Why Jon Stewart can't stop talking about Ron Paul

[ExPatPaki]

CEO of Showbiz trying to cause division.

President Leibowitz knows how to play the game, or else he would have never reach the position of President. Same for vice-president Colbert.

He could say the same about Palin...but that is the main target, the Third Wave Christian.

Dude, I really want the drugs you are taking.

 

[Acala]

Actually, if Ron Paul was president and if he would make his policy to put in prison every soldier of the "Brave New World"...Jon Stewart would be one of the first to go and 99% of the "entertainment class" would follow him...including many of your "heroes" of comedy, music, tv, movies, etc.

Hahahahaha. I don't think I have heard anything to suggest that Dr. Paul has bought into this strange fantasy of yours.

 

[BuddyRey]

Actually, if Ron Paul was president and if he would make his policy to put in prison every soldier of the "Brave New World"...Jon Stewart would be one of the first to go and 99% of the "entertainment class" would follow him...including many of your "heroes" of comedy, music, tv, movies, etc.

I'm not sure I understand. I know Jon Stewart's a liberal, and clueless about a lot of things. But what has he done that would warrant imprisonment?

 

[00_Pete]

Neither could possibly be against Dr. Paul's consistency, so are you saying that just the mere fact that Jon Stewart would say something nice about Dr. Paul will drive a wedge between libertarians and conservatives? Could you outline the basis of this hypothetical rift?

I'm not talking about Jon Stewart specifically, my fault for not making this clear. The Establishment knows that there are some tensions between the Libertarians and Conservatives and they are going to explore them to the max. Wouldn't you do the same if you were in their place?

Go to the Daily Show website, watch the (fake/staged) interviews with Obama and feel the "love".

 

[Acala]

I'm not talking about Jon Stewart specifically, my fault for not making this clear.

This thread was kinda like all about Jon Stewart and his comment about Ron Paul. So your critique of Jon Stewart's comment about Ron Paul wasn't really about Jon Stewart?

 

[00_Pete]

Dude, I really want the drugs you are taking.

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are running show business behind the desks of their little cable TV shows.

Sounds insane? That's the beauty of it

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-october-20-2005/the-rock

"...they call you Big John"
(studio explodes into laughter)
"Settle down settle down"

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/102825/september-18-2007/susan-sarandon

"...what a surprise to find you here."
"Imagine my surprise!"
"Ohh really you didnt know where the limo was taking you?"
"Noooo (nervous laughter)"

You would wish i was on drugs

 

[amy31416]

I'm implying that she couldn't say "I'm against the bailouts" and you know it, you just want to pick on her so, like anyone else to wants to pick on someone else, you use anything you can find to pick on her.

Why not? Ron Paul says that, along with every other alleged conservative. It's quite the popular conservative position.

When someone puts themselves out there like a politician does, to not criticize them for legitimate bullshit because someone else thinks you're "picking on them" is a giant load of poo.

She could have had the fortitude to say that she was against them, if she was. She failed.

 

[CasualApathy]

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are running show business behind the desks of their little cable TV shows.

Sounds insane? That's the beauty of it

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-october-20-2005/the-rock

"...they call you Big John"
(studio explodes into laughter)
"Settle down settle down"

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/102825/september-18-2007/susan-sarandon

"...what a surprise to find you here."
"Imagine my surprise!"
"Ohh really you didnt know where the limo was taking you?"
"Noooo (nervous laughter)"

You would wish i was on drugs

So... your links have no relation to the quotes below them... what's the point?

 

[jmdrake]

No sorry. She is just being the "vice presidential candidate", she is not saying "hurray for bailouts" she in fact guides the conversation towards smaller government. She couldnt say "I HATE THIS BAILOUTS" and you know it.

Not even Jon Stewart would use that as an example of contradictions and double talk.

Find something else...

You have an odd definition of double talk. Mine is "Someone obviously lies for political expediency". Sarah Palin lying about supporting bailouts because she was the VP candidate fits the obvious definition. And as someone else pointed out there was the bridge to nowhere that she was "against" before she was "for". (Or was she for it before she was against it?)

I don't give her a pass just because she was John McCain's running mate. She could have declined. Or she could have said "We don't agree on everything and that's okay because I agree with him on 90% of things". Really that would have helped John McCain's campaign because people would have decided that she was a woman of integrity instead of a babbling idiot who thought bailouts created healthcare and jobs. I'm not saying she is a babbling idiot. But she certainly sounded like one in that interview.

 

[John of Des Moines]

As to the on going argument Sarah Palin ...

Call me silly but I don't trust anybody who meets on the floor of the Republican Convention an internationally wanted criminal:

.

Oh sure some will claim it's easy to be introduced to an internationally wanted criminal once but answer how she met with said criminal a second time with a smile on her face:

and when the meeting ended she gave this war criminal a nice hug:

.

Anybody who trusts Palin is seriously naive or has like her gave in to the globalist scum.

