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A Comedian of Errors

By Aaron Goldstein on 6.21.11 @ 6:08AM

Is Jon Stewart America’s most consistently misinformed talk show host?

On Fox News Sunday, Jon Stewart repeatedly reminded Chris Wallace that he is a comedian. While I am pleased Stewart saw fit to show his enthusiasm for his chosen vocation with Wallace and the rest of the nation, it seems to me that if you have to remind people you are a comedian then you are probably not all that funny in the first place.

This isn’t to say Stewart doesn’t have an audience. He most certainly does. But the people with whom he resonates most are those who share his liberal political views. Of course, Stewart denies he has a political agenda. Yet it doesn’t prevent him from accusing the Fox News Channel (FNC) of “relentlessly promoting an ideological agenda under the rubric of a news organization.” But if Stewart didn’t have a political axe to grind, then why would he go out of his way to share his personal disdain of FNC viewers? Consider this exchange with Wallace:

STEWART: I am given credibility in this world because of the disappointment the public has in what the news media does, not because I have an ideological agenda.

WALLACE: I don’t think our viewers are the least bit disappointed with us. I think our viewers think, finally, someone who tells the other side of the story.

STEWART: Who is the most consistently misinformed media viewers? (sic) The most consistently misinformed? Fox!!! Fox viewers!!! Consistently!!! Every poll!!!

Well, not exactly. PolitiFact.com rated Stewart’s claim “false,” noting that several surveys conducted by Pew Research Center indicated that “particular Fox shows — such as The O’Reilly Factor and Sean Hannity’s show — actually score consistently well, occasionally even outpacing Stewart’s own audience.” Could it be that Jon Stewart is America’s most consistently misinformed talk show host?

However, what PolitiFact.com doesn’t note is that the University of Maryland affiliated worldopinion.org, which has conducted the studies that claim FNC viewers are less informed, is funded by George Soros. It was only this past February that Soros, during an appearance on the CNN show Fareed Zakaria GPS, likened the FNC to Nazi Germany. Soros told Zakaria:

Fox News makes a habit — it has imported the methods of George Orwell, you know, newspeak, where you can tell the people falsehoods and deceive them. And you wouldn’t believe that an open society and a democracy, these methods can succeed. But, actually, they did succeed. They succeeded in Germany, where the Weimar Republic collapsed and you had a Nazi regime follow it. So this is a very, very dangerous way of deceiving people. And I would like people to be aware that they are being deceived.

As long as Soros equates the FNC with the Third Reich, does anyone think any institution receiving money from Soros is going to produce a study that puts the FNC, never mind its viewers, in a positive light?

Now I don’t know whether Stewart is aware the studies he has cited were funded by Soros. If Stewart isn’t aware, that tells me he doesn’t care where he gets his information. As long as an organization is ready to put out negative information about the FNC, then he will accept it at face value. Why? Because it’s what he and millions of liberals want to hear. Stewart and his ideological ilk want to hear that conservatives and Republicans are stupid and evil. But if he is aware that Soros funded these studies, then it could be said that Stewart is relentlessly promoting an ideological agenda under the rubric of a comedy show. In which case, Stewart has become precisely what he is purportedly lampooning.

Either way I am hardly surprised by Stewart’s attitude towards the FNC. Like most liberals, Stewart is too blinded by his hatred of the FNC to understand what it truly represents. The best explanation I have heard for the success of the FNC comes from one of its regular contributors, Charles Krauthammer. On more than one occasion, Krauthammer has made a point of saying that FNC founder Rupert Murdoch and his right hand man Roger Ailes “found a niche…half the American people.” If only Stewart understood how the other half lives.

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Aaron Goldstein writes from Boston, Massachusetts.

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scythe| 6.21.11 @ 6:38AM

Jon Stewart has more attitude than material. And that is the key to the success of the left for generations. And..he ain't THAT funny. Humor is at its best when it is a reflection of the truth. Which is why he is at his best when he is lampooning one of his fellow lefties. In his interview with Wallace he was playing the role of the straight man and boy did it flop. Not only does he cater to a leftie audience but he wants us to believe otherwise? That so much ink and air are being wasted on this non-entity is surprising (including my own efforts) but think of how he must be feeling now! He has arrived! He is now a hot talking point in right wing circles! That Fox News wasted their time by interviewing him was the first mistake. He is going to capitalize on it big time. Every leftie wants to be so important that the right keeps them in their thoughts. And we can thank Fox for their dumb judgment.

drudge ette obama| 6.21.11 @ 7:09AM

Everything you need to know about Jon Stewart was presented when Wallace aired the video with some woman from Comedy Central questioning Pamela Anderson about Tommy Lee's male organ.

http://www.thecomicscomic.com/.....l?amp&
Stewart said that's where he belonged and I agree. He pandered to Wallace, complimenting Wallace and excepting Wallace from other Fox commentators as a balance to the far rightness of Fox. Stewart claimed he worked harder than Wallace, that Fox viewers were unable to understand what Stewart did and was altogether purely smug and nasty.

Stewart is an idealogue. The refusal to admit that his juxtaposing of the Palin ad with a herpes ad was only because of a shared filming devise was too stupid to bear.

drudge ette obama| 6.21.11 @ 7:41AM

Forgot to add that when I watched Jon Stewart, I kept thinking that with a little lipstick, he would look like a woman (who looks a little like Jon Stewart.)

Wallace should have asked him why Jon Stewart ditched his Jewish last name to a Scottish one.

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 7:55AM

Stuart is his middle name. I didn't know it was a crime for an entertainer to use a stage name.

Occam's Tool| 6.21.11 @ 12:45PM

Given that Soros wants to murder millions of Jews in Israel, and has a history of stealing property from his fellow Jews who he condemned to death camps, while Rupert Murdock defends Israel, who's the Nazi?

Teaghan| 6.21.11 @ 1:15PM

The left loves to throw around the Nazi word. Like the foam at the mouth union thug last week railing about Chris Christie. As someone said, "the dude's in need of some valium".
Me thinks they're getting nervous.

DRed| 6.21.11 @ 1:43PM

Occam, you're out of your mind on that one. Criticize the guy all you like for what he did as an adult, but criticizing a 13 year old kid for surviving the holocaust is repugnant. Condemned his fellow jews to the death camps? That's a flat lie.

Purpleguy| 6.21.11 @ 1:50PM

Of course he's lying - he learned all he needs to know from Fixed News

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 4:34PM

DRed,
Soros said himself that it was the best time of his life and he did not feel any guilt whatsoever about helping the Nazi's round up Jews and steal their possessions. No one knows what they would do in that kind of situation but a normal person would feel some sort of guilt about it and not refer to it as the best time of their life. There is something very wrong with George Soros and his continued support for anti-Israeli groups is despicable for any Jew who lived through the Holocaust.

DRed| 6.21.11 @ 4:56PM

Probably because he didn't help round up Jews. You need to stop watching so much Glennbeck.

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 5:48PM

DRed,
I heard George Soros say it from his own mouth what he did for the Nazi's, it is a matter of historical record. Don't blame Glenn Beck for bringing to people's attention for what George Soros has done and said.

DRed| 6.21.11 @ 6:07PM

Todd, can you point me to where George Soros claims he helped round up Jews for the death camps?

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 6:44PM

See my response to Seek a bit further down the thread. He helped to confiscate property of the Jews which was part of rounding up the Jews for death camps. The sick part is that he seemed to enjoy it and never felt any guilt apparently, Steve Croft himself was stunned by his answer. It would be one thing if he said he did it so he could stay alive and regrets having to be involved but apparently he is incapable of remorse. Of course this is a guy who has crashed currencies to make a good buck regardless of how others are affected, I guess that was his training ground on how to profit on the misery of others.

da monk| 6.21.11 @ 4:40PM

drudge ette Obama:
And your point about Jon Stewart changing his name is? What's your take on Whoopy Goldberg?

David| 6.21.11 @ 1:37PM

It's the height of absurdity - and considering how I've seen absurdity dressed up like a whore of apparent facts and logic on this site, that's going some - to assume that comedians/entertainers don't have a political agenda.

They're citizens, right? At least for the time being, until the test for ideological purity seemingly advocated here becomes a reality, I don't recall a requirement that one forfeits one's citizenship to have a TV show.

Case in point - I went to Charlie Daniels the other night. I really wanted to see him as his fiddle playing is exceeded only by his guitar playing. And he was great right up to the point where he started spouting his political philosophy and point of view and how we all ought to agree with him.

