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Jon Stewart to Fox News: “You’re the Lupus of News”
Tuesday’s Daily Show was a full-on (this means gospel choir included) indictment of Fox’s “fair and balanced” reporting.
Watch it:
http://blogs.alternet.org/spea...fox-gets-theatrical/
''Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of [achieving] a free society.”
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Hmmm...Lemme think a moment...FOX...or "Comedy Central"

“Stewart himself has also gained significant acclaim as an acerbic satirical critic of personality-driven media shows, in particular the coverage of the U.S Media networks CNN, FOX News Channel and MSNBC. Critics say Stewart benefits from a double standard: he critiques other news shows from the safe, removed position of his “fake news“" desk. Stewart himself agrees, countering that neither his show nor his channel purports to be anything other than satire and comedy”.
Wikipedia, or anywhere else on the net.
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Originally posted by Nobluedog:
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Originally posted by Sassy Kims:
Ahh yes, Jon Stewart...failed comedian, failed actor and failed political commentator.

Did I mention he's a failure? Big Grin



LOL He makes more money than you!


And Rush Limbaugh makes a ton more than Stewart. I guess we should pay more attention to Rush huh?
I found out all I needed to know about Jon Stewart when he brought Jim Cramer on his show to try and crucify him for people losing money in the stock market. If anyone actually takes Cramer serious (he calls himself an entertainer) regarding stock purchases, then they need to look in the mirror. He may be smart, but Stewart is a pompous a**....
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Originally posted by Nobluedog:
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Originally posted by Sassy Kims:
Ahh yes, Jon Stewart...failed comedian, failed actor and failed political commentator.

Did I mention he's a failure? Big Grin



LOL He makes more money than you!


Not that your statement is true, but does Stewart being a well paid failure make him more worthy of democrat worship? Or just that he's a failure all together?
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So tell me about his success as an actor. Or as a standup comedian.

And why, as a political commentator, is it that only liberals even cares he's still breathing?


Well, I'm not intimately familiar with the guy's resume, I don't care that much. He's an entertainer who has had numerous film and TV roles, and now has a reasonably well rated cable show. If I were an entertainer, I would consider those accomplishments a success.
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Originally posted by Nobluedog:
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Originally posted by teyates:
I had rather drink Clorox than watch that bloated idiot. Why waste your time?



Ah, I feel the same about the bloated idiots on fox news. lol


Good thing we have 450 channels so everyone can watch what they want...

Until some sort of fascist "fairness" doctrine tells us watching or listening to certain show or network is "seditious"...
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Originally posted by dolemitejb:
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So tell me about his success as an actor. Or as a standup comedian.

And why, as a political commentator, is it that only liberals even cares he's still breathing?


Well, I'm not intimately familiar with the guy's resume, I don't care that much. He's an entertainer who has had numerous film and TV roles, and now has a reasonably well rated cable show. If I were an entertainer, I would consider those accomplishments a success.


His most important and memorable (memorable?) acting gig was a 30 second spot in "Big Daddy". His comedic spots never got ratings worthy to get him invited back. And any show on Comedy Central can't really be taken as anything other than a spoof of real news shows.
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Originally posted by pineywoodscat:
He is a true card-toting moron.


The same can be said of Bush and most of the Tea Party gang.

And speaking of the Tea Party gang and Fox News, their biggest cheerleader seems to be the very intelligent and successful (NOT!) Victoria Jackson. Hahahahaha!

Just google her appearances at the Tea Parties and get ready for a laugh. What an idiot! Big Grin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...iIQw&feature=related
Steward it popular, his show is popular and he is talented yet FOX gets picked on by everyone because they are a threat to Liberal America and the indoctrination of America by the other media outlets. Here FOX is with overwhelming numbers in viewership for many if not all their shows yet the most Liberal networks are about as popular as Radio America or any other far Left Liberal slanted radio or news network.

