Colbert: ‘Every Time I Close My Eyes I Can Hear George W. Bush’

Stephen Colbert noted how much President Obama is starting to sound like George W. Bush.
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Stephen Colbert noted during Monday’s “Colbert Report” how much President Obama is beginning to sound like former President George W. Bush.

Colbert talked about Obama’s recent interview with “60 Minutes” during which the President said the CIA had underestimated the threat from the extremist group Islamic State.

“S’cuse me, sir?” Colbert said. “Bombing the Middle East then throwing the CIA under the bus is kinda George Bush’s thing.”

Colbert played a clip of Bush, when he was in office, doing just that by announcing that he’d received inaccurate intelligence.

“Yes, much of the intelligence turned out to be wrong,” Colbert said. “But not all of it. There was a country called Iraq. It will be missed.”

Accusing Obama of copying his predecessor wasn’t unique to Colbert however. He played a series of clips showing political pundits mentioning the similarity, one even going so far as to say if you closed your eyes you could picture Bush giving the speech.

“Oh, of course,” Colbert agreed. “Every time I close my eyes I can hear George W. Bush giving a speech.”

Watch the video below, courtesy of Comedy Central:

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