The Colbert Report2005

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Hey, Hugo, if you think you're going to win the hearts and minds of Northeasterners away from our president, jokes on you, Chubby. He never had 'em.

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Cuz We Could Send a Tanker For It. Whatever Works For You

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But, listen, that doesn't mean Americans are willing to give you their hearts and minds.

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We'll Trade Them For Oil

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Now your ambassador said you are doing this because "we are all Americans." No we're not. We are Americans

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USA! USA! USA!

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You are Venezuelans. Or at best you are South Americans or Central Americans, or whatever the hell Venezuela is.

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Real Americans fail Geography

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The point is, we don't need your help, especially those of us who do need your help.

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The Proud Helpless

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If anyone is going to give... If ANYONE is going to give poor Americans affordable heating oil it'll be US oil companies

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Which They Probably Won't

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Which they won't!

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I Knew It!

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Because, one simple reason, we respect them too much

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Thank You?

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And Poor People, you're not off the hook either, stop being poor. By being destitute you make us look bad. Chavez recently said "there are people who died from cold in the winter in the US. Who Blabbed? Loose lips sink ships

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Like Exxon Valdez?

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It is our patriotic duty to refuse this Socialist Oil.

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Freeze for Freedom

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After Hurricane Katrina, Japan, Germany and Afghanistan offered us aid, but our president turned it all down.

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He WHAT?!

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Because with all the troubles we have in this country

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Terrorism Unemployment Outsourcing Gun Violence No Health Care Starving Children

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There is one thing Americans desperately need: [Help!] Pride. And that's the word