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Colbert Hammers GOP For Insane Euphemisms

03/10/2010 11:15 am 0 comments

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.

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