What started out as a really nice evening became anything but.

Shouldn't the same edict handed down to Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks hold here - "Shut up and sing"?

KyMouse| 6.21.11 @ 9:48AM

Seems to me that whenever far-left people get caught in lies, they claim that they are doing street theatre -- performance art. We plods who care about the facts are just too lame to get the hipness of their act.

So whenever Jon Stewart is challenged, he falls back on, "Hey, I'm a comedian --how come you're so stupid you don't get the joke?" It's a strategy that often seems to work for them, unfortunately.

da monk| 6.21.11 @ 4:41PM

Ky Mouse: So does Rush Limbaugh

JimP| 6.21.11 @ 3:29PM

I agree, Fox was dumb to put Stewart on. As for Wallace's thought that FNC viewers are happy with them, I disagree with that. I watch FNC because the alternatives are worse, but FNC ignores a multitude of stories that are important nationally and instead focus on tabloid junk news. It gets ratings, so FNC is a 'success' but as for it all its viewers being happy I know at least within my extended family we are disappointed. Just like seeing Wallace interview a 50 year old smart alec instead of covering something important. Also their 'fair and balanced' talking heads gets carried to the point of absurdity. There is truth and non truth. Having a Dem and Repub arguing about what is true is nonsense. I though "journalists" were supposed to investigate and discover the truth and then tells us about it. Not so much at FNC.

lydia | 6.23.11 @ 10:48AM

He said, in the interview, that he leans left mostly but is more conservative in some cases, which he has echoed numerous times on the Daily Show.
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carnot| 6.21.11 @ 6:48AM

Stewart isn't the problem. He's a symbol. A fashion. Look at his background - the irony is an adoring Left that invests great value in "superior" education....hanging on the words of an individual who basically does not enjoy a broad resume or deep education.

Lawrence Boccardi| 6.21.11 @ 7:02AM

I'll waste a little more ink to say, I watched the Fox interview up until the point that he repeatedly exonerated NY Times of being leftist. Click!

Mutch Moore| 6.22.11 @ 8:17PM

I didn't terminate the Stewart interview quite as quickly, thereby, wasting not just ink, but my precious time (I could've been reading more A.S. posts). By the way, it's not really ink creating the screen text here, it's electronic pixel technology that does uses no resources except miniscule electricity. So don't beat yourself up so badly.

Christopher Landrum | 6.21.11 @ 7:10AM

It really is an unpardonable sin for a comedian to have a political agenda rather than a journalist or newsreader or politician. We should all be shaking in our boots: it's not muckrakers and bribe-infested congressmen threatening our country, but clowns. Beware!

Maddox| 6.21.11 @ 7:36AM

I don't really much difference between the two.

da monk| 6.21.11 @ 4:44PM

Chris: Where does Dennis Miller fit in your scheme of things regarding comedians and political ideas?

David| 6.21.11 @ 4:51PM

Wow. Great point, da monk. I used to LOVE Dennis Miller until he had his psychotic break several years ago.

Drunken Sailor| 6.21.11 @ 4:56PM

Funny, I like him more now.

Timothy L. Pennell| 6.21.11 @ 7:21AM

Ah yes, George Soros. The JEW who helped the Nazis EXTERMINATE the Jews. When asked about those days, Soros replied: "That was the BEST TIME OF MY LIFE".
You would think, that, having spent so much time working with the NAZIS, in helping them KILL HIS OWN PEOPLE, that he would show a little discretion. But, then, George goes on to tell THE BIG LIE, that the Republicans are guilty of using THE BIG LIE. That they are guilty of Orwellian Newspeak. This, from the LEADER of the Progressive FAR LEFT, in this Country. The same Far Left that has us, NOT in a WAR, but, a Kinetic Operation. The people who gave us the Man Made Catastrophes. Who keep moving the DROP DEAD Date, when America will DEFAULT on her Debt, if we don't give Hussein, more money. The people who gave us SHOVEL READY INFRASTRUCTURE JOBS in 2009, and are telling us that DROPPING BOMBS on a Sovereign Nation does not rise to the level of "HOSTLITIES".
As for Johnnie Leibowitz? Who cares what he has to say? Who cares what Billy Maher says? Sean Penn? Any of these Hollywood punks?
I don't watch anything they do. I still have a clicker, for the T.V. They make their Movies, DEMONIZING our Troops. DEMONIZING our Faith. DEMONIZING this Country. And they make MILLIONS doing it.
"What does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and lose his Immortal Soul?"
Tell us, George, as you burn in Hell.

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 7:52AM

Relax...

Timothy L. Pennell| 6.21.11 @ 7:56AM

Eat SH*T.

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 8:06AM

You're a winner.

Timothy L. Pennell| 6.21.11 @ 8:45AM

And, you're a LOSER.

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 9:03AM

Not too well spoken, are you?

Fredrick Ward| 6.21.11 @ 11:59AM

If you have something to say it would be best to speak to the arguments that Timothy brought up rather than just telling him to relax. However, since you cannot apparently do so I suspect that is the reason you resort to such ignorant measures of retaliatory comments. Therefore, I would surmise that the better spoken individual in this discourse is Timothy by far.

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 12:04PM

If you think any of his rant counts as an argument, you're as off as he is. Besides, I have plenty of replies to slightly more civil comments that basically address what Timmy was trying to. Give them a look! ;D

Southern_Comment| 6.21.11 @ 5:22PM

Why should we bother with reading anything you've posted in the past? You obviously posted just silliness here and felt you made some kind of point, there is no reason to research your posts. You've lost us at relax - and doing that showed us a lib tactic. Condescend without having anything to actually counter. Yes, I give Eat Sh*T a RESOUNDING win as it is the only proper and adequate response to a progressive, it hit your intellectual acuity perfectly.

beebop| 6.21.11 @ 6:43PM

With all respect due, who exactly are you to offer a platitude to someone who is obviously dismayed by Mr. Soros? What exactly is your point?

Southern_Comment| 6.22.11 @ 2:41PM

I think the point was pretty clear. And with all due respect, I am American and welcome to my opinion.

LarryK| 6.21.11 @ 11:46AM

Hey, Zach,

I'll relax while they are marching you to the death camp. What a douche bag you are!

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 12:08PM

If you truly want to demonize every Jew, as well as their subsequent future lives, that was in the same position as Soros, then go ahead. It seems a tad bit simple and generic, but I know how you Fox viewers love Holocaust references on a daily basis so yea! Death camp for me! Soros hates Jews and Ailes hates minorities! It's all so simple!

Occam's Tool| 6.21.11 @ 12:49PM

Soros then goes on to try to destroy Israel. Do you see a pattern, Zach, or are you too stupid to breathe? I'm Jewish, by the way, and my family derived from Lithuania and the Ukraine. We have had no contact with that portion of our family since 1945.

Sardonikus| 6.21.11 @ 1:32PM

Zach is the perfect example of what happens when one spends too much time trying to fling crap at others: they wind up covered in it themselves.

Take a shower, troll..

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 3:46PM

Who covered me in shit? I'm curious what you have the score as right now. I don't like my odds with such an un-American crowd as this group here.

Sardonikus| 6.21.11 @ 3:56PM

Wow...a mediocrity who mistakes himself for a martyr. Typical prog.

Before you start whining about "un-American", perhaps you should remember a little device at the MSNBC discussion forums called "comment collapsed by community". Never has Fascism sounded so alliterative.

At least you are able to air your arguments here without such a cowardly mode of censorship. By all means, continue to do so!

Mike| 6.21.11 @ 4:08PM

This is why I read AmSpec. For the brilliant repartee and well reasoned arguments.

Occam's Tool| 6.21.11 @ 12:47PM

Dear Zach,

he is correct about Soros. Soros did his best to murder his fellow Jews. He is a compleat pile of scum. This is me in relaxed mode about Soros, by the way...Timothy is correct.

Teaghan| 6.21.11 @ 1:20PM

Hey Zach! Leave your santamonious attitude for another website. Tim, like most of us here are worried sick about our country and the takeover by sludge like Soros, his puppet obama and the MSM. If you don't like the conversation here, slither on over to the HuffPo. They love your kind there.

