Here's where I would say Jon Stewart dropped the ball...

[DaveinJapan]

At the risk of starting yet a new topic, I'm not sure I've read this commented on...it struck me as salient though.

He was talking to Rachel about Code Pink, and how she and/or MSNBC took that seriously while ridiculing the whole townhall teabag thing.

Well, he's wrong. Code Pink has a clear message and YES they're extreme in their approach but it makes sense.

The whole teabag phenomenon, I think, Stewart is claiming MSNBC should've taken more seriously.

Fuck that.

There have been PLENTY of times in history when large groups (heck, even near 50 percent of the population or worse) have been on the wrong end of justice, not to mention rationality.

WHY should the teabag thing have been taken seriously by MSNBC? Were they rational to begin with? Lower taxes? (when tax rates are historically low to begin with) Was there any other point (other than I hate Obama and I hate Democrats and I'm angry so my Bush vote didn't matter, see!)?

I think this is the issue at hand. YES, they took an election this time...bigtime...but was their cause a rational or reasonable one? DID they deserve to be taken seriously?

I say no.