FOX is the ONLY source of mixed and balanced news allowing equal time to both liberal and conservative sides. Granted that the employees of FOX mostly are Conservative bent they still allow both sides a chance to debate and present their point. That is not the case with the other media outlets. They present the side they want and when the Conservative or Republican sides points are mentioned or referenced they are done so with a very slanted and biased way of doing so to where the Republicans or Conservatives are shown in a negative light.

I am also more conservative in my views and beliefs and I know, from experience and listening to the other stations, that Fox is the ONLY outlet that I can trust to be fair in presenting a story and in many cases the ONLY Network where you will hear many stories that often are considered pro-Conservative or against Liberals.

Just look at the coverage of the "Tea Parties". Almost all, if not all, of the other news outlets always cover the Tea Party or stories about them in a negative light trying to even diminish the movement by being comical with them. Compare the coverage of the Tea Parties with the coverage of Cindy Sheehan who protested against George Bush or the few (often less than five) demonstrators, in Atlanta, or other places that protested polices of George Bush. Far less numbers and far more radical people yet they got very positive coverage from CNN and MSNBC whereas the Tea Party never seems to get fair coverage from those same outlets even though there are far more supporters at their rallies and supporters that are not radical but mom and pop, next door neighbor type people.
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Originally posted by Sassy Kims:
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Originally posted by dolemitejb:
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So tell me about his success as an actor. Or as a standup comedian.

And why, as a political commentator, is it that only liberals even cares he's still breathing?


Well, I'm not intimately familiar with the guy's resume, I don't care that much. He's an entertainer who has had numerous film and TV roles, and now has a reasonably well rated cable show. If I were an entertainer, I would consider those accomplishments a success.


His most important and memorable (memorable?) acting gig was a 30 second spot in "Big Daddy". His comedic spots never got ratings worthy to get him invited back. And any show on Comedy Central can't really be taken as anything other than a spoof of real news shows.


Sassy,

I respectfully submit....

Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing...The Daily Show: 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series...The Daily Show: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album...America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction: 2005

Yeah, he's got loser written all over him. Roll Eyes And I already know what you're going to say: The Emmy and Grammy people are all lefties, too. Blah, blah, blah. Have you ever seen his show? I don't watch consistently, but when I do he's NEVER off. He's a brilliant political satirist, which by the way is the key word: "satirist"
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Originally posted by tigrtrek:
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Originally posted by Nobluedog:
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Originally posted by Sassy Kims:
Ahh yes, Jon Stewart...failed comedian, failed actor and failed political commentator.

Did I mention he's a failure? Big Grin



LOL He makes more money than you!


And Rush Limbaugh makes a ton more than Stewart. I guess we should pay more attention to Rush huh?


So you measure a person's failure or success by how much money they do or don't make? That doesn't surprise me coming from conservatives since it aligns with their constant bragging - especially Limbaugh and Beck - of how much money they make. You'd think that would be in bad taste, considering the bad economic environment we still find ourselves in, but I digress.

Back to measuring failure/success. Does this mean a stay-at-home mom is a failure compared to a doctor or lawyer? Does this mean a teacher is a failure compared to an engineer? Interesting (but not surprising) conservative line of thinking. Your Reagan God would be proud.
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Originally posted by Buttercup:
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Originally posted by Sassy Kims:
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Originally posted by dolemitejb:
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So tell me about his success as an actor. Or as a standup comedian.

And why, as a political commentator, is it that only liberals even cares he's still breathing?


Well, I'm not intimately familiar with the guy's resume, I don't care that much. He's an entertainer who has had numerous film and TV roles, and now has a reasonably well rated cable show. If I were an entertainer, I would consider those accomplishments a success.


His most important and memorable (memorable?) acting gig was a 30 second spot in "Big Daddy". His comedic spots never got ratings worthy to get him invited back. And any show on Comedy Central can't really be taken as anything other than a spoof of real news shows.


Sassy,

I respectfully submit....

Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing...The Daily Show: 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series...The Daily Show: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album...America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction: 2005

Yeah, he's got loser written all over him. Roll Eyes And I already know what you're going to say: The Emmy and Grammy people are all lefties, too. Blah, blah, blah. Have you ever seen his show? I don't watch consistently, but when I do he's NEVER off. He's a brilliant political satirist, which by the way is the key word: "satirist"


I watched his show for the first season. I was disgusted by his comedic routine, and his over the top satire. I find his show to be not quite as newsworthy or palatable as Southpark.
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Originally posted by Sassy Kims:
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Originally posted by Buttercup:
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Originally posted by Sassy Kims:
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Originally posted by dolemitejb:
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So tell me about his success as an actor. Or as a standup comedian.

And why, as a political commentator, is it that only liberals even cares he's still breathing?


Well, I'm not intimately familiar with the guy's resume, I don't care that much. He's an entertainer who has had numerous film and TV roles, and now has a reasonably well rated cable show. If I were an entertainer, I would consider those accomplishments a success.


His most important and memorable (memorable?) acting gig was a 30 second spot in "Big Daddy". His comedic spots never got ratings worthy to get him invited back. And any show on Comedy Central can't really be taken as anything other than a spoof of real news shows.


Sassy,

I respectfully submit....

Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing...The Daily Show: 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series...The Daily Show: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album...America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction: 2005

Yeah, he's got loser written all over him. Roll Eyes And I already know what you're going to say: The Emmy and Grammy people are all lefties, too. Blah, blah, blah. Have you ever seen his show? I don't watch consistently, but when I do he's NEVER off. He's a brilliant political satirist, which by the way is the key word: "satirist"


I watched his show for the first season. I was disgusted by his comedic routine, and his over the top satire. I find his show to be not quite as newsworthy or palatable as Southpark.


Just because you don't agree with him????

Are you not disgusted by Glenn Beck's (thinly veiled) constant comparison of Obama to Hitler? I'm not an Obama fan, but Glenn Beck makes some absolutely off the wall comments and assertions - all in the name of ratings.

He's a smart guy; I'll give him that. But he finished maybe one semester of college and was an alcoholic at one time. Doesn't that constitute failure?
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Originally posted by Buttercup:
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Originally posted by Sassy Kims:
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Originally posted by Buttercup:
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Originally posted by Sassy Kims:
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Originally posted by dolemitejb:
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So tell me about his success as an actor. Or as a standup comedian.

And why, as a political commentator, is it that only liberals even cares he's still breathing?


Well, I'm not intimately familiar with the guy's resume, I don't care that much. He's an entertainer who has had numerous film and TV roles, and now has a reasonably well rated cable show. If I were an entertainer, I would consider those accomplishments a success.


His most important and memorable (memorable?) acting gig was a 30 second spot in "Big Daddy". His comedic spots never got ratings worthy to get him invited back. And any show on Comedy Central can't really be taken as anything other than a spoof of real news shows.


Sassy,

I respectfully submit....

Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing...The Daily Show: 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series...The Daily Show: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album...America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction: 2005

Yeah, he's got loser written all over him. Roll Eyes And I already know what you're going to say: The Emmy and Grammy people are all lefties, too. Blah, blah, blah. Have you ever seen his show? I don't watch consistently, but when I do he's NEVER off. He's a brilliant political satirist, which by the way is the key word: "satirist"


I watched his show for the first season. I was disgusted by his comedic routine, and his over the top satire. I find his show to be not quite as newsworthy or palatable as Southpark.


Just because you don't agree with him????

Are you not disgusted by Glenn Beck's (thinly veiled) constant comparison of Obama to Hitler? I'm not an Obama fan, but Glenn Beck makes some absolutely off the wall comments and assertions - all in the name of ratings.

He's a smart guy; I'll give him that. But he finished maybe one semester of college and was an alcoholic at one time. Doesn't that constitute failure?


I don't watch Glenn either. Actually, I watch very little TV at all, and almost no political commentary.

