Jon Stewart was born to bash Obama

[Karin]

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Fumesucker  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jun-22-10 07:43 PM
Original message
Salon: Jon Stewart was born to bash Obama
 A lot of you are going to *hate* this article, if you think you will I suggest you not read it..

http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/feature/2010/06/2...

Throughout 2008, "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart assured reporters -- and viewers -- that even though he admired Obama, if the man revealed himself as less than advertised, he'd whip out the long knives just like he did when W. ran things. We had little reason to believe him, since he'd hit his stride with a Republican in the White House.
 

Fumesucker  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jun-22-10 08:12 PM
Response to Reply #2
6. Jon Stewart was a DU god when he was punking Dubya..
 Now opinions are much more divided..

It's been amusing watching the recs go up and down like a yo-yo on this OP.

jgraz  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jun-22-10 09:02 PM
Response to Reply #18
23. * cricket noise * cricket noise * cricket noise * cricket noise * cricket noise *

  jgraz has left the building, and is gnocci at OET.

Grinchie (1000+ posts)      Wed Jun-23-10 02:40 PM
Response to Reply #107
242. Too bad I crossed the line and got censored...
 Sure would have been nice if the admin that deleted my message to have the courtesy to explain the reason why...

I guess the Subject Line "Campaign Obama vs President Obama" was too inflammatory...

Personally, I don't think it is, but apparently the moderators do. So it goes.

 

Fumesucker  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jun-22-10 08:22 PM
Response to Reply #15
17. Interesting how Stewart uses Obama's own video clips to show his lack of candor..
 That must be soooo difficult..

  This guy's on thin ice.

Incitatus  (1000+ posts)      Wed Jun-23-10 02:30 AM
Response to Reply #37
99. LOL
 Some of the funniest and most ridiculous shit posted on the Internet can be found right here on DU.

kenny blankenship (1000+ posts)      Tue Jun-22-10 08:11 PM
Response to Original message
5. Is Stewart on the banned sources list yet? 

   Fumesucker  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jun-22-10 08:13 PM
Response to Reply #5
7. I figure this OP ought to do the trick..

chimpymustgo  (1000+ posts)      Tue Jun-22-10 09:18 PM
Response to Reply #9
28. Stewart skewers liars and hypocrites. Obama should stop giving him so much ammo.

Hannah Bell (1000+ posts)        Tue Jun-22-10 10:09 PM
Response to Reply #22
43. and that's why most right wing comedians aren't generally good political comics --
 they can't dish it out to their own guys, they have to lie -- & they can't dish it out to the left on truthful grounds (cause the main reason left-pols fail is by going right), so they really have nothing to say about politics but made-up stuff.

  How insightful and profound.   

In response to something shoved under the rug:

Luminous Animal  (1000+ posts)      Tue Jun-22-10 09:50 PM
Response to Reply #33
35. Why? Which rule was broken?

Mithreal  (1000+ posts)      Tue Jun-22-10 10:28 PM
Response to Reply #35
48. Only all of them

   

JDPriestly  (1000+ posts)        Wed Jun-23-10 12:29 AM
Response to Original message
77. Let's hope that Obama is watching Jon Stewart because
 Jon Stewart wins hearts and minds and represents those of us who are the liberal activists in the party. We go out and talk to voters. No Democratic president can go far without us.
 

[Revolution]

Radical Activist  (1000+ posts)        Wed Jun-23-10 03:00 AM
Response to Reply #18
105. None of those are the same as they were under Bush.
 Obama changed policies in each of those areas in ways that Stewart didn't mention.

Yes, Obama needs to do more and he deserves the criticism on civil liberties issues. But anyone who thinks that things haven't improved needs to do a little more research. 

This guy's a piece of...work. He's wrong on basically ever point he states. The only thing kind of right is that Obama certainly has changed a lot of policies. For the worse.

Anyone who thinks things have improved unter The Messiah is a ninconpoop at best.

The fact that RA sports a Che avy show me that he deserves a far more degrading, and insulting word to describe him.

[Ballygrl]

Fumesucker  (1000+ posts)          Tue Jun-22-10 08:12 PM
Response to Reply #2
6. Jon Stewart was a DU god when he was punking Dubya..
   Now opinions are much more divided..

It's been amusing watching the recs go up and down like a yo-yo on this OP.

I remember during the election lefties telling me how much they loved Jon Stewart, wasn't a fan of his then and not a fan now, and I can guess how they feel about Stewart no by looking at some of the posts in that thread.

[Ballygrl]

How come Skinner isn't banning the use of the Che Guevara avatars? Radical Activist is using that avatar in the above listed thread, and not only is Che a mass murderer but doesn't he kind of fall into the category of helping someone overthrow a Government? or am I stretching?

{ } Inflammatory, inappropriate, or over-the-top
        - Advocating violent overthrow of the government, or harm toward high-ranking officials.

and how come mass murderers avatars are allowed to stand yet if someone posted any of these which are against the rules they'd be banned?

{ } Insensitive - Includes bigotry, hate, ridicule, stereotyping, or insensitivity based on:
        - Race or ethnicity.
        - Gender (women or men).
        - Sexual Orientation.
        - Religion or lack of religion (Christians, Jews, Muslims, Atheists, Agnostics, etc.).
        - Geographic region or place of origin.
        - Disability (mental or physical).
        - Weight or other physical characteristics.
        - Use of insensitive terminology ("cocksucker," "****," "bitch," "whore," "retard," etc.).

