The new Late Show with Stephen Colbert is pretty bad

Stephen Colbert Dismantles Ted Cruz’s Anti-Gay Bigotry and Tax Cut Fanaticism

'The Late Show' host quizzed Cruz on the Constitution, while the audience booed the 2016er.

“Let me ask about Reagan for a second,” Colbert began before getting serious and noting the severe ideological divide between Ronald Reagan and today’s Republican Party. “Reagan raised taxes, okay. Reagan actually had an amnesty program for illegal immigrants. Neither of those things would allow Reagan to be nominated today. So to what level can you truly emulate Ronald Reagan?” Colbert asked Cruz, noting that Reagan worked with former Democratic Speaker of the House, Tip O’Neill.

“Isn’t that what people want more than anything else,” Colbert questioned, “more than principals, is action?”

Cruz disagreed, claiming that he’s never heard from an American who has asked him to work more with President Obama, or “give in more to Barack Obama” as he put it.

“Could you agree with Reagan on those two things,” Colbert pressed as the crowd broke out in raucous applause, “raising taxes and amnesty for illegal immigrants?”

“No, of course not,” Cruz replied. “But Ronald Reagan also signed the largest tax cut in history,” Cruz pushed-back defiantly. “He reduced government regulations from Washington and economic growth exploded.”

“He did,” Colbert conceded as Cruz continued. Noting that from 1978-1982, economic growth averaged less than one percent a year, Cruz argued that the true legacy of Reagan was limited government.

“But when conditions changed in the country, he reversed his world’s largest tax cut and raised taxes when revenues did not match the expectations, so it’s a matter of compromising,” Colbert recalled.

“It’s entirely possible that your plan might be the right one,” Colbert offered before asking Cruz if he’d be willing to comprise with his opponents if it turns out he doesn’t have the best solution “and not feel like you capitulated with the devil?”

Cruz joked to Colbert that there is “nothing diabolical about you” and insisted he doesn’t “respond in kind” when his opponents “throw rocks and insults.”

“When others attack me, I make of point of keeping it on substance,” Cruz argued. Cruz said he is merely fighting for the U.S. to “live within our means, stop bankrupting our kids and grandkids, and follow the Constitution.”

“And no gay marriage,” Colbert quickly added, opening the door for a debate on the Supreme Court decision with the former SCOTUS clerk.

“Well actually, let’s be precise. Under the Constitution marriage is a question for the states,” Cruz retorted.

“It doesn’t mention marriage in the Constitution,” Colbert shot back to applause.

“The 10th Amendment states that if the Constitution doesn’t mention it, it’s a question for the states … I don’t think we should entrust governing our society to five unelected lawyers in Washington,” Cruz argued as Colbert’s audience began to boo the senator.

“Guys, however you feel, he’s my guest so please don’t boo him,” Colbert interjected.

“If you want to win an issue, go to the ballot box and win at the ballot box,” Cruz calmly concluded. “That’s the way the Constitution was designed.”

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-pol...ter1042830&t=4

Thanks, Texians! :lol

Why do people who hate this show keep watching it?

Donald Trump is going to be on tonight! Hell Yes, I will be watching!!!

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Originally Posted by boutons_deux

Stephen Colbert Dismantles Ted Cruz’s Anti-Gay Bigotry and Tax Cut Fanaticism

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So, basically, this is turning into exactly what I thought his show would be.

Ugh. Super smarmy political talk show.

I'll stick to Kimmel and Fallon.

I watched his interview with Trunp (who I can't stand), but I came way disliking Colbert even more. Seriously, fuck that douche.

Dilbert tried to get him with that Manson quote, BTFO

you literally cannot stump the trump.

Where are you watching the Colbert show in Eur:crype?

:lmao

Online stream you idiot

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Originally Posted by baseline bum

I hated the Colbert Report. SMH if he's still the same sarcastic shithead.

