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Jon Stewart is spot on. (Original Post) kpete Feb 2024 OP
If ever there was a mile drop, this is it! Dustlawyer Feb 2024 #1
Yes Rebl2 Feb 2024 #3
Jon Stewart is a strong voice for democracy. I don't agree with him on every issue (99.1%) but he speaks the truth. usaf-vet Feb 2024 #23
You are absolutely right, usaf-vet. jaxexpat Feb 2024 #44
I totally agree. Together, we make a cogent argument about why Biden is, at this time and in this environment....... usaf-vet Feb 2024 #45
"mic drop" .. but yes krkaufman Feb 2024 #24
I saw this interview last year. SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2024 #38
Audience response added SoFlaBro Feb 2024 #42
Spot on underpants Feb 2024 #2
Jon's back. Welcome back, Jon. Hekate Feb 2024 #4
Old clip krkaufman Feb 2024 #25
Vintage Jon, then Hekate Feb 2024 #32
How would I copy this to post it to run directly on Facebook? Baitball Blogger Feb 2024 #5
Right click on it and choose " copy video address " KS Toronado Feb 2024 #7
thank you! Baitball Blogger Feb 2024 #9
here's the longer interview that finishes with this exchange. SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2024 #39
Post removed Post removed Feb 2024 #6
K&R spanone Feb 2024 #8
Perfect! Bumbles Feb 2024 #10
Whoop!!!! Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #11
I Wish This Guy Would Run for POTUS modrepub Feb 2024 #12
At least John is brilliant. onecaliberal Feb 2024 #13
Ukraine likes their comedian. tazkcmo Feb 2024 #30
Zelensky came from showbiz himself, after his Poli Sci degree Hekate Feb 2024 #33
Zelenskyy certainly demonstrates just how good a President a comedian can be. soldierant Feb 2024 #37
Welcome back Jon! patphil Feb 2024 #14
Bad data krkaufman Feb 2024 #26
Oh. patphil Feb 2024 #29
Still relevant and powerful. tazkcmo Feb 2024 #31
He nailed the bigger hypocracy Berksh Feb 2024 #15
I had written him off after that first episode of the Daily Show but he has redeemed himself by the third one kimbutgar Feb 2024 #16
(not with the above clip) krkaufman Feb 2024 #27
I work in schools and have done active shooter drills gun violence is the leading cause of death of children in this kimbutgar Feb 2024 #28
Love It! DET Feb 2024 #17
Those assholes, with their unkempt facial hair Warpy Feb 2024 #18
AMEN!!! ificandream Feb 2024 #19
Republican CONDONED child murder plain and simple... Yell it from the roof tops. When ever the subject mitch96 Feb 2024 #20
Thank you for posting Upthevibe Feb 2024 #21
Damn, I wish everyone would see this, it should be required watching. lark Feb 2024 #22
I don't recognize the gentleman Conjuay Feb 2024 #34
I hope he has Biden's Back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! texasfiddler Feb 2024 #35
K and R for all to see...Great Post ...kpete! Stuart G Feb 2024 #36
K&R HAB911 Feb 2024 #40
ding ding ding ding ding AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #41
and just 2 weeks ago, he was getting railed on around here... Chakaconcarne Feb 2024 #43

usaf-vet

(6,371 posts)
23. Jon Stewart is a strong voice for democracy. I don't agree with him on every issue (99.1%) but he speaks the truth.
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 03:18 PM
Feb 2024

I'm glad he is on our side and not actively supporting the GQP agenda. He is getting unnecessary bad vibes because he compared Biden and Trump (otherism).

He will be on Biden's side until election day when push comes to shove. As the time nears to vote, I think his support will be seen and welcomed and make a difference in the final tallies.

If the truth were known, some of us would have liked to see a younger candidate with Biden's long-term political experience and savvy. But in a choice between Biden and tfg, any sane non-cultist will vote for Biden.

Nothing, no slip of the tongue, no pausing to get the right word out, no slow walking or other occasional 'gaffe' will make me see tfg as even being in the same league with Biden.

Trump is a clear and present danger to all Americans.

Biden can continue to lead this country in the right direction for all Americans.

jaxexpat

(7,058 posts)
44. You are absolutely right, usaf-vet.
Wed Feb 28, 2024, 11:39 AM
Feb 2024

"....in a choice between Biden and tfg, any sane non-cultist will vote for Biden." That is the political calculation that Biden's administration made when they chose to have him run again in 2024 instead of his initial pledge/plan, "4 years and retire". In 2020, I don't think they ever seriously considered Trump would even run or stand a chance of winning in 2024, but when the reality of the "chances and stakes" of a second term Trump hit home every means to bring in the votes outweighed the hope of returning to an American electoral normalcy.