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 3:44PM

None of you ever replied to any point of any comment I made. All I have seen here is "I'm right! Nahhhh nahhhh nahhhh I can't hear you." I'm not debating that Soros could put his resources towards better causes, but to label him a murderer and antisemitic seems to be a little bit of a conservative conspiracy circle jerk. I'm curious why all of you believe that +50% of your nation's citizens are completely wrong simply because their views don't line up perfectly with yours. Don't you think it's possible that you may be a little right and the other side may be to? Please, besides "protecting America from Communist scum," give me a solid principle and platform the Republican party currently values and stands for.

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 10:38PM

Not a single reply to a valid question...

Groad| 6.21.11 @ 11:24AM

Who decided Leibowitz was funny. The little I've heard of him wasn't. All I've ever heard is venom which is why I pay nopt attention to him or any other crass, vile leftist 'funny'man.

Seek| 6.21.11 @ 5:00PM

You, sir, are a schmuck. I don't like Soros either, but to accuse him of celebrating, and participating in, Nazi atrocities is more than a bit over the top.

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 6:00PM

It is a matter of historical record from his own mouth. Here it is with Steve Croft on 60 minutes.

KROFT: (Voiceover) And you watched lots of people get shipped off to the death camps.

Mr. SOROS: Right. I was 14 years old. And I would say that that's when my character was made.

KROFT: In what way?

Mr. SOROS: That one should think ahead. One should understand and–and anticipate events and when–when one is threatened. It was a tremendous threat of evil. I mean, it was a–a very personal experience of evil.

KROFT: My understanding is that you went out with this protector of yours who swore that you were his adopted godson.

Mr. SOROS: Yes. Yes.

KROFT: Went out, in fact, and helped in the confiscation of property from the Jews.

Mr. SOROS: Yes. That's right. Yes.

KROFT: I mean, that's–that sounds like an experience that would send lots of people to the psychiatric couch for many, many years. Was it difficult?

Mr. SOROS: Not–not at all. Not at all. Maybe as a child you don't–you don't see the connection. But it was–it created no–no problem at all.

KROFT: No feeling of guilt?

Mr. SOROS: No.

So there it is. While he can't be held responsible for the Nazi's actions, to participate and benefit from such actions and not to feel a shread of guilt shows he lacks a moral compass and is not a man to be trusted. When you put that together with his support for anti-Israel activists, there is something very wrong and disturbed with George Soros.

DRed| 6.21.11 @ 7:06PM

Kroft: "For example, that, 'I'm Jewish, and here I am, watching these people go. I could just as easily be these, I should be there.' None of that?"

Soros: "Well, of course, ... I could be on the other side or I could be the one from whom the thing is being taken away. But there was no sense that I shouldn't be there, because that was -- well, actually, in a funny way, it's just like in the markets -- that is I weren't there -- of course, I wasn't doing it, but somebody else would - would -- would be taking it away anyhow. And it was the -- whether I was there or not, I was only a spectator, the property was being taken away. So the -- I had no role in taking away that property. So I had no sense of guilt."

So, he didn't even help take any property. Somehow, in your mind this means he helped take people to death camps? Get a grip.

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 10:37PM

That is called rationalization DRed, he stated very clearly that he did help confiscate property . Just like he doesnt feel guilty if he crashes currencies and helps cause economic misery and gets rich doing so. Aren't you leftists suppose to despise speculators and hedge funds?

DREd| 6.22.11 @ 12:43AM

Like I said, if you want to criticize Soros for what he's done as adult, have at it. I might disagree with you, but I think your opinions are defensible. Claiming that a 14 year old kid was sending his fellow jews to the death camps because he stood by while the guy who was saving his life confiscated some property, however, is reprehensible. What should he have done? Volunteered for the gas chamber? Schmuck.

rogelio| 6.24.11 @ 12:13AM

Todd S, I think you have misunderstood what Soros was trying to explain. Clearly he was incapable, in that situation, of doing anything other than what he did in order to survive. There is no intimation that he wanted to help destroy the lives of the people who were being taken away, or even that he wanted to confiscate their property. That was just the reality of the situation. It was far out of his power as a child to do anything to stop the nazis, or even to save property of the victims. That seems to be what he is saying. Why should he feel guilt about something utterly out of his control?

As a conservative, one thing that is bedrock is fairness. Criticise Soros for his policy positions, as an adult, but this kind of critique is unfair and unbecoming of conservatives.

da monk| 6.21.11 @ 5:07PM

Tim: I got a funny feeling you have a "thing" about Jewish people. Does it bother you that Jesus died a Jew?

Impeach Don't Wait| 6.21.11 @ 9:46PM

"But, then, George goes on to tell THE BIG LIE, that the Republicans are guilty of using THE BIG LIE. That they are guilty of Orwellian Newspeak. This, from the LEADER of the Progressive FAR LEFT, in this Country. The same Far Left that has us, NOT in a WAR, but, a Kinetic Operation."

Great point. Would be funny if it wasn't so serious. What's Kinetic Operation supposed to mean anyway? Kinetic is defined roughly as:
"of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith...." To reduce war to something so meaningless! Everyone engages in a little spin but, come on!!... I can't believe liberals think anyone is adept at Newspeak as they. Could it be they're so caught up in believing everything they say that they can't recognize the truth?

Shamus| 6.21.11 @ 7:23AM

Who really cares what this moron thinks?

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 7:51AM

The 215,000 shown below, as well as over 2 million viewers a night.

http://ironicsurrealism.com/fi.....-30-10.jpg

Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 6.21.11 @ 11:09AM

So, he has 2 million viewers? Must be drugged or doped. He's not only not funny, he's not even John Stewart.

rogelio| 6.24.11 @ 12:16AM

Agree with him or not, Stewart is undeniably funny. One thing about Stewart, if you have actually watched him, you can't miss the mockery of both left and right. No doubt, as he himself admits, he leans left, but not on all issues nor all the time. He has some biting humor with regards to left wing figures as well.

LarryK| 6.21.11 @ 3:43PM

Which moron? Stewart or Zach?

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 7:48AM

Below is the unedited interview. I doubt anyone can honestly say Wallace proved a single negative point against Stewart. The rally held last fall was nearly entirely focused on the asinine nature of the 24/7 news channels and how they have failed the public. No statement was made in support of a political party. Quit forming a narrative to match some twisted, narcissism fueled fear of how "your" way of life is under attack. Stewart simply takes, verbatim, what Fox News puts on air, and questions the validity of a network that, while so staunchly partisan, claims to represent the middle way.

http://www.indecisionforever.c.....ws-sunday/

Teaghan| 6.21.11 @ 1:22PM

Why doesn't he do this with MSNBC? They are full of lies and twisted truths.

beebop| 6.21.11 @ 6:48PM

I for one think that Stewart didn't need Wallace's help to look like a petulant flatulent. Worrying out loud whether water had been POISONED? Maybe he was simply auditioning to replace the drunk driver in the next JACKASS remake?

David W| 6.21.11 @ 8:19AM

Mr. Soros would certainly know Nazi-like behavior when he sees it. He certainly collaberated with enough Nazis when he was teenager.

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 8:25AM

"The Jewish Council asked the little kids to hand out the deportation notices. I was told to go to the Jewish Council. And there I was given these small slips of paper...It said report to the rabbi seminary at 9 am...And I was given this list of names. I took this piece of paper to my father. He instantly recognized it. This was a list of Hungarian Jewish lawyers. He said, "You deliver the slips of paper and tell the people that if they report they will be deported."

Sounds like a terrified and confused thirteen year old to me.

PolishKnight| 6.21.11 @ 9:42AM

The issue isn't what he did as a child, Zach. It's more about how he feels about it as an adult:

Mr. SOROS: "Well, of course I c--I could be on the other side or I could be the one from whom the thing is being taken away. But there was no sense that I shouldn't be there, because that was--well, actually, in a funny way, it's just like in markets--that if I weren't there--of course, I wasn't doing it, but somebody else would--would--would be taking it away anyhow. And it was the--whether I was there or not, I was only a spectator, the property was being taken away. So the--I had no role in taking away that property. So I had no sense of guilt."

He clearly rationalized his behavior in a manner that had nothing to do with him as a child. He thinks it's ok because he felt he was a third party spectator and that someone else was going to do it anyway.

Would that work for you? If you saw a child about to get hit and killed by a car, would sell tickets to other "spectators" to get a better view? Would you worry about the competition with other looky-loos?

Soros is a spectator hypocrite and a delightful example of the moral bankruptcy of the left.

