Jon Stewart is Forced to Call Out Obama
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Stumble ThisJon Stewart and Jason Jones lament that they must treat Obama the same way they treated Bush.
"It's like, cheese is delicious on Italian food but when you melt it on Chinese food, it's disgusting."
"It's like, cheese is delicious on Italian food but when you melt it on Chinese food, it's disgusting."
See you right wingers... it's not like the 'left wing' media is going to give Obama a free ride.
I'm all for Obama and really hope he's going to do the Right Thing (tm)... but you can't just let slide things he may do badly.
He may be regurgitating the same Bush speeches, but on his first day he talked about closing Gitmo and opening the Freedom of Information Act. Thus, he's already better than Bush.
yes, he's done for 4 years on one day. see yall in 2012
The difference is their tactics in accomplishing these goals. Do we roll over random countries with our military and openly torture foreign citizens? Or do we use diplomacy and non-violent negotiations?
The substance of the inauguration speech was basically a bitch-slap in Bush's face, putting the responsibility for ruining the reputation of the US squarely on the previous administration. The coming changes were made very, very clear.
Sigh. I hope the Daily Show doesn't completely implode now that Bush is gone.
But this is all about remaining critical, NOT actually having a go at what he said per se.
^ It's not missing the point at all, I think you did. I don't think at all that Stewart etc. actually think that Obama is like Bush on these issues, what is being said here is that it's easy to fall into the trap of whooping and hollering no matter what Obama says. You have to stay critical, you can't say 'YEAH! RIGHT ON!' when Obama says the same things that Bush said. You CAN when he DOES things differently and through entirely different means than Bush.
But this is all about remaining critical, NOT actually having a go at what he said per se.
But Stewart wasn't being critical of Obama's actions or policies. He was making fun of Obama for using the same Peace and Strong Defense rhetoric as Bush. We the people want peace, and a strong defense against terrorists against other threats. So making fun of a politician for saying those things is pointless, because EVERY politician will say them. That's like making fun of Obama because he stands behind a podium just like Bush did, gasp! Stewart isn't making fun of the crowd's support, he's making fun of Obama's words and strong tone. It's just too generic.
I missed a prior bit about Cheney that I heard was funny. Has that been sifted?
Search for the January 22 show... I think.
STFU face FTW!!!!!
That was funny - but was it this clip of Jan 21 (Krupo loads Jan 21...)
"At a certain point, are we not running the risk of annoying God?"
Hmm....
Betcha it's Jan 23, not up yet. <sigh>