COLBERT: “THE RIGHT WORD CAN MAKE LEGISLATION SEEM AS WELCOME AS A TURD IN THE PUNCH BOWL. COULDN’T BREATHING BE CONSIDERED AS OXYGEN ADDICTION?”
As part his week-long look at health care (and the Republican's fear that Dems are ramming the bill down their throat), last night Stephen Colbert broke down the word "reconciliation," mocking the media's adoption of "nuclear option" to replace it.
Colbert acknowledged that this is not the first time Republicans have twisted words around to follow their agenda, citing classics like "death panel" and "no." And like all the others, "nuclear option" is no less extreme.
To make his point, Colbert noted that any word could be twisted around to have a negative connotation, and conservatives may need to make the health care bill sound even more evil to sway the American people. "Doctors" could be called "rubber gloved ass-probers" who "keep you from going to heaven."
RUSH LIMBAUGH: "If this passes I am leaving the country."
STEPHEN COLBERT: "Noooooooo!!! We can't lose Rush! If he leaves who will make fun of people with Parkinsons?"
Posted By: Richard Kigel
Wednesday, March 10th 2010 at 1:59PM
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