[miskie]

wow - that thread has a whole lot of primitives bashing each other mercilessly

[Karin]

Che would be banned from the DU then. 

"Hatred as the central element of our struggle!" raved Ernesto 'Che' Guevara in his 1966 Message to the Tricontinental Conference in Havana. "Hatred that is intransigent…hatred so violent that it propels a human being beyond his natural limitations, making him violent and cold- blooded killing machine…We reject any peaceful approach. Violence is inevitable. To establish Socialism rivers of blood must flow! The imperialist enemy must feel like a hunted animal wherever he moves. Thus we'll destroy him! These hyenas (Americans) are fit only for extermination. We must keep our hatred alive and fan it to paroxysm! The victory of Socialism is well worth millions of atomic victims!"

[Ballygrl]

Related thread to Jon Stewart and the new rules

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x350144#351754

ProudDad (1000+ posts)          Mon Jun-21-10 11:59 PM
Original message
"What happened to Barry on the block"
      
Edited on Tue Jun-22-10 12:00 AM by ProudDad

Tuesday June 15, 2010

Respect My Authoritah
Barack Obama thinks he can be trusted with the power, but he's being stalked by a strange and twisted creature who wants to take the precious away. http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-15-2010/respect-my-authoritah

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ProudDad (1000+ posts)          Tue Jun-22-10 01:31 AM
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3. Aw, gee, I never got to see the deleted message...

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DimplesinMI (36 posts)        Tue Jun-22-10 03:02 AM
Response to Reply #4
6. Me thinks this post is a violation of the new rules.....

akbacchus_BC  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jun-22-10 03:03 AM
Response to Reply #6
7. Absolutely. Some of them just cannot stop the crap!

geek tragedy  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jun-22-10 11:43 PM
Response to Reply #7
24. Being a hateful asshole is their free speech right! nt

akbacchus_BC  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jun-22-10 02:29 AM
Response to Original message
5. You still cannot respect the President? Says a lot about you!

geek tragedy  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jun-22-10 11:56 PM
Response to Reply #8
28. It's not linking to Stewart.
   In the comments below, the poster repeats the "Barry" phraseology--making it clear he's one of those sad little trolls who gets his jollies by referring to President Obama as "Barry."

kestrel91316  (1000+ posts)          Tue Jun-22-10 11:45 AM
Response to Original message
13. Not appropriate to refer to the president as "Barry". Not even in pulling a
   quote from an article.

mitchtv  (1000+ posts)          Tue Jun-22-10 11:29 PM
Response to Reply #14
15. you don't get it do you?
   this is no longer your uncles DU,it is stfu underground

geek tragedy  (1000+ posts)        Wed Jun-23-10 12:10 AM
Response to Reply #34
39. The OP is a Naderite troll who wants Democrats to lose elections.
   He's going to get his troll ass banned.

ProudDad (1000+ posts)          Wed Jun-23-10 12:24 AM
Response to Reply #39
51. You do realize that calling someone a "troll"
   is against the rules...right?

NYC_SKP   (1000+ posts)          Wed Jun-23-10 12:52 AM
Response to Original message
56. Locking.
   Use of "Barry" in this context is considered OTT criticism or mocking of the president and is a violation. Further, the thread has become a series of violations.

NYC_SKP, DU Moderator

[NHSparky]

$kinner was just demonstrating the old expression that when you make enough laws, all men become criminals.

[PatriotGame]

wow - that thread has a whole lot of primitives bashing each other mercilessly

DUmmys using "long knives" to love each other is...ummm...imported Swiss chocolate.

[PatriotGame]

Name removed (0 posts)        Tue Jun-22-10 12:26 AM
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Dammit Rush Limbaugh! You are breaking up the flow of DUmp insanity thus breaking the comedic synchronization.
Now I have to start all over... 

[PatriotGame]

mitchtv  (1000+ posts)          Tue Jun-22-10 11:29 PM
Response to Reply #14
15. you don't get it do you?
   this is no longer your uncles DU,it is stfu underground

Oh man, Oh man!

The

comedy just writes itself!!

Carry on DUmmys!

[jukin]

Donks and liberals are all for diversity as long as everyone thinks the same.

[Revolution]

I find it funny that any forum would ban calling Soetoro by his real name.

Very odd...

[Alpha Mare]

If Stewart sticks to ragging the O, his ratings will go up. His audience is too stoned to know what he's talking about anyway.

[lastparker]

I had a love-hate relationship with Jon Stewart when W was President.  On the one hand, I hated the general tone of the Bush bashing.  On the other hand, Jon Stewart was the only one who could make me chuckle at a statement I disagreed with completely.

I REALLY need to start watching him more often.  He's wickedly smart.

[Karin]

I may have to check it out after a veeerrry long absence.  I can take criticism and poking fun of R's, as long as the material is good and smart.  What I couldn't take was that audience.  A mass of sheeple hooting and cackling when they think they're supposed to, whether it's funny or not.  I couldn't take any more than 2 minutes, then click. 

[USA4ME]

Never saw him as funny or smart, but it's nice to see the primitives all upset over someone they once viewed as "the real news."

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[Freeper]

I remember during the election lefties telling me how much they loved Jon Stewart, wasn't a fan of his then and not a fan now, and I can guess how they feel about Stewart no by looking at some of the posts in that thread.

Yeah for years the daily show was the only real news out there.