I think they gave the GOP more credit than it has earned. Even going so far as to allow delaying Trump' s prosecution for actionable felonies as a token of and for the purpose of detent and space to heal a troubled democracy. Miscalculations made in the hope of a reasonable reconciliation of power politics and industrial level political crime. This is "new wave" society in a poorly oxygenated atmosphere. Dumb looks normal. We didn't evolve to thrive in this environment.

usaf-vet

(6,371 posts)
45. I totally agree. Together, we make a cogent argument about why Biden is, at this time and in this environment.......
Wed Feb 28, 2024, 01:03 PM
Feb 2024

....... the ONLY sane choice.

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,304 posts)
38. I saw this interview last year.
Wed Feb 28, 2024, 02:47 AM
Feb 2024

I think it's from the Apple+TV show. It's had an audience response added though.

Baitball Blogger

(46,953 posts)
5. How would I copy this to post it to run directly on Facebook?
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 12:51 PM
Feb 2024

I can only do it with a share link from Twitter, but I doubt many will bother to follow the link.

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,304 posts)
39. here's the longer interview that finishes with this exchange.
Wed Feb 28, 2024, 03:05 AM
Feb 2024


There are several rebuttals on YouTube to the clear knockout by JS.

Response to kpete (Original post)

tazkcmo

(7,320 posts)
30. Ukraine likes their comedian.
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 05:25 PM
Feb 2024

Turns out he's smart,as are most good comedians, and as a bonus he's a pretty damn good leader.

I'd take John Stewart for my Senator but not my President yet. Unlike President Zelensky, Stewart is lacking leadership skills. Some of those he can learn as a Senator. Some you just have.

patphil

(6,354 posts)
14. Welcome back Jon!
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 02:12 PM
Feb 2024

After his first show, I wasn't sure if the old Jon Stewart was going to show up.
And now here he is!

tazkcmo

(7,320 posts)
31. Still relevant and powerful.
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 05:29 PM
Feb 2024

Certainly not "bad data". The clip is from just under a year ago and neither the original poster or the DU poster presented the clip as recent. Also, even if the clip was 10 years old, it's relevant today.

 

Berksh

(11 posts)
15. He nailed the bigger hypocracy
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 02:13 PM
Feb 2024

That same statement can be used on women's rights, Healthcare, Corporate regulation and everything else.

kimbutgar

(21,502 posts)
16. I had written him off after that first episode of the Daily Show but he has redeemed himself by the third one
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 02:27 PM
Feb 2024

kimbutgar

(21,502 posts)
28. I work in schools and have done active shooter drills gun violence is the leading cause of death of children in this
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 04:32 PM
Feb 2024

Country

https://giffords.org/lawcenter/gun-violence-statistics/

Guns are the largest cause of death of children under 18. The next is Motor vehicle crashes.

DET

(1,390 posts)
17. Love It!
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 02:37 PM
Feb 2024

I wish more Democratic politicians would talk like this - boldly, factually, to the point. This gets your attention. Enough of the ‘my esteemed [traitorous] colleague from the wonderful state of [some shithole]…’. We need to forcefully call out Republican hypocrisy and hammer people with the truth.

Warpy

(111,803 posts)
18. Those assholes, with their unkempt facial hair
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 02:46 PM
Feb 2024

are looking more like the Taliban every single day.

I have no problem with right wing Christians who refuse to let their children go to dray storytelling hour at the library.

I have a HUGE problem when they start wanting to put this into law, telling the rest of us what to do.

These people need to be stopped, voted out, and relegated to their wingnut churches. They get to piss and moan, they get to picket. They do NOT get to infringe on the rights of anyone else by forcing their insane dogma into law.

mitch96

(14,026 posts)
20. Republican CONDONED child murder plain and simple... Yell it from the roof tops. When ever the subject
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 02:56 PM
Feb 2024

is brought up, always Always ALWAYS SAY REPUBLICAN CONDONED CHILD MURDER...
m

Upthevibe

(8,235 posts)
21. Thank you for posting
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 02:57 PM
Feb 2024

this.

We have a lot of material we can campaign on in all the races! We need to advertise on ALL channels and need to have specific ads for the particular viewership.

lark

(23,361 posts)
22. Damn, I wish everyone would see this, it should be required watching.
Tue Feb 27, 2024, 03:02 PM
Feb 2024

R's love the killing because less of us and more of them. They put their kids in pricey private schools where no one can enter without going thru screening because they know they are at risk and other kids dying is totally fine with them, so nothing gets done to stop this. Oh yeah, they also get a lot of money from gun groups, no surprise.

Chakaconcarne

(2,501 posts)
43. and just 2 weeks ago, he was getting railed on around here...
Wed Feb 28, 2024, 11:21 AM
Feb 2024

Big picture, people.

He's totally on our side and it's okay to permit him to speak his mind and not like it.

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