with all this powers, folks. they can t do anything right. at harry reid s press conference announcing the end of the filibuster, they misspelled filibuster with two ls. ( laughter ) that says philly-busters, which i assume are cops who arrest female horses. ( laughter ) and i don t even believe the democrats are really against the filibuster. because their poster clearly says they re again-sts this spem. but they niewkd it. they went ahead and niewkd it. what s going to happen in washington now? something? we were this close to achieving a zen-like state of perfect government nothingness. not since buddha have so many fat, bald men worked so hard to do so little. ( laughter ) ( applause ) and folks i have to tell you it s not just the senate. i am sad to report america is losing the battle against gay marriage. the district of columbia and 16 states have legalized man-on mantwoimony including just last week hawaii. it s aloa traditional values, and aloha, gay marriage. ( l
stephen: tonight, a new way to stop the gays. then advice for a happy thanksgiving. don t beat a turkey. then, i sit down with j.j. abrams who is directing the new star war movies let s hope j.jvmentd doesn t stand for jar-jar. wait a minute a second, neil patrick harris is a mutant? this is the colbert report. captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) ( cheers and applause ) stephen: report to the report. thank you so much. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for joining us. i got a ( cheers and applause ) folks. thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen. thank you, folks. thank you for your support. thank you for joining us on this, the last day of america, because, folks, it is all over. i am i am packing up and getting out of this country and moving back to south carolina. ( cheers and applause ) and here s why breaking news, senate democrats vote to approve the so-called nuclear options. before the democrats
stephen: hey, republicans wouldn t have to block them if obama nominated conservatives, like, say, republican senator chuck hagel. i mean, that guy what s that? they filibustered him, too? well, that just proves they re bipartisan. they ll filibuster anyone obama nominates. ( laughter ) and we can t trust the democrats with all this powers, folks. they can t do anything right. at harry reid s press conference announcing the end of the filibuster, they misspelled filibuster with two ls. ( laughter ) that says philly-busters, which i assume are cops who arrest female horses. ( laughter ) and i don t even believe the democrats are really against the filibuster. because their poster clearly says they re again-sts this spem. but they niewkd it. they went ahead and niewkd it. what s going to happen in washington now? something? we were this close to achieving a zen-like state of perfect government nothingness. not since buddha have so many fat, bald men worked so hard to do so
abrams who is directing the new star war movies let s hope j.jvmentd doesn t stand for jar-jar. wait a minute a second, neil patrick harris is a mutant? this is the colbert report. captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) ( cheers and applause ) stephen: report to the report. thank you so much. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for joining us. i got a ( cheers and applause ) folks. thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen. thank you, folks. thank you for your support. thank you for joining us on this, the last day of america, because, folks, it is all over. i am i am packing up and getting out of this country and moving back to south carolina. ( cheers and applause ) and here s why breaking news, senate democrats vote to approve the so-called nuclear options. before the democrats voted to change the rules, the nuclear option through that up, totally changed the rules. they changed filibuster rules to end the 6
institution, the power of the minority to filibuster anything they didn t like is one of our founding principles. that s why it s not in the constitution. ( laughter ) it was going to be, but it got filibusterd, which shows how necessary it is, or else that crap would be in the constitution. ( laughter ) and just listen, just listen to the flimsy excuse offered by senate majority dictator harry reid. in the history of our country, some 230-plus years, there have been 160 filibusters of executive and judicial nominations. half of them have occurred during the obama administration. only 23 district court nominations have been filibustered in the entire history of our country, 23. you know what? 20 of them have been in the last four and a half years. stephen: hey, republicans wouldn t have to block them if obama nominated conservatives, like, say, republican senator chuck hagel. i mean, that guy what s that? they filibustered him, too? well, that just proves they re biparti