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Related: About this forumRolling Stone: Watch Colbert Imitate Bernie Sanders Complaining About ATM Fees
http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/watch-colbert-imitate-bernie-sanders-complaining-about-atm-fees-20160107
'Late Show' host delivers laundry list of Sanders-styled annoyances during hilarious bit
BY RYAN REED January 7, 2016
Stephen Colbert delivered a spot-on Bernie Sanders impression during a 'Late Show' bit about ATM fees
Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign has focused on fixing America's big problems: income and wealth inequality, the high cost of college tuition, climate change. Now the Democratic Socialist is taking aim at a more everyday problem: outrageous ATM fees. Stephen Colbert poked fun at the senator's latest platform in a hilarious Late Show bit on Wednesday, impersonating Sanders as he rails against all his personal annoyances.
Noting that "Americans have stopped 'Feeling the Bern' and are now feeling more of a mild chafing sensation," Colbert cuts to a clip from a January 5th Sanders rally, where he tells the audience, "Americans are paying four or five dollars in fees every time they go to the ATM." Channeling the Senator's flat, no-nonsense delivery, Colbert outlines what injustices he could target next.
"In my view, supermarket receipts are too long," he says. "There are too many coupons for the things I don't want. I don't even use Nivea. In my view, you should not put my cup of coffee in a plastic bag. It's just gonna tilt and spill out, then I'm stuck with a hot, wet bag."
The host emphasizes that Sanders' original gripe is justified, noting, "The average fee for using an out-of-network ATM is now $4.50 Last year, service and ATM fees made the banks $34 billion. But it's fair because just like you, when they withdraw that $34 billion, they have to pay a $4.50 fee."
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Rolling Stone: Watch Colbert Imitate Bernie Sanders Complaining About ATM Fees (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
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tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)1. That was funny.
He did a good job.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)3. There are so many ways to get money that does exclude the ATM
Most places will allow cash back when you purchase something. It's been almost a year since I have gone to an ATM.
MeNMyVolt
(1,095 posts)2. That was great! He really has the voice down.