Episode #08100

One of the hottest pop culture paintings portrays Barack Obama burning the Constitution, and Stephen explicates its complicated, multi-level message. (05:16)

Tags:  art,  portrait,  socialism,  Constitution,  fires,  Barack Obama,  Utah,  Sean Hannity,  culture,  patriotism,  history,  Bo Dietl,  Fox News,  collectibles,  mongering,  conservative,  liberal,  religion,  Jesus,  Shepard Fairey,  Steve Martin,  impressions,  founding fathers,  Jimmy,  America

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 #08090

Former Texas Board of Education Chairman Don McLeroy discusses the documentary "The Revisionaries," science in textbooks and religious conservatism. (06:41)

Tags:  Don McLeroy,  interviews,  education,  creationism,  evolution,  documentaries,  Jimmy,  science,  religion,  Bible,  Satan,  Thomas Jefferson,  voting,  high five,  controversies,  Texas,  school,  God,  dinosaurs,  history,  Tea Party,  founding fathers,  conservative,  miracles,  truthiness,  Charles Darwin,  atheist,  censorship,  dreams

Episode #08057

Barack Obama launches a vengeful health care crusade against the Catholic church, essentially forcing priests to hand out condoms at mass. (06:54)

Tags:  Catholic,  birth control,  health,  insurance,  laws,  Barack Obama,  secret Muslim,  religion,  Jimmy,  The Crusades,  Pope Benedict XVI,  demonstrations,  under the desk,  Jesus,  God,  France,  history,  taxes,  charity,  money,  Benjamin Franklin,  founding fathers,  First Amendment,  Mitt Romney,  STDs,  Rick Santorum,  campaigns,  Republicans

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 #08053

Newt Gingrich gains a powerful supporter, America gets a new look at its founding fathers, and Bjork performs a song. (00:33)

Tags:  intro,  Newt Gingrich,  candidates,  Republicans,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  founding fathers,  history,  education,  Bjork,  The Muppet Show,  impressions,  songs,  performances,  zoos,  animals,  lookin' good,  visually impaired

Episode #08053

The Tennessee Tea Party demands that textbooks remove references to the Founding Fathers' slave ownership and violence against Native Americans. (04:27)

Tags:  The Word,  founding fathers,  Thomas Jefferson,  Benjamin Franklin,  George Washington,  James Madison,  Andrew Jackson,  Tea Party,  Tennessee,  America,  history,  education,  kids,  slavery,  ethnic,  African American,  Native American,  liberal,  smoking,  prostitution,  French,  culture,  lying,  sex,  patriotism

Stephen Colbert defines "we, the people" and compares himself to Martin Luther King Jr. during the South Cain-olina Primary Rally at the College of Charleston. (09:33)

Tags:  exclusives,  South Cain-olina Primary Rally,  rallies,  South Carolina,  Herman Cain,  Colbert 2012,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  candidates,  voting,  Colbert Super PAC,  Abraham Lincoln,  Supreme Court,  elections,  Martin Luther King Jr.,  government,  founding fathers,  civil rights,  money,  Colbert Nation,  Constitution,  freedom of speech,  speeches,  Jon Stewart,  history,  STDs,  campaigns,  appearances,  protests,  business,  laws,  fundraising,  discrimination,  media,  wealth

Episode #08027

The Tennessee Tea Party says goodbye to Barney Frank with a derogatory tweet. (03:38)

Tags:  Barney Frank,  retirement,  Freddie Mac,  Newt Gingrich,  Tammy Kilmarx,  Tea Party,  lobbyists,  money,  Tennessee,  Bill O'Reilly,  Papa Bear,  Twitter,  photos,  Wizard of Oz,  founding fathers,  gay/homosexual,  discrimination,  slogans,  apologies,  kids,  lookin' good,  Dancing with the Stars,  Tom DeLay

Stephen chronicles presidential business from Barack Obama killing Bin Laden to Abe Lincoln's half a theater review. (03:12)

Tags:  On Topic,  exclusives,  mashups,  holidays,  founding fathers,  Jimmy,  Abraham Lincoln,  Jimmy Carter,  Bill Clinton,  marijuana,  Ronald Reagan,  gay/homosexual,  George W. Bush,  international affairs,  John McCain,  African American,  Barack Obama,  alcohol,  Obama administration,  Osama bin Laden,  Warren G. Harding,  assassinations,  collectibles,  Helen Thomas,  Sarah Palin

Stephen sheds some light on Congressional representatives -- those shy, elusive creatures with brief, two-year terms. (03:43)