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 9:44AM

He said it was the best time of his life verbatim, he is a sick deranged man. Considering his hostility towards Israel demonstrated over and over, he is clearly what you call a self-hating Jew. Quit making excuses for evil because that is what he is.

florin| 6.21.11 @ 9:02AM

When I look at Soros on tv and hear him speak viciously against this country, I wonder how we allow people like him to come here with one sole purpose: to take the country down! To destroy our economy as he has done in other countries - he has his greedy, power hungry hands in so many places and his interests are subversive...he's lucky he came here because if he did things like this in countries like Iran or Saudi Arabia they would problably castrate him and throw him in a cell to rot...

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 9:09AM

What did he say that was viscous against the Jews?

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 9:55AM

In November 2003, for the first time ever, the billionaire (Soros) spoke to a Jewish audience at the conference of the Jewish Funders Network. Many people were dismayed by his call for “regime change” in the United States, his talk of funding projects in “Palestine" and the Geneva Accord, and his ideas about the cause of anti-Semitism.

Soros said European anti-Semitism is the result of the policies of Israel and the United States. “There is a resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe. The policies of the Bush administration and the Sharon administration contribute to that,” Soros said. “If we change that direction, then anti-Semitism also will diminish,” he said. “I can’t see how one could confront it directly.”

You get it Zach? Bush and Israel are responsible for anti-Semitism in Europe according to Soros. You even want to try to defend that? Soros is one sick deranged man which is why he supports all liberal causes and is a liar to his core.

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 10:33AM

He then went on to clarify that meant, in no way, that he thinks Israel has brought antisemitism upon itself. Critiquing the policies of the US and Israel in how they may or may not escalate tensions in the area is not antisemitic. Not every single Jew is a Zionist.

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 10:47AM

You don't get it Zach and you don't want to get it. Clearly Soros is blaming anti-Semitism on those who stand up for the right of Israel to exist and protect their borders. Like there was no anti-Semitism before Israel existed, what a load of bullshit. Something called the Holocaust you might want to look up. Soros sides with the Palestinian animals who want to destroy Israel and kill all the Jews, no surprise that Hitler is a big hero to them and to many in the Arab world. Just like Soros was more than happy when he was 13 to help liquidate the Jews for his benefit, he is now supporting the far-left in their effort to demonize Israel and try to make them defenseless against the Arab hordes. As Netanyahu told the Congress in no uncertain terms, NEVER AGAIN!

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 11:10AM

"I do not subscribe to the myths propagated by enemies of Israel and I am not blaming Jews for anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism predates the birth of Israel. Neither Israel's policies nor the critics of those policies should be held responsible for anti-Semitism. At the same time, I do believe that attitudes toward Israel are influenced by Israel's policies, and attitudes toward the Jewish community are influenced by the pro-Israel lobby's success in suppressing divergent views."

Please, tell me what is twisted about that. Who is trying to demonize and attack Israel on the left? Obama alluding to the 1967 borders as a starting point isn't lunacy. For there to be peace, there must be some sort of negotiation and understanding. NEITHER side can thumb their nose at the other. It is possible to support something while still being critical of it.

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 11:45AM

Tell me what those policies of Israel are that Soros thinks is responsible for causing more anti-Semitism? Not wanting to negotiate with Hamas and to give them more land to stage attacks against Israel? You really think the 1967 borders are going to resolve anything? I seem to recall that Israel was attacked on more than one occasion with those borders, hardly seems like a prescription for peace but you are ignorant of history. There is no negotiation that will lead to peace as long as Hamas has power and the Arab world refuses to acknowledge Israel's right to exist as they do now. It is no secret that many on the left despise Israel, just go to any liberal University (especially Berkeley) and it is obvious. Watch the flotilla's supported by the likes of Bill Ayers and his crazy wife. You must have your head in the sand if you think that no one on the left demonizes Israel.

JF| 6.23.11 @ 4:04PM

How in the world does Israel or her supporters "suppress divergent views"? Israel is the ONLY middle-eastern country that allows freedom of religion and equal rights to Christians, Muslims and atheists alike. Christians living in Israel FEAR the day when the "Palestinians" have their own state; they know that if the Jews go, the Christians are next. When Soros says, "...At the same time, I do believe that attitudes toward Israel are influenced by Israel's policies..." it is hard NOT to interpret that as "Israel should sit down and shut up." Remember, Soros collarborated with the Nazis during WWII and has renouced his OWN Jewish heritage, preferring to be known as a Romany (gypsy).

Occam's Tool| 6.21.11 @ 12:52PM

No, Zach:

and not every Jew would like the Jewish people to survive. Please give me a list of people known for their contributions to Jewish charities and their warm feelings towards the Jewish people who want to see Israel destroyed. I'll wait. It's a very short list.

Honestly, Zach, you've got 3 brain cells connected by two Treponema pallidum bacteria.

Drunken Sailor| 6.21.11 @ 3:07PM

I'll translate that for you Zack. He said your illogical thinking is a result of Tertiary Syphillis. Congratulations, your in the Al Capone club.

Lullabys, Legends and Lies| 6.21.11 @ 8:31AM

"The most consistently misinformed? Fox!!! Fox viewers!!! Consistently!!! Every poll!!!

Jon did you take that poll in the break room of the Daily show? You dolt!!

I'd being willing to bet a lot of money, that the average FOX viewer would kick the ass of the average viewer of Jon Stewart's show, on current events, American history, and probably basic math too (like how many zeros are in a 14 Trillion Dollars?). Although Fox viewers would probably lose big time to his viewers in a Pop Culture quiz (like what's the name of Lady Go-Go's latest album?). And this bet goes for the other Networks, and Cable News channels too, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, and especially MSLSD (they'd all lose to FOX viewers in a landslide). The Left really believe they're smarter than everybody else (because they tell each other that everyday), but just because they believe it, doesn't make it true. But I invite Jon Stewart to keep underestimating the Right, belittling them whenever he gets the chance, because unbeknownst to him, he's falling right into the evil brilliant trap we've set for him, when we oust President Obama, and take full control of the Senate, and start undoing everything the Left has foisted upon this Country in the last 100 years. We'll see who gets the last laugh, and isn't that what's most important in life, who's laughing last?

Ha, ha!!

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 8:58AM

Slightly paranoid...

Tina B| 6.21.11 @ 8:37AM

How's that Kool-Aide, Zach?

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 8:56AM

How does my disagreeing with you equate that I am indoctrinated by a liberal agenda? I'm very moderate politically and am only bothered when someone from a far left or right political perspective acts as though they are superior and somehow 100% correct. Few things in life are black and white. It's a whole bunch of grey. Sorry to burst your "Us vs. Them" fantasy.

MDiggity| 6.21.11 @ 9:21AM

Isn't Jon Stewart's excoriation of the Fox News Channel based entirely on the "Us vs. Them."

"The most consistently misinformed? Fox!!! Fox viewers!!! Consistently!!! Every poll!!!

So Jon Stewart's campaign against a News Network that is politically motivated because of it's right wing bias is NOT politically motivated?

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 9:39AM

"Targeting" Fox News has nothing to do with their having a right wing bias. It is due to the fact that a "news" network is actively pushing an agenda. He has consistently called out the like of Maddow and Olbermann, it just so happens that their brand of bias is not masked as "fair and balanced."

PolishKnight| 6.21.11 @ 9:48AM

Zach, one way to judge a news network is it's ability to provide news. When the Weinergate story broke, for example, the leftist "news" network decided that it wasn't "news" and tried to bury it. Then it broke on conservative news networks.

And yes, the left likes to pretend that they're fair and balanced by calling those who report any news they disagree with "extremists". There are two types of people to the left wing journalist: open minded, fair people who are rigidly politically correct. And closed minded extremist bigots.

Ironically, the prevalence and control the left has over most news outlets has worked against them since the few conservative news outlets gets a large share of the right wing audience while the left has to fight for shrinking scraps of viewers and readers who are moving over to twitter and blogs or don't even read at all (the future demographic of "New Sweden" :-)

JJ| 6.21.11 @ 10:21AM

I think part of the problem Stewart pointed out was that people like you think Weinergate is news. The same day, Pelosi held a press conference on jobs and the economy, and the conservative media, as you put it, cut it over Weinergate.

It as if it's just as Stewart says, the media loves sensationalism, but only Fox News has an agenda.

