I haven't had much time to blog lately because I've been burning the candle at both ends these past couple of weeks, but I did happen to catch The Daily Show last night and witnessed what I believe is one of Jon Stewart's best segments in the history of the show.
Chaos on Bullshit Mountain. Grab your popcorn and enjoy.
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Possibly Jon Stewart's Best Segment Ever
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Jon Stewart on "You Didn't Built That"
"I've been listening to and involved in this argument since the beginning. You didn't built THAT. "THAT" was in reference to infrastructure, specifically roads and bridges in this particular case. I had a Twitterfight, if you will, on this subject over the course of an entire day with someone who refused to believe the facts when presented to them; shrugged off the fact checkers and journalists who correctly identified that this wasn't a gaffe, it was a quote taken out of context. Yes, sometimes we speak inartfully and sometimes we even talk about two things simultaneously which may cause confusion, especially when reading a transcript.
Enter Jon Stewart, who dissects the situation and as usual, sticks it to the propagandists. You know, because the truth has a liberal bias.
Now the Obama campaign has already put out an ad basically doing the same thing, but with what I believe is a muddled message because of the dual "will say anything" / "actually agrees with the President" juxtaposition. They should have kept it simple.
I would suggest to the Obama campaign that they immediately hire Stewart's editor, and pay him/her whatever they want to construct their commercials because that last 30 seconds is gold.
(Cross-posted at ABLC)
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Socialist Jon Stewart is Back!
After a two week hiatus, The Daily Show came back with guns blazing! Enjoy.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Bro-Choice. CLASSIC!
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Stewart Weighs In on Contraception Issue
Jon Stewart came back from vacation with guns blazing regarding the whole contraception debacle, and in regards to the previous post by JHW22, I'd thought I'd add it here. Brilliant.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Bret Baier on The Daily Show
Charles Krauthammer is brilliant. Roger Ailes is a genius. These are just a couple of gems uttered by Fox News journalist Bret Baier on The Daily Show. To Stewart's credit, he does acknowledge that there are some serious journalists that work for Fox News, but doesn't understand how Baier cannot see the conservative slant that permeates the news shows when they are surrounded by wingnut opinion. My guess is that Baier knows it's there, but chooses not to see it.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Morons and Friends (Fake DNA Edition)
Come on! This is too easy. Do I have to say it? DO I HAVE TO SAY IT?!
Saturday, February 26, 2011
The Rumsfeld Interviews
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has been doing the book circuit to sell his new memoir, Known and Unknown, and made a stop along the way to The Daily Show for a sit down interview with Jon Stewart.
I knew I wouldn't be home in time, so I recorded it and watched it the next day. And I have to say that initially I was disappointed. I had hoped Stewart would be a little more forceful with Rumsfeld and a little less deferential. It was incredibly frustrating listening to Rumsfeld's hemming and hawing about an exact word or phrasing of a question before answering it. And doubly frustrating to have Stewart stop, take a moment to regroup and rephrase in order to get through to an attempt at an answer.
But after letting it sit for a couple of days, I watched the complete, unedited interview posted on Comedy Central and have changed my mind about my overall take. I watched and listened intently to the questions and answers and I have to give Stewart credit for A) asking some tough questions and B) being incredibly patient under the circumstances. In hindsight, I'm glad that it was a serious interview and there wasn't crosstalk that you might find in, oh, I don't know, an Obama/Bill O'Reilly interview. Showing respect while disagreeing with someone is much harder than blustering over an answer you don't want to hear, and that's the last thing I want to see from a Stewart interview.
I also have to give credit to Donald Rumsfeld for having the guts to go out and expose himself. Yes, I know he's doing it to sell books, but kudos for not taking the safe route and remaining in friendlier confines like Sean Hannity's studio or Fox and Friends. And although some, including myself, may not like his answers, at least he's not in hiding like his incurious, lazy former boss. I also came to the realization that the reason Rumsfeld would object to certain ways questions were framed was because he's conditioned himself over his incredibly long career to prevent from falling into "gotcha" traps, whether it's a soundbite trap or not. He's not going to answer a question that, in his mind, he doesn't think is fairly phrased.
My overall opinion is that Rumsfeld, although taking responsibility as he must in his former position, is still too easily passing the buck on the faulty intelligence on which they relied. And while history shows that there was a run up to the Iraq War that, as Stewart says, was "arrogant in it's certainty," I think he sincerely believes that the decisions made weren't in haste, that there was a lot of effort of forethought, but he can't connect the forethought with the lack of followthrough as a mistake.
Here's the entire interview. You can judge for yourself.
Here, on the other hand, is Rumsfeld calling in to the Opie and Anthony Show to whore his book. Comedian Louis C.K. (one of my favorites) is a guest host (my assumption) and throws respect out the window immediately, asking Rumsfeld about the rumors that he and Dick Cheney are "alien lizards who eat human flesh" and would he take the opportunity now to deny that. He also asked, "How many guys do you think you've met that have died by hanging?"
Through it all, Rumsfeld kept a good natured sense, but he deserved this kind of treatment for being naive enough to go on this particular radio show. Some appearances aren't worth it and if I were him, I would fire his agent or publicist. Enjoy!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Jon Stewart's Back!
... And he's setting his sights on John McCain. An instant classic.
Let's All Stand on John McCain's Lawn
Thursday, October 28, 2010
President Obama: The Daily Show Interview
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
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| Barack Obama Pt. 2 | ||||
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| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Barack Obama Pt. 3 | ||||
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Set Your DVRs!
President Obama is the guest for a full half hour of The Daily Show tonight. Check your local listings for time.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Eric Cantor Interviewed on The Daily Show
Kudos to Cantor for going on and thinking he could get one over on Jon Stewart. Yes, Stewart let him get away with the occasional GOP talking point here or there, but there was a larger issue that loomed, namely the hyperbolic rhetoric coming from both sides, and was discussed in the extended interview. Of course Cantor thought it was just a book plug, and who does he think is going to buy his book in that audience?
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Eric Cantor | ||||
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| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Exclusive - Eric Cantor Extended Interview Pt. 1 | ||||
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| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Exclusive - Eric Cantor Extended Interview Pt. 2 | ||||
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Friday, August 27, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
The Stupidest Member of Congress
Michele Bachmann? Virginia Foxx? Steve King?... Patrick McHenry?...
...uh... John McCain?...
BEHOLD! Louie Gohmert!
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Stewart and the Ground Zero Mosque
Funny that I would comment on the compromisers and nutbags of the sort-of-near-Ground-Zero-Mosque-but-not really-at-Ground-Zero ridiculousness and the Daily Show would cover it just minutes later. I've got my finger on the pulse, people!
Anyway, they do it a lot better.
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