My dislike for Stewart is much more than just not agreeing with him. I don't like his deliver, his comedic methods, or his satire.

Craig Kilborn was much better on the Daily Show. I hated to see him leave, especially after finding out who was replacing him.
i love jon stewart.
u find him hysterical, except for a few bits in the middle of his show.. those cna be lame.. but the interviews and the opening are always enjoyable to me.

i disagree with 80% of his politics and ideas and most of the comments he makes, but wether i think he is right doesn't make me find him unfunny.

i guess i just don't take myself so profoundly seriously that i can't enjoy a few jabs at my beliefs.
but i've also seen stewart hit the liberals and democrats just as hard and nasty as he picks on the gop.
not as often, granted, but just as hard.
and i loved the way he took cramer apart.
wether or not you think cramer is worth listening to, a whole lot of people do.. or did.. and he was just tossing out shoddy advise. jon called him on it and wiped the floor with him.
colbert annoys me.. he jus tstopepd being funny to me.. i'm not offended, i don't think he's a loser or failure or whatever, i just don't find him funny.

maybe instead of lambasting a satirist, people should lighten up a little, and toughen up a lot, and stop thinking that they and their beliefs are so sacred. nothing is so desperatly important that it can't stand a few jokes tossed at it.
John Stewart plays to his target audience -- liberal to left wing, college sophomores to arrested development adults, mildly booze buzzed to a fat doobie.

The target audience is in full throated cry against Fox, Palin and the tea partiers.

There are two special congressional elections in May -- Murtha's old district in Pennsylvania (18 May, I think) and Hawaii (Obama's home town, 22 May). Conservatives are polling well in both.
Every now and then he does get in a few good ones like this:

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After explaining more of the Democrats inability to defeat the Republicans' strategies, he closed, saying:

"It's not that the Democrats are playing checkers and the Republicans are playing chess. It's that the Republicans are playing chess and the Democrats are in the nurse's office because once again they glued their balls to their thighs."

* Jan 19, 2010
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Originally posted by elinterventor01:
All it took was one little iman posting a warning on his website to scare Comedy Central into censoring South Park comments on Mohammad. Perhaps, tea partiers could set up a false flag website threatening Jon Stewart as an infidel and corruption upon the earth. He'd be in hiding and retired.


so not true.

in defense of the south park and the american lifestyle that these people enjoy, jon set up a musical number.

basically...

..." i know i say this a lot.. to pompous republicans.. to windbag pundits... to anyone that trys to take an advantage they haven't earned.. but i want to make it clear that this time it's so much more. with them, it's just opposite sides of the same coin, wanting the best for our country and disagreeing on the methods. we are not enemies.

you people are the enemy, so to you i say...

and then spent the time until the commercial break singing " Go F... Yourself! " over and over to a simulated gospel choir as back up.

look it up.. it's hysterical.
i challenge all of you to spend the 10 minutes and 19 seconds, and decide for yourself if jon stewart would 'go into hiding and retire."

http://www.thedailyshow.com/wa...h-park-death-threats

`jon stewart doesn't run from people, peple run from him, because they are afraid he'll expose them as the partially educated blowhards they are.
he also picks on both sides of the fence, not just the gop or conservatives. he is STRONGLY in support of our armed forces and when he heard that congress was trying to make our service men and women pay for their own medical care for injuries sustained in battle his response was"
WHAT THE F... DO YOU PEOPLE THINK YOUR DOING!

when he found out that seal snipers had dropped 3 pirates in 3 shots fire that had taken an american captain hostage, his responce was a cartoon clip of some stop motion animated movie with the chant, Go American, F... YEAH!

basically, stewart is a lot like me - pro-America, Anti-Idiot, and he isn't interested in party lines.
granted, he does spend more time pokeing at conservatives, however the most vehement words have been aimed at the democrats. he makes fun of the gop when they do something silly. he insults the demos when they do. why? because he IS a liberal democrat, and when the people he sides with do something asinine it's not just fodder for a funny soundbyte, it's frustrating and it makes him angry that his own people would do something that stupid.