PolishKnight| 6.21.11 @ 10:58AM

Hahaha! Now THAT'S funny. What "news" did Pelosi have? That the Obamaconomy is tanking? Is that really news? And even then, would the "journalists" at ABC/CBS/NBC have covered such bad news enthusiastically even with the primitive spin?

If it was a conservative who did such a thing, ABC/CBS/NBC would find it quite newsworthy immediately. It went against their "agenda" for a leftist to get his caught with his pants down, so to speak, so they didn't want to cover it. Then it became sensational because Weiner lied so primitively about it. The "hack". Then they tried to help him cover it up and they got egg on their face. That probably wasn't "funny" to Jon and his Stalinist faithful.

Apparently, it is news because Pelosi pressured the Weiner to resign. So if Pelosi thought it was sufficient enough to get his out, doesn't that say something?

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 11:13AM

I heard about the scandal on CNN the morning after the story broke. They spent a good deal of time covering it. No one in the media shied away from the story. Most networks didn't gloat in a man's life being turned upside down. Fox News did. I doubt very many Democrats run on the hoax "family values" Bible belt nonsense that the GOP uses to fire up the red state core, thus, it's not quite as hypocritical.

PolishKnight| 6.21.11 @ 11:22AM

Zach, the "news broke" after Breitbart put it up. Kind of like MonicaGate. The "Journalists" at Pravda couldn't be bothered because they were going to reprint a Pelosi news release about how great the economy was doing.

Hahaha!

I'm sure you saw the spin from CNN about the "investigation" in the hacked account. Howz that coming along?

Regarding the family values nonsense and hypocrisy. It's the left that made a big deal about sexual harassment legislation, remember? Then they got their own president nailed by it. Tee hee!

The GOP uses family values nonsense perhaps because most of their core really do have families. Most of the left, demographically, are welfare state recipients and unwed mothers whom the leftists elites don't want to live anywhere near. You move to the burbs next to right wingers who are hard working and have sons who mow your lawn for extra cash rather than break into your car to get the GPS. So whose the hypocrite there?

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 11:38AM

I saw literally the exact same coverage on all the news networks. The only difference was the attitude Hannity, etc had during the story's life was grotesquely giddy. I am from the suburbs, so trust me, I know what a town full of "devout" conservative Christians more concerned with their next vacation rather than actually putting their "faith" in action looks like. The only purpose social conservatism serves is to maintain a Reaganistic norm that, most people have come to realize, acts to suppress huge portions of the population.

PolishKnight| 6.21.11 @ 11:57AM

Zach, you didn't disprove my point. What's so wrong about planning their next vacation? How often does Soros go out and roll up his sleeves and work in a soup kitchen rather than use capitalism to increase his supply of blood money?

The left tabbed working class white males in the back because they abandoned them and all in the goal of somehow making Sweden II. That's so messed up. It makes old school Catholicism seem reasonable by comparison.

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 11:34AM

Weiner asked to talk to Fox News and volunteered to tell his lies. Not sure what gloating you are referring to exactly but are we suppose to feel bad for Weiner? The ahole finally got what was coming to him. Yes we know you liberals are proud of having no standards. Like the ethically challenged Charlie Rangel said, it is not like he was with any little boys so what is the problem?

Teaghan| 6.21.11 @ 1:28PM

NBC did. they didn't report it for 24hrs after the rest of the media. I suppose they and their cable joke of a network, MSNBC had to wait for their marching orders from the White HOuse. Yes, they are in contact with obama's people daily on what to report and how to report it. Time to look at some other networks besides FOX Zach.
Isn't that a jewish name?

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 11:11AM

Who the hell cares what Pelosi has to say anymore? Hey wasn't Weiner a roommate of Stewart's back in the day? I wonder if they cross dressed together? I bet they have some real wacky stories to tell of their days living together and the hi-jinks they got up to. Stewart is unbiased though and says it is not news but we should pay attention to what Pelosi has to say about jobs and how unemployment benefits is great for the economy. Thanks for coming JJ

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 11:24AM

I heard that Rush would snort pills while Dubya would do a few lines of cocaine back in the day. Tehehehe thumbs up for childish irrelevant comments!

PolishKnight| 6.21.11 @ 12:08PM

It's useful to keep in mind that Rush was certainly not proud of his pill addiction and Dubya didn't flaunt his past cocaine use. For all the left snickering about them being hypocrites, Rush wasn't a big-time anti-drug warrior preaching throwing the sinners in the slammer while he snuck around behind the scenes. In addition, when Rush got nailed, the right didn't try to backpedal and say "well, drug use isn't a big deal."

On the other hand, when Bill Clinton got nailed with his hand in the cookie jar, they tried to say that it wasn't a big deal. Then they turned around and said it was a big deal, again, when going after Schwartzennegggar (they needn't have bothered, Arnold turned out to be the biggest RINO ever.)

If you're going to believe in an anti-religion religion, try to get one that's not so hypocritical. But perhaps that's the point.

David| 6.21.11 @ 1:49PM

Hunh? You make me embarrassed my son is half-Polish.

Did you actually log the minutes of coverage on all the networks that you're such an authority? I think not.

PolishKnight| 6.21.11 @ 2:19PM

There's no need for me to. I merely claimed that these names were used on other media outlets besides Foxnews. I needn't scour google maps for every square inch of the continent to know there are deer in the USA either.

Regarding your Polish slur: Why did you go there? Would you want your wife to read that? I'm assuming that she must wear the pants in the family because one of the reasons why most leftists crave the authority of Big Brother is that they can't stand up to their old ladies.

David| 6.21.11 @ 4:23PM

No because you displayed monumental stupidity and insulted every Pole out there.

Wrong again.

And a "knight" would never refer to his wife as an old lady.

Wrong twice.

PolishKnight| 6.21.11 @ 5:09PM

I like the History channel because it often helps to put into perspective real history as compared to the modern misinterpretation many of us grew up with.

Modern chivalry as interpreted by Western Europeans and Anglo influence is about men being handmaidens to women much like the guys on The Bachelorette swooning over and pandering to women. "Yes Dear! Whatever you say Dear! Did you see where I put my commie healthcare, dear?"

Chivalry was initially set up as a rule of war where the knights were kind enough to not burn down the villages and kill off the women and children out of courtesy. This was somewhat more civilized than the previous era where they did more or less what they pleased. So cringing at the prospect of calling a woman "old lady" is rather amusing in that context, isn't it? But here in the states, it's the left that put up speech codes to protect the damsels in disdress that would make a Victorian woman wonder: "How helpless are modern liberated women?"

Regarding my "insult" to Poles for being "stupid" in your opinion. That's Jon Stewart's whole schtick, isn't it? Anyone who disagrees with him is stupid, haha! But his viewers never seem to tire of it. How DARE stupid people hold opinions different than me! They're such bigots! In a way, that is pretty funny but after 10 minutes, I would rather watch Paris Hilton, BFF. It's more original.

Anyways, Poles are actually quite conservative and were one of the contributing factors to the collapse of the leftist beloved Soviet Union. I'm pretty liberal compared to them although there are some man hating feminists that decided to snatch American husbands.

Jive Bomber| 6.21.11 @ 11:58AM

Zach, you can certainly state that you are a"moderate", but your one-sided defense of John Stewart, an impeccably non-moderate man, isn't fooling anyone. Besides, the claim "I am a Moderate" is a form of Diplomatic Immunity for the politically indecisive.

Now, you are asking yourself: "What, ME indecisive?" (and asking that again, and again, and asking again....but I digress) However, you DID state that you live in a world of "a whole bunch of grey".

Zach, that's not a place where things get done.

Here's the real deal: the world/life is black and white. Now, there is grey aplenty, but that is only the mental wheeling & dealing that leads up to a decision. And that decision, when successful, is black or white.

David | 6.21.11 @ 12:21PM

So, for you, only the nuclear option, metaphorically or literally, is the only possible answer to anything? And you accuse poor Zach of extremism?

Occam's Tool| 6.21.11 @ 12:54PM

No, Zach, you're very uncommitted. You kind of remind me of Neville Chamberlain. Sometimes, there is a Black and White. The fight against sharia and the taliban is Black and White, not gray.

Southern_Comment| 6.21.11 @ 5:28PM

Apparently his favorite is the crack flavored variety. Zach, take that crap elsewhere, we're happy cacooned in our world of truth and we care not to visit your planet or learn about its 'culture'.

