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Last night, on the Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert offered this prayer before the election. It's kind of the opposite of going into your closet to pray...

Katherine Miller discusses the differences she sees between Democrats and Republicans:

I have a patient who owns a pumpkin farm and he's bringing me a pumpkin to carve today! Since I'm off today, I'll have to pick it up tonight at our mandatory staff meeting. At 7PM. Yeah, I'm going to miss Earl and The Office. I'm very devastated.

The writers for comedy shows across the nation are in heaven as the current political season has made their jobs incredibly easy. All they need to do is quote the players verbatim to strike comedy gold. Unfortunately, this farce has real consequences as it muffles and denigrates reality.

"I was convinced an Obama/McCain campaign would be measurably different on almost all standards. And to watch it become Bush/Kerry, Bush/Gore, has been one of the most dissatisfying experiences. " - Jon Stewart

Entertainment Weekly Interview with Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert

As usual, Stephen Colbert nails it--including calling bull[bleep] on Mitch McConnell’s flawed “fire in your kitchen” metaphor.

Stephen Colbert, on Wednesday:

Republicans are the true party of change. Remember, they were the ones who changed the rationale for the war. And, they change the meaning of words. Words like “freedom,” “enhanced,” and “justice department.”

Ha! That’s funny, I don’t care who you are.

Summary: Guests include Bob Mancini and Elbert Ventura, research fellow, Media Matters for America.