you can whine about how the multi award winning daily show is lame and unfunny, and it's host is a loser, but i just see that as you getting whiney cause someone has kicked your sacred cow, so you feel the need to cry about it.

to use the current vernacular, Jon Stewart Rocks, and i think he'd make a far better president than the one we have now. he might be a liberal democrat, but he is very pro america, something omaba doesn't seem to be.
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Originally posted by thenagel:
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Originally posted by elinterventor01:
All it took was one little iman posting a warning on his website to scare Comedy Central into censoring South Park comments on Mohammad. Perhaps, tea partiers could set up a false flag website threatening Jon Stewart as an infidel and corruption upon the earth. He'd be in hiding and retired.


so not true.

in defense of the south park and the american lifestyle that these people enjoy, jon set up a musical number.

basically...

..." i know i say this a lot.. to pompous republicans.. to windbag pundits... to anyone that trys to take an advantage they haven't earned.. but i want to make it clear that this time it's so much more. with them, it's just opposite sides of the same coin, wanting the best for our country and disagreeing on the methods. we are not enemies.

you people are the enemy, so to you i say...

and then spent the time until the commercial break singing " Go F... Yourself! " over and over to a simulated gospel choir as back up.

look it up.. it's hysterical.
i challenge all of you to spend the 10 minutes and 19 seconds, and decide for yourself if jon stewart would 'go into hiding and retire."

http://www.thedailyshow.com/wa...h-park-death-threats

`jon stewart doesn't run from people, peple run from him, because they are afraid he'll expose them as the partially educated blowhards they are.
he also picks on both sides of the fence, not just the gop or conservatives. he is STRONGLY in support of our armed forces and when he heard that congress was trying to make our service men and women pay for their own medical care for injuries sustained in battle his response was"
WHAT THE F... DO YOU PEOPLE THINK YOUR DOING!

when he found out that seal snipers had dropped 3 pirates in 3 shots fire that had taken an american captain hostage, his responce was a cartoon clip of some stop motion animated movie with the chant, Go American, F... YEAH!

basically, stewart is a lot like me - pro-America, Anti-Idiot, and he isn't interested in party lines.
granted, he does spend more time pokeing at conservatives, however the most vehement words have been aimed at the democrats. he makes fun of the gop when they do something silly. he insults the demos when they do. why? because he IS a liberal democrat, and when the people he sides with do something asinine it's not just fodder for a funny soundbyte, it's frustrating and it makes him angry that his own people would do something that stupid.

you can whine about how the multi award winning daily show is lame and unfunny, and it's host is a loser, but i just see that as you getting whiney cause someone has kicked your sacred cow, so you feel the need to cry about it.

to use the current vernacular, Jon Stewart Rocks, and i think he'd make a far better president than the one we have now. he might be a liberal democrat, but he is very pro america, something omaba doesn't seem to be.



My comments on the Comedy Central censoring of the South Park Mohammad show was true. Otherwise, prove the opposite. Joh Stewart's comedic skewers are, in the main, from the left's POV, a simple statement of what exists.

No whining, from me. From the left's postings here I see a lot whingeing.

As stated, comics will skewer conservatives, and sometimes Democrats. They know they won't be physically harmed. But, will they ever attack the jehadim! Not, a chance. They wish to keep their heads and their arses!
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Originally posted by elinterventor01:

My comments on the Comedy Central censoring of the South Park Mohammad show was true. Otherwise, prove the opposite


wait, what? i know comedy central whimped out and censored the SP episode. i didn't know you thought i was saying otherwise. i thought we were discussing stewerts hypothetical response ( hide and retire) if they made threats against him. i thought the video gave pretty good hints of the man's mettle
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Joh Stewart's comedic skewers are, in the main, from the left's POV, a simple statement of what exists.
As stated, comics will skewer conservatives, and sometimes Democrats.