Henny Youngman| 6.21.11 @ 8:50AM

Take Jon Stewart. Please. But seriously, folks, Stewart is a one-trick phony. Err, pony. He's just a sarcastic early 90's MTV know-it-all who "shocks" his audience by dropping the F bomb, which Comedy Central bleeps out anyway. Somebody needs to tell Mr Stewart that shock value went out with acid wash jeans.

PolishKnight| 6.21.11 @ 10:11AM

Here's his show for those who don't have cable:

He gets clips of public figures making slipups (especially the right) and then laughs at them and smiles at the audience to indicate he, and they are smart and the target of derision is pathetic.

Sound familiar? It's the same "comedy routine" of a schoolyard playground. Jon is a bully and hides his bullying behind a, well, laughable claim that he's cares for the underdog (namely, well-to-do government workers' unions, well-connected highly paid liberals in corporate America, wanna-be elites in their mother's basements).

When I debate to listen to leftists spouting off their rhetoric, it comes to mind that they appear juvenile. And that's probably no coincidence. Most leftists fall in love with leftism during their formidable years in their early to mid-teens and college freshman year where they crave to be accepted by their peers, girls, and sandal trod professors.

As so many conservatives have observed: conservatives are basically liberals who grow up. We mature. We realize that some of our childish notions of the world and cravings to be in a cool clique were misguided for due to ignorance and decide to go with what works and real. We even learn to laugh at OURSELVES.

Hmmm, that's one thing you'll NEVER see on Jon's show: Him laughing at himself and giving his opponent a point. He's too insecure.

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 10:18AM

Dear God, you've never watched his show.

PolishKnight| 6.21.11 @ 11:11AM

If you went to Christian church, you'd believe in Jesus. :-)

Open your heart brother! Amen!

Sorry, I'm not impressed by his show. The schtick is funny and amusing as a psychological observation but it gets boring quickly. It's a primitive copy of Not Necessarily The News from the 80's with leftist "I'm smart and those who disagree with me are stupid" smugness.

I'll take Catholic church over it, thank you. It's a lot more relaxing, insightful, and yes, even funny.

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 11:28AM

Church is great, and I definitely think you could use more of it, so long as it doesn't creep into your political ideology. Oh no! Must obey the founding fathers and the Constitution by separating church and state but the Bible is so magical and is supposed to be the only law. What ever will I do!?

PolishKnight| 6.21.11 @ 11:34AM

Yeah, like Doctor Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. He should have kept out of politics, right? :-) Or Reverend White. I guess Obama probably didn't let religion get into his views there either since they probably don't have a lot of religion in that church. But like Blagojevech, they have a collection basket. :-)

Hahaha! Religion and politics separate for leftists. Has the sky fallen yet due to global warming? PC orthodoxy makes middle ages angels-dancing-on-pins seem reasonable by comparison. Good luck with making the world look like Sweden by first changing it into Detroit.

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 11:42AM

MLK prescribed to the ideals of Gandhi. According to many Christians, Gandhi is bound for Hell. Not allowing for religion to sway policy is simply keeping in accordance with the Constitution.

PolishKnight| 6.21.11 @ 11:48AM

So you don't think MLK's beliefs should swaw policy because he was religious? Or that MLK wasn't really religious because you think Ghandi wasn't religious?

Your argument is about as convoluted as Weiner's. Did someone hack into your account?

This is PK with the Daily Spectator Show observing that Zack is so stupid. Hahaha! Can I get paid for this?

David | 6.21.11 @ 12:22PM

I would point out that if you watched Hannity or O'Reilly with anything but the ideological equivalent of beer goggles, you'd see that smugness, condescension, and self-assumed authority are not exclusive to the Left.

PolishKnight| 6.21.11 @ 12:38PM

I personally don't like those shows (Hannity or O'Reilly) much either. That said, both of them seem to have a sense of humor and awareness of their own smugness. Stewart, and his audience, are the biggest joke. They really do believe that they're so smart and caring and superior and of course, funny.

Another comedy central show, South Park, often is funny. Sometimes it's not (especially lately).

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 9:02AM

If you still think anyone takes profanity as "shocking," you are sorely out of touch with today's society. Most people respect and pay attention to him because of the fact that he exposes the hypocrisy of our nation's political rhetoric through very entertaining satire.

PolishKnight| 6.21.11 @ 11:53AM

More leftist hypocrisy. Remember the days in the OJ trial over the use of the N word? And sexual harassment? The left is more thin skinned than anyone but they're hypocrites about it (like everything else about their dogma.) They can call tea partiers tea baggers but when Tracy Morgan made a few off color jokes (you know, humor), they cried a river. "Waaah! It's only funny when unPC groups are made fun of. Waaah!"

Laurey Boyd| 6.21.11 @ 9:07AM

Let's see: Stewart is not an activist but he hosted a rally in reaction to Glenn Beck. Hmmm

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 9:13AM

Glenn Beck is a member of the media. The fact that his persona along with Fox News as a whole is linked irrevocably to the GOP shows their folly and corruption and gives Stewart full right to target him for satire. The rally was not in response to Beck, but to a strong, grassroots internet movement by his fans.

Laurey Boyd| 6.21.11 @ 9:21AM

Wow

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 9:40AM

...and?

albert constantine jr.| 6.21.11 @ 9:31AM

Zach, are you really Jon Stewart, or another Soros-funded troll?

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 9:41AM

Both. It's Jon here. Georgie gave me so much money to comment on a fairly obscure webpage's article. You caught us.

David T| 6.21.11 @ 9:58AM

Zach--So what is Jon Stewart, if not a "member of the media"? Stewart, like Beck, is an entertainer, a comedian, and a writer. And, also like Beck, Stewart has an "agenda." So if you call Beck a member of the media, you have include Stewart in that list, too.

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 10:16AM

There is not a single similarity in aim and purpose between the two. Jon Stewart doesn't spend his air time imploring his audience to fear people who may have a different perspective than themselves. Stewart is an intelligent comedic personality while Beck is a fear mongering McCarthy era witch hunt instigator, provided air time on a news network, though not for much longer though ;)

David T| 6.21.11 @ 11:37AM

Sorry, Zach, but, as George Wallace used to say about the political parties, "there's not a dime's worth of difference between the two." Stewart and Beck have the same methods and goals, just different audiences.

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 11:45AM

Jon Stewart is not on a program or network that pushes a major political party's agenda and message 24/7.

David T| 6.21.11 @ 12:58PM

Zach--That may change soon. The puppet masters at Viacom are thinking of moving Stewart to CBS.

Drunken Sailor| 6.21.11 @ 2:07PM

So all the Democrat strategist and politicians that FOX has on to provide a counter point are really working for the Republicans? Amazing! There is a difference between a political pundit and the news you know? Fox has both. Can you tell the difference?

David | 6.21.11 @ 12:24PM

I agree. Both are really, really funny. The problem is that Stewart tries to be.

PolishKnight| 6.21.11 @ 11:43AM

Hahaha! (really, very funny)

Yeah, Stewart is "intelligent". Like leftists don't need to remind us (and themselves) of that belief every 10 seconds or so. They're soooo smart but their green energy policies are trash along with the Obamaconomy and the EU's Soviet economy and pension system is also going up in flames too. Hahaha! Amen brother! You're so smart! Haha!

Soviet intelligence cables show that the claims by McCarthy that there were anti-American leftist communists were all right. That's the reason why the left had to abandon their working class white male base and develop a hypocritical white male bashing agenda. Apparently, the "stupid" Americans didn't favor their anti-American agenda. They then choose to not live among their new welfare class electorate. Do you think Weiner lived in Harlem or Southeast DC?

In the meantime, the left's hypocrisy has caused them to import their PC self-hating agenda into Europe and taking it down from inside. Good going! When you build a Frankenstein monster, be sure to let it run loose in your own house!

Nunya| 6.21.11 @ 4:53PM

Zach, you obviously have never watched Glenn Beck, or listened to him--you're regurgitating the DNC spin on him, not the truth. Also, I disagree with Stewart's "intelligent comedic personality" comment, frankly I think he's just a clown that's not all that bright--kind of like Obozo. I put him in with the same group as Bill Maher, someone who thinks he's a lot smarter than he really is, who is narcissistic and can't take criticism. Frankly, I quit watching both of their shows as I got tired of the continual smugness of the hosts and their arrogant disregard of anyone and everyone who disagree with them--because they are so much smarter than we, and we should recognize their superior intellects. That's the same reason I quit listening to our teleprompeter-in-chief as well. Frankly, they should all move to Cuba and take Sean Penn with them. Oh, and take Michael Moore, too.

megapotamus| 6.21.11 @ 11:08AM

I look forward to Stewart's rally in opposition to Beck's Israel event. He can hold it in Gaza and can count on a good turn out even more dedicated to rubbishing Beck's efforts than in DC. The enthusiasm will be explosive! Hope Stewart and plenty of his fans can make it!

