It was a tough day for Stephen Colbert, as the world watched President Barack Obama get sworn in for a second term.
Or was it his second term?
Colbert made the case on Monday’s episode of The Colbert Report that Obama has in fact become a three-term president.
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“The president should be inaugurated on January 20,” Colbert said, reading from a copy of the U.S. Constitution.
He showed footage of Obama being officially sworn in during a private ceremony Sunday, as well as at the public ceremonial swearing in Monday on the National Mall.
“While taking [the oath] again today, Obama has made himself a three-term president, serving the second two terms consecutively,” Colbert said. “Now to impeach him, we have to get rid of him twice.”
Colbert was dismayed that one of the three Bibles “Hollywood-Hussein” Obama used during the ceremony belonged to Abraham Lincoln. He speculated Obama used the Bible simply to cash in on the popularity of Steven Spielberg’s film.
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The comedian was able to take comfort by vowing to redouble his efforts to stop Obama’s agenda, and swearing himself in on a giant stack of Bibles.
“I am re-inaugurating myself as commander in opposing the chief for an historic second term," he said, posing proactively on the pile.
We’ll post video as soon as it becomes available online.
The Colbert Report airs at 11:30 p.m. ET on Comedy Central.
