Must-Watch TV: Obama on ‘The Colbert Report’
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J.J. Goldberg December 9, 2014
Watch the Leader of the Free World make fun of himself, his critics, Fox News and lots more in a hilarious “Colbert Report” appearance.
In the following clip, Obama walks on the set “unexpectedly” (he was due to show up a few minutes later for widely advertised interview) and announces that he’s going to do Colbert’s job for him by reading his “The Word” segment. That’s a recurring segment in which the faux-conservative host gives a little speech while wry comments pop up on the screen next to him. Obama’s version is renamed “The Decree,” and begins: “I, Stephen Colbert, have never cared for our president.” Obama uses the opportunity to deliver a not-to-subtle pitch for ObamaCare, in the guise of a faux-conservative attack on it.
By the way, media-savvy types will notice a wry reference to Colbert’s upcoming move to CBS to take over from David Letterman as host of “The Late Show.”
A sample:
Let’s face it, even if Republicans somehow did repeal it, they’d have to replace it with their own healthcare plan (“Fracking the Elderly?”), and once they touch it, they own it. Then if anything goes wrong, suddenly everyone will be complaining about Mitch McConnell-Care (“Walk-It-Off.gov”).
Here it is, courtesy of Comedy Central:
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