 

[affa]

How has Palin been consistent? She's so anti-establishment she accepted John McCain's VP offer? Not buying it.

Good for Jon Stewart. It's a comedy show; anyone who takes it as gospel, or even takes it seriously, is probably not an intelligent person. I think the show is good for casually bringing up Paul's name or indeed pointing out media bias - but it leaves it up to the viewer to draw his or her own conclusions about the topic being discussed. It's not "serious political commentary" like the other talking heads on television.

There is a ton of serious political commentary on The Daily Show. Not just criticism, but straight up commentary. In addition, while he softballs some interviews, he hardballs others.

 

[AJ187]

We should really tweet this. It's a good article regardless of what you think of Stewart.

 

[Slutter McGee]

Actually, if Ron Paul was president and if he would make his policy to put in prison every soldier of the "Brave New World"...Jon Stewart would be one of the first to go and 99% of the "entertainment class" would follow him...including many of your "heroes" of comedy, music, tv, movies, etc.

HAHAHA. you are back huh. wonderful. just fucking wonderful.

Slutter McGee

 

[ONUV]

Stewart isn't much of an ally in getting Ron Paul the nomination.

 

[00_Pete]

As to the on going argument Sarah Palin ...

Call me silly but I don't trust anybody who meets on the floor of the Republican Convention an internationally wanted criminal:

.

Oh sure some will claim it's easy to be introduced to an internationally wanted criminal once but answer how she met with said criminal a second time with a smile on her face:

and when the meeting ended she gave this war criminal a nice hug:

.

Anybody who trusts Palin is seriously naive or has like her gave in to the globalist scum.

Ron Paul the Baby Killer/Militarist/Imperialist

Ron Paul the Commie/Ecofacist

Don't worry about her, she knows exactly who Kissinger is. In fact, i suspect that she could lecture Ron Paul on Kissinger because, according to my estimations, Ron Paul, despite having almost all the right ideas, somewhat lost the plot on the Conspiracy.



"blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda...most americans dont want to put up with the Blue Bloods and i say this with all respect blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda"

Very much like Ron Paul saying there was nothing wrong with 9/11...sometimes you just have to "yadda yadda yadda blah blah blah" so get somewhere...

 

[00_Pete]

There is a ton of serious political commentary on The Daily Show. Not just criticism, but straight up commentary. In addition, while he softballs some interviews, he hardballs others.

Just search his interview with all the neocons, the ONLY one he goes hardball is Bill Kristol (the loser), the others?? It's a love fest...

He IS and WANTS to be a serious political figure, he just uses the "clown nose on/clown nose off" according to what suits him.

Things going well? Clown nose off...
Things going not-so-well? Clown nose on (ohhh im just a comedian on the Comedy Central duuuude!)

 

[amy31416]

Pete, you crazy weasel!

Ron Paul has a record of sticking to his principles and criticizing those in power, even when he's once worked with them (Reagan). He's also shown that he's willing to work with people he's almost the polar opposite of (Kucinich, Sanders, Nader, etc.) when they are on the right side of things, like ending the Fed and ending the wars.

You can NOT compare that with Palin, who will change her opinion because it's politically expedient.

P.S. Sarah Palin will never love you.

 

[affa]

Just search his interview with all the neocons, the ONLY one he goes hardball is Bill Kristol (the loser), the others?? It's a love fest...

He IS and WANTS to be a serious political figure, he just uses the "clown nose on/clown nose off" according to what suits him.

Things going well? Clown nose off...
Things going not-so-well? Clown nose on (ohhh im just a comedian on the Comedy Central duuuude!)

I don't need to 'search' and watch a couple clips, I actually watch the show. It's always a difficult guess whether he'll play hardball or softball; he'll have someone one he vehemently disagrees with and talk about their suit for the entire interview, or... ask them hard questions. But the interviews aren't even the main segment of his show.

Obviously he uses the 'clown nose' on and off; that's no different than anyone else. Every television personality has various personas - the agreeable one, the angry one, the this one, the that one, and use them when it fits. We all do that. Jon Stewart just happens to be a ... wait for it... comedian. That in no way undermines his ability to critical think, and in fact, he can often get away with much harsher criticism under the cover of humor than he would be able to otherwise. The recent skit with John Oliver as the Dodd-Frank act, for example, had much more informative and critical content than any mainstream outlet I know of:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-july-28-2011/dodd-frank-update

I don't agree with quite a bit of Stewart's politics, but to dismiss him as a valid source of information simply because he leans liberal and is a comedian is a mistake. He brings more truth to the table than any other show I can think of. And yea, he sometimes misframes an issue, or comes out on the wrong side, but I don't expect to agree with anyone one hundred percent of the time, and that I don't isn't a criticism.

 

[dannno]

Banned

Very much like Ron Paul saying there was nothing wrong with 9/11...sometimes you just have to "yadda yadda yadda blah blah blah" so get somewhere...

Well, there ya go.