Obama takes over The Colbert Report, cracks ObamaCare jokes

Obama takes over The Colbert Report, cracks ObamaCare jokes
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For his penultimate week as host of The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert has taken the show to Washington. His guest on Monday's show, President Obama, decided to step in a little early and commandeer the program, a power I'm pretty sure is enumerated somewhere in the Constitution. Colbert was about to do The Word; Obama stepped in to do The Decree.

"Nation, as you know, I, Stephen Colbert, have never cared for our president," Obama started out. "The guy is so arrogant, I bet he talks about himself in the third person."

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Peter Weber, The Week US

Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.