colbert supporters can still send a message. (04:28)

Tags:  The Word,  South Carolina,  Colbert 2012,  primaries,  Herman Cain,  Colbert Nation,  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,  democracy,  challenges,  Rick Perry,  food,  Civil War,  voting,  Republicans,  candidates,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012

Episode #08043

Trevor Potter and Jon Stewart give new life to the Colbert Super PAC, and Stephen makes a major announcement. (07:36)

Tags:  Trevor Potter,  Jon Stewart,  appearances,  laws,  Colbert Super PAC,  South Carolina,  Colbert 2012,  money,  lawyers,  advertising,  business,  I Did It!,  Jimmy,  penises,  costumes,  campaigns,  Indecision 2012,  candidates,  Supreme Court,  balloons,  fundraising,  supernatural

Episode #08041

Bill Moyers believes that capitalism is out of control and there can be no people's democracy as long as corporations are considered people. (06:02)

Tags:  Bill Moyers,  interviews,  media,  business,  wealth,  nailed,  capitalism,  freedom of speech,  Supreme Court,  democracy,  corruption,  laws,  Mitt Romney,  Lyndon Johnson,  Joseph Campbell,  the South,  animals,  racism

Bernie Sanders fights to overturn the Citizens United decision, Newt Gingrich contends with negative campaign ads, and Pat Robertson gets the scoop from God. (03:08)

Tags:  Weekly Recap

Episode #08037

Senator Bernie Sanders calls on Americans to support his proposed Saving American Democracy Amendment and help overturn the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision. (06:08)

Tags:  Bernie Sanders,  interviews,  books,  business,  Supreme Court,  protests,  campaigns,  laws,  Constitution,  civil rights,  democracy,  elections,  money,  government,  filibusters,  taxes,  Congress,  wealth,  outsourcing

Episode #08037

The biggest political story of the century unfolds, Lady Gaga kisses Michael Bloomberg, and Bernie Sanders endeavors to protect American democracy. (01:01)

Tags:  Colbert in :60 Seconds