Colbert's 'Prepare Them' Hashtag Mocks Ugly GOP Campaign (VIDEO)

Ugly campaigns are nothing new, yet it seems like every four years we're told that the latest round of nasty attack ads has the potential to damage one party or another. Whether or not the saber-rattling between Newt and Mitt will damage the Republican party remains to be seen, but it's definitely entertaining.

Colbert addressed the campaign-troversy on Wednesday's "Report," showing clips of some particularly pointed ads and robo-calls from each campaign. The host then took Romney on his word that the sparring will only "prepare" the GOP for its ultimate stand-off with Obama in November, taking it upon himself to help them prepare even more with a new hashtag.

Take a look at the full clip above and a slideshow of some of our favorite #preparethem tweets so far below.

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Comments

[SD Charger]

04:43 AM on 02/05/2012

Comb your hair Chris. Colbert is great !! I miss Mr 9 9 9 in the jokes now.

[motoGpifupleez]

05:21 PM on 02/04/2012

Stephen Colbert is the ultimate Republican nightmare. Thank the Stars for Stephen Colbert.

[Shouterguy]

11:15 AM on 02/03/2012

Mitt longs to embrace the poor in a warm safety net.

[mabinog]

06:47 PM on 02/04/2012

and let them sink to the bottom..............

[Frickett]

04:25 PM on 02/08/2012

The poor won't like it any more than the dolphins do.

[DianePVK]

10:34 AM on 02/03/2012

These Republicans (And most Democrats) don't want to pay taxes, they don't want to educate our children, they don't want to ensure job-growth, they don't want to help the less fortunate among us, they don't want to maintain the infrastructure of our country, etc...etc...
But they want to run America?? If they aren't interested in doing anything positive for America then what is their motivation for wanting to be the POTUS??
Hmmmmm......

[Fan Tastic]

02:05 AM on 02/03/2012

gawd this republican circus is pathetic!

[larmarch5]

01:25 AM on 02/03/2012

Ann to Mitt: For cripes sake Mittie, can you stop trying to sing America the Beautiful while they're setting up your teleprompter? People are going to start hating America.

[TwinX]

11:08 AM on 02/03/2012

I love that so much I adapted it for a tweet. :-)

[Joe The Nerd Ferraro]

10:31 PM on 02/02/2012

Was the 1971 movie Willard written with a young Mitt Romney in mind?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067991/

[ArkayMI]

07:30 PM on 02/03/2012

Good catch
"A social misfit," - Check
".. squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father" - Check
"... His only friends are a couple of rats he raised at home" - Needs to be modified as ". His only friends are five brats he raised at home,"

[AChangeIsComing]

10:07 PM on 02/02/2012

Newt's 3rd Wife's favorite song: Clean Up Woman

[AChangeIsComing]

10:06 PM on 02/02/2012

Newt's favorite song: She's Got Papers on Me (by Dimples) #preparethem

[chiles1129]

11:11 PM on 02/04/2012

I would have guessed "50 ways to leave your lover" by Paul Simon

[Conservative PitBull]

10:04 PM on 02/02/2012

When I want to fall asleep I put Colbert on. It really works.

[CTDFalconer]

01:24 AM on 02/03/2012

So you can dream about him or trying subconscious learning?

[southingtonian]

03:02 AM on 02/04/2012

gotta fan you for the sweetest comeback I've seen in some time.

[Frickett]

04:26 PM on 02/08/2012

Double-zing. F/F

[BigFootJesus]

01:28 AM on 02/03/2012

Good for you. (WGAF)

[Sanity Always Prevails]

09:59 PM on 02/02/2012

Am I the only one who thinks that Hulu sucks?

[Si1ver1ock]

10:55 PM on 02/02/2012

It has gone downhill. But that might just be television generally.

[lakat]

09:37 PM on 02/02/2012

That is a funny guy with the power to change things! Awesome! Love you, Colbert!

[Shouterguy]

10:55 AM on 02/03/2012

x2

[Janzee12000]

09:29 PM on 02/02/2012

Sometimes truthiness hurts...

/not really

[salamanca1]

08:50 PM on 02/02/2012

Choosing between Newt and Mitt is like choosing between a sharp stick in the eye and a sharp stick in the b#tt.

[OBAMAMOI]

08:23 AM on 02/03/2012

I’ll stick with the latter at least you can sit on it!

[salamanca1]

08:49 PM on 02/02/2012

Brilliant as always.