JLK| 6.21.11 @ 9:24AM

Stewart lost all credibility when he said the New York Times doesn't have a liberal agenda.Hating Fox news exposes his own bias.He doesn't want negative stories on THIS president-along with every other Fox news basher.
With the beginnings of the collapse of the European(Greece anyone?) and American welfare states,everyday for conservatives is like Christmas.Take that Mike Tyson uppercut,and drop like a sack of potato's.You lose Stewart!

PolishKnight| 6.21.11 @ 9:51AM

Leftist criticism of Obama reminds me of the job interview question: "Tell me, what's your biggest weakness?" The left answers that kind of question for Obama like: "Well, sometimes he works too hard and cares too much. It's hard for someone who is smart to connect to stupid people who disagree with him, but he knows they deserve a caring person who will teach them the way to be happy by agreeing with Truth which he possesses."

So even leftists get tired of reading and watching that self-serving dreck even if they agree with it.

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 10:11AM

People criticize the President plenty, on the left and right. Just because there is less to freak out about than with the last administration doesn't mean he is getting a pass.

megapotamus| 6.21.11 @ 11:06AM

Less to freak out about? What color is the sky on your planet, hoss?

PolishKnight| 6.21.11 @ 11:14AM

Hahahaha! So Zach says Obama gets plenty of criticism but can't fail to add (paraphrase) "Not that there's much to criticize about someone so perfect! Hallalueah!"

Hahahaha!

Drunken Sailor| 6.21.11 @ 2:10PM

Less to freak out about than the last admin? You do realize he has kept most of the Bush policies in place, taken credit for the ones that worked, re-ran Hillaries ideas (Actually Reid and Pelosi did it for him) took credit for that and then took a page out of the USSR and appointed quite a few Czars don't you?

Purpleguy| 6.21.11 @ 4:01PM

Yeah, let's go back to the Bush policies ... how'd they work out for us? We're still covered in Bush dung, that's how....

Skippy| 6.21.11 @ 6:06PM

You are so right, man.
Those Bush-era unemployment stats were totally unsustainable.
How was I supposed to get a job with 4.75% of the population out of work?
The Bush days were hopeless. No work anywhere.
Then came Obama, and it was all good again. Totally good. Amazing, really.

Purpleguy| 6.21.11 @ 8:33PM

Did you miss who presided over the fall of the economy? Did you know it began in 2007, a full 2 years before Obama was even sworn in? And, we were shedding 780,000/month when Bush left office? Did you know who signed the TARP bailout? Did you know who started bailing out the Auto companies? You do know who started the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, while cutting taxes and trying to conduct war on the cheap? Way to support the troops Georgie!
And, you have the nerve to blame the person who saved you from Bush's mistakes? Don't forget Obama got Osama, while Bush couldn't even with all that torturing going on. And, remember, Bush inherited a 5 Trillion dollar surplus and squandered it away. This country would not only not be in so much debt, we could be nearly out of debt if not for stupid George Bush and his cronies.
Of course, you won't hear any of this on Fixed News, but you've heard it here, now. Have a nice day.

Brad| 6.22.11 @ 8:59PM

Unemployment 1/20/09 (Bush's last day): Approx. 7%
Unemployment now (Under Obambi): 9%

Deficit 1/20/09: $485.2 billion
Now: 14 trillion and rising

You worthless losers are the ones driving us off the cliff. But you don't hear that on libtard news. But you've heard it here, now. Have a nice day.
Idiot.

JP| 6.21.11 @ 9:27AM

Over the years I've caught snippets of Stewart, Colbert, et als... and while I found some of thier schtick mildly amusing, for the most part their comedy is sophmoric. The key to comedy, especially political comedy is get the audience to forget it is political. Rich Little was brilliant at this. He hid his liberalism within his routine. The fact that he only lampooned conservatives was forgiven as he rarely cruel or over the top.

Humorists like PJ O'Rourke are equal oppurtunity comedians in that everyone is guilty as seen through thier gimlet eyes. Stewart can be funny. But he choses to be political. Once that decision is made, humor loses out. Stewart, therefore becomes the very thing that he lampoons. Instead of producing he humor, he produces snark.

megapotamus| 6.21.11 @ 11:05AM

ORourke is a good foil. That guy has no friends as far as his material is concerned. Yes, Stewart has made some strides here and is hitting Obama where it hurts but the candor ORourke has always had from, as he says smoking spliffs to Cubans, is unassailable. That guy needs a show.

David| 6.21.11 @ 2:10PM

Yeah, O'Rourke is a good foil but I don't find him particularly funny. Personal taste - not politics. His book, Parliament of Whores, was good and I don't see where he sublimated anything there.

The problem is, fundamentally, you can't really name any funny Conservatvies - well, any that intend to be funny. Ann Coulter's a hoot but I don't believe she means to be. Palin? A laugh riot.
Donald Trump is hilarious with his misstatements (unless he means them?)
But right-wing standup? Seems to be counter to the grim, Puritanistic world view espoused by many on this site (And I know should know about Puritans - I trace back to 1644 in Boston.)

I posted a joke on this site in making a point and the only responses were to criticize the arithmetic in the story. Honest.

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 3:53PM

Mark Steyn is hilarious though obviously not your cup of tea. What is your example of a funny left-wing standup? That skank Jeneane Garofalo? One of Jon Stewart's good friends, a laugh riot to be sure. Did you hear the funny joke she recently said? The Tea Party is a racist and hate Obama because he is black, hilarious! That keen wit along with her stunning looks makes her irresistible, how I wish I could be Jon Stewart and have such great hilarious friends like that!

David| 6.21.11 @ 4:26PM

Todd, I'm thinking you need a friend. Friends don't let friends say things like that.

But I'll check out Mark Steyn, thanks.

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 4:40PM

Got plenty of friends thank you. Just saying look at some of the people Jon Stewart considers friends like Jeneane Garofalo and Anthony Weiner. Birds of a feather flock together.

David| 6.21.11 @ 5:15PM

I'm glad you have friends. And Stewart is Anthony Weiner's friend? You know that how?

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 6:49PM

It is a fact that they were roommates awhile ago David, look it up on Wikipedia. I don't pretend to know exactly what their friendship consisted of but it is well known that they maintained a rship of some sorts and that this is why Stewart was anxious to try to ignore Weinergate .

David| 6.21.11 @ 7:14PM

Oh. And this after castigating me for using Wikipedia. Okay, fine. I just thought you were friends on Facebook, that's all.

wally| 6.21.11 @ 9:34AM

Jon Stewart is just not funny. Like Whoopi Goldberg...

Mike| 6.21.11 @ 9:40AM

I would urge readers to look at the entire interview and compare it with the edited interview. Note that the edited interview cuts out the part where Jon Stewart talks about Bill Sammon's memos. Google Bill Sammon and Frank Luntz. Then, Google the concept of "bias confirmation."

By the way, no one need convince me about spin on the other side of the ideological divide. I am well aware of it.

squalis| 6.21.11 @ 9:43AM

One thing this article makes absolutely clear to me: Krauthammer is funnier than Stewart.

Purpleguy| 6.21.11 @ 4:03PM

Are you kidding? Ol' squash face is about as funny as a root canal. And always wrong in his analysis for good measure.

bill glass| 6.21.11 @ 9:46AM

I thought Stewart talked around Wallace pretty good, but his Frank Lunz line dropped to zero when he said the NY Times wasn't liberal. Any truthful person couldn't say that. He's protecting his self-interest, and is secure in his spot trying to look good to libs, and yet occasionally throw a dart at the dems. He makes a good living, and pulls down millions for his effort.

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 9:56AM

From the edited transcript used on the Fox News telecast. Jon says they are liberal to a certain extent, but not constantly pushing an agenda. Sounds fairly accurate, calm, and reasonable to me.

