CNN
By Dan Merica
December 9, 2014
Barack
Obama may be the President of the United States, but for a few minutes
on Monday, he was also Stephen Colbert, outgoing host of "The Colbert
Report."
Obama, who sat down for an interview with Colbert in Washington, surprised the host and took over the taping for a segment.
"You've
been taking a lot of shots at my job, I've decided to take a shot at
yours," Obama said before taking over for Colbert on "The Word," a
segment where Colbert (in this case, Obama)
says a line or two before a witty word or phrases flashes to the right.
"How hard can this be? I am just going to say whatever you were about
to say."
From there, Obama launched into a monologue about Obamacare, congressional Republicans and his last two years in office.
"Nation,"
Obama said, referring to his audience like Colbert does. "As you know,
I, Stephen Colbert, have never cared for our President. That guy is so
arrogant. I bet he talks about himself
in the third person."
After talking about Obamacare, the President asked, "How do you stop something that more and more people are starting to like?"
Next
to Obama flashed "Move it to CBS," a nod to the fact that in two weeks
Colbert will be stepping down from his Comedy Central show to take over
for David Letterman at the "The Late Show"
on CBS.
The President went on to detail how Republicans could stop Obamacare.
"They
could pass a bill repealing Obamacare. But the President still has the
veto and if I know that guy, he is willing to use it," Obama said. "And
let's face it, even if Republicans somehow
did repeal it, they would have to replace it with their own health care
plan. Once they touch it, they own it, and then if anything goes wrong,
suddenly everybody will be complaining about Mitch McConnell-care."
"Walk It Off.gov" then flashed next to the President.
Near the close of the segment, Obama joked, noting that last year's Obamacare rollout was "a little bumpy."
"I think that is where Disney got the idea for Frozen," the President said to laughs.
Obama stayed in character for the end of the segment, too.
"We
will be right back with the leader of the free world," the President
said, looking at his page like he couldn't remember his own name before
adding, "Barack Obama."
Following
a break, Obama and Colbert sat down for a somewhat more traditional
interview, where the President defended his decision to issue an
executive action on immigration reform and the
recent positive jobs report.
"The
economy is growing at a faster rate than it has for years," Colbert
said. "Why didn't you fix the economy before the midterm elections? I
would have done it before the midterms so people
were happy when they voted."
"Actually,
the economy has been on a pretty good run," Obama said, before listing a
number of economic indicators about job creation and growth that his
White House regularly pushes.
"I'll
give it to you. You've employed a lot of people, mostly as secretary of
defense," Colbert said, a crack at the fact that Obama recently parted
ways with his third, Chuck Hagel, and nominated
his fourth, Ash Carter.
On
immigration, Obama said his decision to issue an executive order is
"scrupulously within the law" and something that both Democratic and
Republican presidents have done.
"You
realize you are an emperor now. It has been declared," Colbert joked,
referring to an attack some Republicans used against the President
during his immigration decision. "You are Barackus
Maxamus the First."
Obama seemed to enjoy his time behind "The Colbert Report" desk, too.
"I will say, I felt more powerful behind that desk," Obama said.
Colbert responded with a self-deprecating joke: "With great power comes medium cable ratings."
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