apogee
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 27, 2011 - 10:24pm PT
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Within the world of comedic politi-pundits, Stewart is truly unique. His focus, both politically and comedically, has only sharpened as the years have gone by.
The Right will pigeonhole and excoriate him with the Maddow crowd, but this only underscores their ignorance- of late, Stewart has been every bit as critical of the current Democratic leadership as the Right, and has done it with faaaaaar more insight.
Props to Jon Stewart. There's no-one even close to him.
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FortMental
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Albuquerque, NM
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Sep 27, 2011 - 10:32pm PT
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Agreed. Now the most insightful source of political news in America. Other than Death of Republicans Wrong thread, of course.
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nature
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back in Tuscon Aridzona....
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Sep 27, 2011 - 11:24pm PT
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Stewarts interview of Daniels gave me a whole new respect for the republican party. To bad there are so few of his kind.
I don't own a TV. I just make a point to what the Daily Show over the internet. It pretty much is my news source - besides The Taco....
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Sep 27, 2011 - 11:28pm PT
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never heard of the dude.
does he shoot smack like lenny bruce?
how much smack is there in tacoma compared to seatle
can i OD on my 10,000 ira if i check it out now and pretend i am buyin a house?
are you thinkin about the weekend already?
howabout them niners?
i know you
you know me
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nature
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back in Tuscon Aridzona....
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Sep 28, 2011 - 12:12am PT
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on second thought after watching that interview again I'm less impressed. Jon asked some very pointed, honest, and specific questions and he danced around them. They were/are the same questions I have. They are answered poorly at best.
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gf
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Sep 28, 2011 - 01:23am PT
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the house "go to" for political commentary
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Sep 28, 2011 - 01:34am PT
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Real Journalism is so dead in this country that a comedian has done a better job uncovering hypocrisy and lies than virtually any real news outlet or "investigative journalism" (like 60 minutes used to be.
Hats off to Jon
peace
Karl
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QITNL
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Sep 28, 2011 - 01:41am PT
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Have any of you seen a taping in person? I was kinda whatever about him until I had that experience. What they put on the screen is maybe a quarter of the show.
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PhilG
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The Circuit, Tonasket WA
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Sep 28, 2011 - 06:16am PT
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Agree with the above comments.
His show gives you a real world perspective on what's happening.
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Fluoride
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West Los Angeles, CA
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Sep 28, 2011 - 07:39am PT
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There's a damn good reason he's won an Emmy 9 years in a row now.
His Ron Paul interview Monday was great. He asks intelligent questions that many mainstream media folks won't go near.
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apogee
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 28, 2011 - 09:24am PT
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"Jon asked some very pointed, honest, and specific questions and he (M Daniels) danced around them. They were/are the same questions I have. They are answered poorly at best."
Agree. Daniels pretty much stuck to standard talking points, and when pressed by Stewart with a question that required more than the standard Repug Rhetoric, his answer was off-target and close to gibberish.
Still, I give Daniels great credit for being there in the first place- he's waaay ahead of other Repugs that way, who prefer to stay in the safety of their FauxNews echo chambers. Anytime someone ventures into a challenging spotlight, they oftentimes find themselves struggling (it has happened to Stewart, too). I still walked away wishing there were few more thoughtful Repubs out there like Daniels who were at the center of their Party these days.
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Reilly
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The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 28, 2011 - 09:48am PT
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As good as he is I'm sure he thanks his lucky stars every night that he has
so much good material to work with.
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nature
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back in Tuscon Aridzona....
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Sep 28, 2011 - 09:48am PT
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When's it gonna rain?
He was rather sad when Trump left the race. He had material that was endless plus one.
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Mangy Peasant
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Riverside, CA
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Sep 28, 2011 - 11:16am PT
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Still, I give Daniels great credit for being there in the first place- he's waaay ahead of other Repugs that way, who prefer to stay in the safety of their FauxNews echo chambers. Anytime someone ventures into a challenging spotlight, they oftentimes find themselves struggling (it has happened to Stewart, too). I still walked away wishing there were few more thoughtful Repubs out there like Daniels who were at the center of their Party these days.
My belief is that guys like Daniels go on the show in order to demonstrate to the center and center/left that they are reasonable - as an attempt to win over some of the "swing vote." Problem for them is that Stewart often exposes them as being exactly the same as the rest of the Republicans.
Stewart revealed quite a bit about Daniels when he caught him using the "confiscation" word when describing taxes. Daniels may not be quite the independent thinker that he claims to be, and I think Stewart does us all a service by revealing this.
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nature
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back in Tuscon Aridzona....
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Sep 29, 2011 - 12:16pm PT
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bump....
check out the O'Reilly episode from last night.
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weschrist
Gym climber
left sac
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Sep 29, 2011 - 02:47pm PT
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Some GREAT stuff from on the Daily Show... also gets a little stale at times, but what doesn't. Bugs the sh#t out of me when he doesn't finish sentences though... starts saying something, realizes he can't close the deal, then says "look..." and changes the subject. Seen him do it several times with the same "point."
Seems like when Stewart is on his game, Colbert is slacking a bit, and vice versa.
Definitely among my favorite shows.
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Tami
Social climber
Canada
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Sep 29, 2011 - 03:02pm PT
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It is edited too fast for my liking. But ALL tellyvision is edited too fast for my liking. 'Swhy I don't watch the s h i t .
Saw the Ron Paul episode on YooTOob & felt Stewart talked too much and didn't let Paul speak enough. But it was EDITED that way :-)
Overall I agree there sure is something dead in the American media when the television talk-show comedians are THE show to be on for politicos.........
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