Tags:  On Topic,  exclusives,  mashups,  Congress,  9/11,  founding fathers,  Constitution,  Democrats,  Senate,  holidays,  Harry Reid,  Republicans,  energy,  oil,  oil spills,  House of Representatives,  debt,  government,  economy,  John Boehner,  Allen West,  Joe Barton,  BP,  Barney Frank,  filibusters,  Tea Party

Episode #08022

New York City's mayor, Michael Bloomberg, orders the evacuation of Zuccotti Park, citing potential health and safety risks. (03:40)

Tags:  Occupy Wall Street,  protests,  Wall Street,  New York City,  Michael Bloomberg,  police business,  First Amendment,  freedom of speech,  safety,  health,  violence,  founding fathers,  epidemics,  Wizard of Oz,  Berkeley

Episode #08004

Sarah Palin bows out of the race the way our founding fathers intended: by having talk show host Mark Levin read a press release on his show. (04:12)

Tags:  Sarah Palin,  Chris Christie,  talk shows,  radio,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  Republicans,  candidates,  elections,  interns,  appearances,  family,  fundraising,  money,  socialism,  Peter Pan,  my mistake,  shopping,  founding fathers

Episode #07121

Web searches are enshrined in America's founding documents, and cigarettes have a First Amendment right to be alive with pleasure. (04:54)

Tags:  Rocktember with Radiohead,  The Word,  Google,  Internet,  business,  First Amendment,  government,  freedom of speech,  Rick Santorum,  Jimmy,  gay/homosexual,  travel,  advertising,  safety,  Republicans,  environment,  founding fathers,  laws,  doctors,  health,  civil rights,  Obama administration,  Dan Savage,  sex,  poop & pee,  Joe Biden,  smoking,  Dr Pepper,  food,  Radiohead

Episode #07101

Free birth control will wipe out the American race and instantly turn daughters into wanton harlots with insatiable sexual appetites. (04:42)

Tags:  insurance,  health,  men/women,  birth control,  marriage,  sex,  mongering,  Obama administration,  cracks up,  impressions,  dinosaurs,  rage,  prostitution,  Jimmy,  government,  laws,  pregnancy,  founding fathers,  mental health,  lookin' good,  the heroes,  addiction,  sexism,  teens,  Steve King,  God,  Fox News,  erectile dysfunction,  parenting,  sleep,  Viagra

Episode #07093

To safeguard against voter fraud and ensure that only the "right people" get elected, Republicans pass laws requiring voters to show government-issued photo IDs. (06:33)

Tags:  voting,  America,  discrimination,  friends,  Barack Obama,  alcohol,  corruption,  Republicans,  Democrats,  food,  elections,  Indecision,  laws,  kids,  poverty,  founding fathers,  Texas,  guns,  education,  Second Amendment,  Jimmy,  South Carolina,  African American,  John Stossel,  Ohio,  Nikki Haley,  William O'Brien,  ethnic,  growing up,  Tea Party,  statistics,  facial hair

Episode #07091

Sean Parnell supports Colbert Super PAC's plan to buy an elephant, but Sheila Krumholz wants to shine a light on the taint of private money. (06:27)

Tags:  on location,  Sheila Krumholz,  Sean Parnell,  appearances,  money,  freedom of speech,  business,  fundraising,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  elections,  First Amendment,  taints,  animals,  elephants,  dogs,  crying,  death,  Bud Light Lime,  alcohol,  advertising,  founding fathers,  laws,  campaigns

Episode #07085

In an attack against the shabby, cash-only roadside shacks that make America great, Texas cancels Fourth of July fireworks shows. (04:26)

Tags:  4th of July,  Texas,  fireworks,  fires,  left-wing,  Ringo Starr,  flags,  business,  guns,  injuries,  under the desk,  founding fathers,  holidays,  Easter Under Attack,  safety,  growing up

Episode #07074

When it comes to health care, America should listen to the man who made his fortune selling bacon cheeseburger pizza. (03:34)

Tags:  Herman Cain,  Republicans,  Iowa,  candidates,  health,  insurance,  fast food,  Constitution,  founding fathers,  slavery,  poetry,  campaigns,  elections,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  Jimmy,  toys & games,  cats & cats

Episode #07001

Ed Rendell explains that America is wussing out by not doing anything about China and canceling football games because of weather. (06:04)

Tags:  Ed Rendell,  interviews,  Pennsylvania,  America,  China,  founding fathers,  history,  football,  sports,  football,  sports,  weather,  government,  driving