Colbert Goes After Obama For ‘Jedi Mind Meld’ Flub, Not Taking Sequester Blame ‘Like A Man’

Given our government’s inability to accomplish much, the so-called sequester is upon us — and on Monday night, Stephen Colbert took a closer look at the politics surrounding Washington’s new “diet.” When it comes to pointing fingers, he noted, President Obama can’t manage to take the blame “like a man.”

“If we don’t cut expensive things like Head Start, childhood nutrition programs, teachers, and student loans,” Colbert asked, “what sort of future are we leaving for our children?”

Austerity works! Look at Europe, he added: Most of those countries still exist. But everyone insists on playing the blame game. “I blame Obama for that,” Colbert quipped. “Because this man will not take that blame like a man.”

Cue the “Jedi mind meld” quote. This is “Ben-Kenobi-gate,” Colbert asserted with outrage, diving into a pool of sci-fi references he said the president wouldn’t know. But there’s a silver lining: This “sci-fi flub” should be the GOP’s gain.

“After all,” he said, “Republicans and nerds have so much in common. They both in fantasy worlds and have no idea how to related to women.”

Take a look, via Comedy Central:

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