i know.. i said that

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As stated, comics will skewer conservatives, and sometimes Democrats. They know they won't be physically harmed. But, will they ever attack the jehadim! Not, a chance. They wish to keep their heads and their arses!


did you watch the video?

he certainly attacked the same group that attacked south park.

maybe you don't see it that way. maybe to you, him declaring them " the enemy " and then singing 'go F... yourself" for a couple of minutes at them isn't your idea of an attack
/shrug. to each their own
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Originally posted by marksw59:
This just about sums up Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz... Jon Stewart fails his Spartacus test


to you, perhaps.
i see it as him doing what he was able.
he's a political satirist. what was he supposed to do, exactly?

pull out his m-16 and go rambo on em?

i didn't catch the news story where you, or the author of that article, did anything about it,either. or is it ok to stand around and criticize other people for not doing the same thing you're not doing?

this is america. if you don't like it, don't watch. but if you don't watch it, how can you criticize what he said? i saw him say the words the guy in the article, and written down it doesn't carry the same connotation or the same emphasis.


ya know what... never mind. watch it, don't watch it, i couldn't care less. i have better things to do than try to talk to people who have already calcified an opinion so strong that it doesn't bare questioning.

now i understand, finally, why the words 'closed-minded' have always accompanied the word 'conservative'.
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Originally posted by thenagel:
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Originally posted by marksw59:
This just about sums up Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz... Jon Stewart fails his Spartacus test


to you, perhaps.
i see it as him doing what he was able.
he's a political satirist. what was he supposed to do, exactly?

pull out his m-16 and go rambo on em?

i didn't catch the news story where you, or the author of that article, did anything about it,either. or is it ok to stand around and criticize other people for not doing the same thing you're not doing?


As for me, I am not a celebrity attempting to present my self as an intellectual from my "bully pulpit". And sure it MUST be okay to sit around and criticize other people for not doing the same thing you're not doing, because little Johnny Stewart does it every night.

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Originally posted by thenagel:
this is america. if you don't like it, don't watch. but if you don't watch it, how can you criticize what he said? i saw him say the words the guy in the article, and written down it doesn't carry the same connotation or the same emphasis.


I don't watch him, I get "treated" to excerpts of his "comedy" show from various sources... I can criticize be cause if he says it, he says it. Are you really trying to imply that "one must watch the whole to get the context"? Really? So... what.... he wears a clown nose to signify that he is doing a "comedy" bit?


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Originally posted by thenagel:
ya know what... never mind. watch it, don't watch it, i couldn't care less. i have better things to do than try to talk to people who have already calcified an opinion so strong that it doesn't bare questioning.


Thank you for the permission to not waste my time on little Johnny Stewart. "calcified opinion"... That's good, but better yet would have been the word ossified. Try number 2.

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Originally posted by thenagel:
now i understand, finally, why the words 'closed-minded' have always accompanied the word 'conservative'.


"Closed minded". Heh, don't go projecting your own failings on to others just because your sacred cow, little Johnny Stewart, was the "ox being gored".
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Originally posted by thenagel:
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Originally posted by marksw59:
This just about sums up Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz... Jon Stewart fails his Spartacus test


to you, perhaps.
i see it as him doing what he was able.
he's a political satirist. what was he supposed to do, exactly?

pull out his m-16 and go rambo on em?

i didn't catch the news story where you, or the author of that article, did anything about it,either. or is it ok to stand around and criticize other people for not doing the same thing you're not doing?

this is america. if you don't like it, don't watch. but if you don't watch it, how can you criticize what he said? i saw him say the words the guy in the article, and written down it doesn't carry the same connotation or the same emphasis.


ya know what... never mind. watch it, don't watch it, i couldn't care less. i have better things to do than try to talk to people who have already calcified an opinion so strong that it doesn't bare questioning.

now i understand, finally, why the words 'closed-minded' have always accompanied the word 'conservative'.


Typical left wing bigot!

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