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TV personality Stephen Colbert promotes "America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren't" at Barnes & Noble Union Square on October 2, 2012 in New York City.
America just got a glimpse of the real Stephen Colbert.
The Comedy Central host broke out of character—a rare thing for the funnyman—during an interview with David Gregory on Sunday’s Meet the Press.
Colbert argued rather earnestly that the presidential election matters because there’s a difference between President Obama and Mitt Romney’s governing style.
“I’m not Ralph Nader. You know what I mean?," the comedian said. "I don’t think that there’s no difference. There is a difference. I don’t know what the difference is, though."
Colbert also raised the possibility that if Obama wins re-election, he’ll be a “more aggressive reformer or changer” during his second term. “I hope he keeps some of the promises he didn’t keep the first time.”
As for Romney, Colbert doesn’t know which path the GOPer will take because he seems “absolutely sincere” when he acts like a moderate, but equally believable when he puts his “severely conservative” hat on.
“That’s not a dig. It’s honest confusion,” the comedian said, adding that Romney has a “good shot at winning.”
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If Romney wins, he will be whatever the neocons and neoliberal sympathizers want him to be. A government in support of the large global corporations, with an aggressive , military style foreign policy.
If Romney wins, he will be whatever the neocons and neoliberal sympathizers want him to be. A government in support of the large global corporations, with an aggressive , military style foreign policy.
If Obama wins re-election, we can look forward to 4 more years of promises... It can't hurt any more than it didn't help. he said we would close torture camps (didn't), he said Bush tax cuts would not create jobs (they did), he said the world would love us again (they hate us more)..... well, maybe he can do 4 more years of damage... at least the soldiers arent dying in the middle east for oil anymore.
We should have listened to Joe Biden when he said Obama would be an ineffective leader due to his lack of real experience... but he did say that before he got the VP job, so maybe that kind of flip flopping is acceptable to the dems
@ James-1785394: U implied that Obama makes empty promises, well I'll refresh ur mind with a few kept ones,:
Here:He also said he will create more jobs, he did(5.2million and if House passes the Job Act, it'll become 7.2million jobs).
He said he'll stop the loss of 800K jobs/mth, he did,(now we've moved to a net of 100+/mth, a net +ve shift of almost a million)
He said he'll bring unemployment down under 8% - He did(7.8%)
He said he'll kill OBL - He did (OBL is gone 4ver)
He said he'll make Healthcare stronger - He did (Now +4million currently on Obamacare including Republican senator's children e.g Scott Brown etc.
He said he'll make more students loan availabe - He did (D grant now goes directly to students w/out d middleman Banks)
He said he'll end the war in Iraq - He did.
He said he'll end war in Afghanistan 2014, - U bet he will( Now for every US soldier that comes home, an Afghan soldier replaces him in Afghanstn)
He said he'll make Medicare stronger - he did (Now grandma & mama will get a refund from Insurance coy if they didn't use the money for her health, it used to be profits to Insurance coys)
ALL THESE ARE VERIFIABLE FACTS AKA TRUTHS!!!
Oh, btw, did I mention the Auto industry? How US is now the #1 car production coy in the world? How the Auto industry's problem is that THEY CAN'T MAKE ENOUGH CARS FASTER?.
Anyway, if an inexperienced guy can give me this amount of delivery in a stated period, I need to hire him back. He's on the smart track!
Just to be clear, James, the world looks MUCH MUCH more favourably upon the US since Obama stepped in. This is coming from someone outside the US and let me tell you, during the Bush years, your country was not very popular. Your only ally on foreign policy (Blair) was derided for his stance and the entire world was turned off by republican policies. Look at the reaction to austerity in Europe. Obama has made me really respect the United States, or rather make me recognize its liberal elements who aren't jingoist, misinformed, warmongering, disrespectful troglodytes. Republicans try to present Democrats as weak and apologetic, but just as you teach your children, you gain respect by leading, by showing humility, accepting facts and others' opinions. This is to say nothing of the fact that your country was run into the ground by the repubs and the fact that Obama has the US where it is now is a huge achievement. It was always going to be a slow recovery with unemployment and tough times (brought on by the republican strategies), a hard fact to accept maybe, but true. America is not dead and is making a comeback. That's like blaming a doctor for a patient's not being able to walk stably after being brought out of a coma. Obama is on the right track. Middle out, not top down and btw, there's no such thing as trickle down govt. Another 4 years will show how Obama's plan really worked.