as far as arnl goaron rodgers g don t know. he s not going to win another super bowl this year so a cowboys fan. okay. dorothy. all right. my big miss is all the supporters and protectors of mr. snowden. they include of course barbara walters, who made him one of her most fascinating people of the year, not the most, and this is her last broadcast, and not a moment too soon. and also the announcement by him that he was a whistle-blower. that explains everything, tom. dorothy just got hearst lot of invitations to media parties going into 2014. mary? my miss for 2013 is the rise of left-wing populism in this country, i think most clearly exhibited by the election of the new mayor in new york city, mayor de blasio, not only because of what it means for new
use of the irs the way it was used by obama until there was. so i don t think that s a good defense. i think they how about the irs offenses so we could have some confidence that precisely. if people abuse the nsa then they will be punished? precisely. but, i mean, i think that what you have to the way you explain the failure of this consensus is the fact that this president has abused his power. it is the irony of this year, paul, that president barack obama wanted to restore trust in government has really brought it to a new low since, i don t know, nixon perhaps. go ahead, dorothy. i just don t understand how we could find any exculpation of mr. snowden at any point including president obama. that one just won t work. all right. we re going to give you a shot here at snowden again. yes. still ahead, as we look back at 2013, our panel s picks for hits and misses of the year.
young people, people used to buy music. 70s were a crazy time. (laughter) although he s often called a living legend, sir paul s rise to fame began as a simple tale of a 15-year-old left-handed guitarist who dropped by a garden party to see the quarrymen. he joined the band that became the beatles then conquered the world planting apple seeds with babe, the big blue ox. eventually paul left the beatles to join the argonauts. (laughter) eventually throwing all of his gold records into mount doom. (laughter) and i cannot wait for tonight s performances. you name an instrument and paul can play it: guitar, keyboard, bass, drums. he s a one-man karaoke bar without the weird videos of korean kids stealing fish. (laughter) now, sir paul s presence here tonight does not mean i am going to run tonight s show any differently than usual. he may be a giant, but this is the colbert report not the mccartney recartney. i m going to treat him the say way i treated last night s guest auth
i like the things about me i like the things about me captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) look at all the lonely people jo jo was a man who band on the run maybe i m amazed at the way you love me all the time ebony and ivory (cheers and applause) stephen: welcome to the report, everybody! welcome to the report, good to have you. (audience chanting stephen ) thank you, ladies and gentlemen! sit down! folks, i ve got to tell you, with a greeting like that with a greeting like that (cheers and applause) folks, i ve got to tell you, you make me feel like a rock star. (cheers and applause) and, folks, you re here on a very special night! and do you know why? that s a trick question. every night on this show is special. (laughter) let s just say that tonight i am sporting some serious norwegian wood because (cheers and applause) my guest is sir paul mccartney. (cheers and applause) sir paul, of cou
i understand they are looking for explosives but if they are going to strip search granny, i think they could keep these kinds of weapons away from us also. dorothy rabinowitz this week she put out a video attacking the bike share program. invoked the all powerful bike lobby. while the video went viral and she was subjected to abuse. which proves that american politics lacks irony. those of us who work with dorothy undersnd what a pleasure it is to do so. if you have your own hit or miss send it to us. be sure to follow us on twitter. that is it for this week s show. thank you for watching.