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Jon Stewart Reveals Contents Of Obama's "Extraordinary Bag Of Gifts"

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Garth Johnston

Published Nov 16, 2012

Modified Nov 16, 2012

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Garth Johnston

Published Nov 16, 2012

Modified Nov 16, 2012

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With the Presidential election finally over, we were all ready to not have to talk about Mitt Romney ever again. But then the Republican presidential candidate went from a graceful concession speech giver to the sorest loser, complaining about all those policy "gifts" he felt that Obama had given out to win the election. Now, thanks to Jon Stewart and The Daily Show, we know exactly what was in that "extraordinary bag of gifts"—though we're a little sad that all we got from Obama over the election season was an endless stream of e-mails asking for donations.

Anyway, what was in Obama's 2012 big bag o' 'lection winnin'? It's better you see for yourself. But from the sounds of it, poor Lena Dunham must have spent a lot of her inter-season Girls hiatus chastising masturbating hipsters across the nation:

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