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In reply to the discussion: Jon Stewart carrying water for the GOP yet again. [View all]closeupready
(29,503 posts)81. LOL - people here love him/hate him. He's a younger Ralph Nader
as far as I'm concerned, not funny and this doesn't surprise me whatsoever. If Democrats win, he'll complain; if they don't, he'll complain. That's his schtick, and it's made him rich.
As for me, I can't be bothered.
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i dont mind when he gets it right. he had the other day, obama didnt have UN meeting cause he was
seabeyond
Oct 2012
#18
Well either they don't know what the hell is going on or they are not being forthcoming.
dkf
Oct 2012
#137
He brought up the point about terrorist attack vs attack due to anti-muslim video
Laura PourMeADrink
Oct 2012
#36
I took it that he was calling them out as kind of a "Wake up...don't blow this thing" by having
Laura PourMeADrink
Oct 2012
#76
see, I was only half watching. Yes, I totally agree with you. Stewart is a liberal. why
Laura PourMeADrink
Oct 2012
#182
"I wouldn't care if Stewart hits the Dems 10x as many times he hits the Rs."
NCTraveler
Oct 2012
#107
Please explain the journalistic editorial standards that a comedy show needs to meet...
TeamPooka
Oct 2012
#8
So you have no problem with anything Rush has said over the last 20 years
One of the 99
Oct 2012
#24
He may sometimes say things I disagree with. but at least he is comprehensible.
CBGLuthier
Oct 2012
#17
Do you know why there were no stand-up comics in the old Soviet Union?
Jeff In Milwaukee
Oct 2012
#19
There was a really good article on The Baffler about why Stewart and Colbert suck...
ghostsofgiants
Oct 2012
#21
Yeah, this "agree with me in every particular or you're my enemy" thing is ridiculous. (nt)
Posteritatis
Oct 2012
#80
Jon is uninformed at times. In his effort to paint both sides as equally reprehensible, he tends to
Liberal_Stalwart71
Oct 2012
#56
What he was wieghing in on was the inability of the admin to get on the same page.
Marrah_G
Oct 2012
#203
Jon Stewart is a comedian. Regardless where his political affinity lies, he is on tv
Arkansas Granny
Oct 2012
#86
And in the immortal words of Monty Python, I fart in your general direction
DainBramaged
Oct 2012
#159
R#13 & K for, the O.P. is absolutely correct. Jon lost me when he copied the BecKKK rally
UTUSN
Oct 2012
#184
the heady weight, the force of philosophy, the dubious inconsistencies...
LanternWaste
Oct 2012
#196
Relax, people. The election is almost over. Focus on voting and counting votes. n/t
porphyrian
Oct 2012
#197
I think he gets paid too much to carry his own water, let alone anyone else's.
porphyrian
Oct 2012
#231