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Colbert Report: Bush Offers The Nation an Economic Placebo
crooksandliars.com - 7/18/2008
Colbert Report: Bush Offers The Nation an Economic Placebo
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  John McCain and George Bush readily concede that off-shore drilling won’t produce a drop of oil in the near future, but believe it will relieve our “psychological” pain. And we all know losing ones home is merely “psychological.”   Download  |  Play     Download  |  Play   “We want to believe that the ...

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The Sideshow — ... , and Stephen Colbert has The Word on Bush and McCain's economic prescription: Placebo. (And Buddy Guy has a new album coming out - which you can hear some of at ...

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