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i was fan of Colbert from Strangers with Candy so I liked a lot of the Colbert Report but I agree he pushed the sarcastic liberal shit too much. I was hoping he would show a new side but sounds like that is not the case so far. We'll see how it goes, though tbh I don't watch many talk shows outside of occasional Conan.

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i was fan of Colbert from Strangers with Candy

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The last time he was actually funny.

This guy creep anyone else out? He reminds me of David

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Originally Posted by m>s

Online stream you idiot

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At 7AM? After you've been up "all night" shitposting?

:lmao

Give it up, dude.

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Originally Posted by ChumpDumper

At 7AM? After you've been up "all night" shitposting?

:lmao

Give it up, dude.

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Grasping at straws. For one Europe has different time zones and you yourself are routinely up posting all night, I guess you don't really live in Austin give it up dude

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Grasping at straws. For one Europe has different time zones and you yourself are routinely up posting all night, I guess you don't really live in Austin give it up dude

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All he needs to do is look at your IP address, tbh.

Colbert Brilliantly Exposes Trump’s Duplicity On Birtherism

The last time Donald Trump ran for president, vocally questioning President Obama’s birthplace was a central component of his campaign. Trump even sent “investigators” to Hawaii as he rocketed up the polls. Chatter about the issue, mostly stirred by Trump, became so distracting thatObama eventually released his “long form” birth certificate in 2011.

This year, Trump has garnered more support by expanding his base beyond the conspiratorial fringe. Even New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady wants to “Make America Great Again.” But when asked about Obama’s birthplace, Trump demurs.

Last night on “The Late Show,” Colbert exposed the duplicity of this approach.

“I’m going to throw you up a big, fat meatball for you to hit out of the park right now… This is the last time you have to address this question if you hit the ball, OK?… Barack Obama — born in the United States?” Colbert asked.

Trump refused to hit the meatball.

“You know, I don’t talk about it anymore,” Trump said. “I talk about jobs, I talk about our veterans being horribly treated.”

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/20...exposes-trump/

Trump is trolling you rightwingnuts, and it's hilarious, proving you ignorant fuckers are gullible suckers, chumped by Trump.

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All he needs to do is look at your IP address, tbh.

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True but I post behind 9 proxies

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Grasping at straws. For one Europe has different time zones and you yourself are routinely up posting all night, I guess you don't really live in Austin give it up dude

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Oh look, you're shitposting from your cubicle again after a good "day's" sleep.

lol

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True but I post behind 9 proxies

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And none of them lead back to a European IP address. You've probably never even been to Europe. Give it a rest.

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Oh look, you're shitposting from your cubicle again after a good "day's" sleep.

lol

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A lovely 8 hour gap in between posts... perfectly consistent with sleep in the CST.

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I'll stick to Kimmel and Fallon.

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Very next post...

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Originally Posted by DarrinS

I watched his interview with Trunp (who I can't stand), but I came way disliking Colbert even more. Seriously, fuck that douche.

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:lol between tracking Ahmed and watching Colbertt plus posting here. Do you mofos get to do anything else? :lmao

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And none of them lead back to a European IP address. You've probably never even been to Europe. Give it a rest.



A lovely 8 hour gap in between posts... perfectly consistent with sleep in the CST.

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do you understand how proxies work? Obviously not. Lol at you thinking you have my IP that I'm posting from. Horrible attempt at calling a bluff when I'm not bluffing.

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do you understand how proxies work? Obviously not. Lol at you thinking you have my IP that I'm posting from. Horrible attempt at calling a bluff when I'm not bluffing.

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Of course you're lying. You're posting from your cubicle in the Metroplex like you do every weekday. Then you'll go to your home in the Metroplex and post from there, neglecting your "family" the entire time.

lol

His combat experience probably comes in handy on the mean streets of the Metroplex suburbs.

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His combat experience probably comes in handy on the mean streets of the Metroplex suburbs.

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He wilded constantly when he was black.