The Colbert Report's Best 2012 GOP Contender Moments

Unfortunately, all of these phenomenal American heroes cannot be elected president in 2012, so we, as a nation, will have to choose which one will have the honor of shaming Barack Obama out of office and shipping him back to his native Kenyistan. Hopefully, this collection of clips will come in handy as we face the hardest decision of our lives…

Mitt Romney

More contenders after the jump.

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Sarah Palin

Mike Huckabee

Newt Gingrich

Rudy Giuliani

Gary E. Johnson

Ron Paul

Joe Arpaio

Scott Brown

Rick Santorum

Bobby Jindal

Rick Perry

Chris Christie

David Petraeus

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