WALLACE: Well, here's the deal. Are you willing to say the same thing about the mainstream media, about ABC, CBS, NBC, "Washington Post," "New York Times"?
STEWART: No.
WALLACE: Would you say the same thing about them that they are -- in your words -- a propaganda delivery system relentlessly pushing a liberal agenda?
STEWART: No, I wouldn't say that.
WALLACE: Why not?
STEWART: MSNBC is attempting that. I think they're attempting. They've looked at your business model and they have seen the success of it. And I think they're attempting to be a more activist organization.
WALLACE: You don't think "The New York Times" is a liberal organization?
STEWART: No.
WALLACE: Pushing a liberal agenda?
STEWART: "The New York Times," no. I think they are to a certain extent. Do I think they're relentlessly activist? No. In a purely liberal partisan way? No, I don't.
I think is this -- FOX is a very special --

Below is the video for the full version. You should watch it.

http://www.indecisionforever.c.....y/?xrs=tds

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 10:19AM

Everyone knows that the most informed people watch Comedy Central right Zach? I wonder what Stewart's rating is with pot smoking loser basement dwellers? I think he has the demographic cornered very well. As far as the NYT's having no liberal agenda, that is probably the funniest thing I have ever heard Stewart say, quit the comedian.

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 10:35AM

He said they did, just not in the unrelenting nature of Fox News....he said MSNBC is the left wing equivalent, or at least soon to be. Does that count for anything?

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 10:59AM

Fox News has all kinds of liberals on like Bob Beckel, Juan Williams, Kristen Powers, Geraldo Rivera and even Sheppard Smith (a known liberal). Tell me who in the NYT's gives a non-liberal perspective? David Brooks doesn't count because he exists to trash conservatives and got a hard-on for Obama's pant crease. Stewart is just showing where his allegiance lies (and he lies) and is using his facade of a comedian to push his liberal agenda to gullible youth.

I know it is a tactic of many liberals to equate the crazies on MSNBC with Fox News because no one watches MSNBC anyways so it is a good trade-off from their perspective. The liberal media just can't stand the fact that they cannot control the discourse anymore like they used to and they hate Fox News for it, especially since Fox is kicking their asses.

Purpleguy| 6.21.11 @ 4:05PM

Have you ever read the NY Times - or are you just parroting your God's mantra, aka. Rush Loudmouth?

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 4:43PM

Sometimes I read the drivel of people like Paul Krugman and Thomas Friedman just to see what lies and propaganda the NYT's is spreading now. As the proverb says, know thy enemy.

David| 6.21.11 @ 5:17PM

Why do you think I read these posts and respond? Keep your friends close and your enemies closer as Lao Tzu reminds us. But - oh wait. He's an old guy, too, Todd, so he couldn't possibly matter.

megapotamus| 6.21.11 @ 11:03AM

The most hilarious thing about that was his faux paus of a good four mississippis. He postured as if he had never heard that question before and was giving it serious, brow-furrowing thought! Man, is this what his show is like? That was truly comic genius. It was almost as good as Debbie W-Schultz when she denounced pro-life Reps as "anti-woman" and was asked if pro-life Dems were also. She waited a priceless, Jack Benny style three beats and puffed out.... "No!" These guys are really at the top of their comedic game. Weiner anyone?

Robert L| 6.21.11 @ 9:48AM

Chris Wallace was lucky. Had he pushed "Professor Furlong" a bit more, those snake thingies would have popped out of his head. Google "The Faculty" imdb

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 10:02AM

It never seemed like Wallace had the upper hand. Stewart is pretty funny in "Half Baked" as well.

Doctor Right| 6.21.11 @ 10:10AM

I'm proud to say I've never found Leibowitz all that funny, and have never watched his show.

Anthony| 6.21.11 @ 10:17AM

How do you expect a leftist to be honest about his poltical bias and contempt for anything not left of center, when he can't be honest about his own name.
Mr. Liebowitz has a long way to go in the full disclosure department before he casts any stones onto FOX.

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 10:22AM

"Stuart" is his middle name....so many people in the entertainment business use a stage/pen name. Stop trying so hard...

DRed| 6.21.11 @ 10:53AM

He obviously changed his name so no one would know he's Jewish, Zach. Everyone knows Jewish people can't succeed in comedy.

David| 6.21.11 @ 6:23PM

Well, Pilgrim (significant pause), that'd be kinda a surprise to Marion Morrison, now woodn't it?

That would be John Wayne. And if the Duke can adopt a stage name, I really can't see the harm in it.

So, y'all, back off on Stewart for that one, eh?

Sheila| 6.21.11 @ 10:55AM

And Zach responds with the most important question in America in mind, in about fifty different versions, "But is it good for the Jews?"

Anthony| 6.21.11 @ 2:48PM

Yeah, so, I don't go around using my middle name, do you?
I'm well aware of show biz types who use stage names; a phony is still a phony, middle name or not.
Stop trying so hard to defend a snot nosed leftist ass.

John| 6.21.11 @ 10:23AM

Jon Stewart rocks. His exposure of fox news as right wing mind control and nothing more deserves the noble peace prize. Fox news a channel for the mentally challenged.

megapotamus| 6.21.11 @ 10:59AM

So John, you are twelve or so, right? Stewart ROCKS MAN!!!! Pathetic.

Purpleguy| 6.21.11 @ 4:08PM

Anyone with a critical mind could see the Fixed News agenda is clear. Apparently, you lack that ability. How many presidential wannabes are employed, were employed by Fixed News? Might that tell you something, ya think? Never mind, you don't get it and you never will. Stewart sliced Chris Wallace in his attempt to smear Stewart. And, ya, Stewart rocks. All goes past you I'm sure.

megapotamus| 6.21.11 @ 10:58AM

That Soros funding is objectionable at least on grounds of hypocrisy, I certainly agree but the "poll" also fails on its own merits. The "facts" of which the Fox informed dummies are ignorant are not facts at all but tendentious assertions, all revered on the Left, that have not withstood the couple years since. I doubt Stewart is amenable to any re-examination of his poll or subject to any embarrassment regardless of the facts but if he had been listening to Limbaugh he would have at least been more cautious in his assertions, as the Rushbot thoroughly rubbished the poll on air and in a timely fashion. The sad bit is Wallace seemed as ignorant of this fairly recent struggle despite its prominence in media news as Stewart. And that is something to be ashamed of.

jlrlee| 6.21.11 @ 10:58AM

To understand people like Jon Stewart, you would have to know that he probably knows no one personally who voted for George W. Bush, yet Bush won twice. He is surrounded by "yes" people who feed him his own style of propaganda and would never say anything to him that would violate his left-wing view for fear of being dismissed from his job or circle of friends.

Nunya| 6.21.11 @ 5:02PM

Interesting comment, and probably true. I remember reading some years ago about a liberal (in NY, I believe) who was having a concerned conversation with someone about Reagan winning in a landslide, and who made the comment "I don't know anyone who voted for the man!" Let's talk about being disengaged from the mainstream...

David Stern| 6.21.11 @ 11:05AM

First, my biases. I am a Rationalist Libertarian, strongly in favor of lower taxes, lower government services and reduced entitlements. I am for a strong military. Counter to this, I am not a strict Constitutionalist and am socially Libertarian. I am represented by neither Left or Right. Both sides expound silly arguments.
It seems that those who don't like Stewart seem to think "He's not funny" and "He doesn't use his real last name" are legitimate criticisms of his positions. It doesn't matter if you find him funny, just as it doesn't matter that most Liberals find Hannitty extremely boring, repetitive and armed with childish arguments. They are both influential, and you have to deal with that.
So, to the central thesis. Is Fox News an activist rightwing organization. Actually, Chris Wallace admits that they are, and have become so to balance the perceived Left Wing slant of the other media outlets. He said it. It's easy to document and very apparent to a disinterested observer. One point for Stewart.
Of course, this counteracts the mission statement of Fair and Balanced. More accurate would be "Adversarial and Balancing, in our opinion."
So, in general, is Fox just like ABC, CBS, NBC and other mainstream news outlets, only from an opposite viewpoint? Stewart is also correct in his observation that Fox is different. The other Big 3 networks are partime news organizations. They don't interweave News, opinion and entertainment in a way that makes it confusing to determine which is which. There may be an occasional link from news to entertainment, but, daily, Fox links opinion venues (the talking heads) to news stories, from the website to 24 hour TV.
The power of Fox became very apparent to me when about 15 friends started to use what I call the "name mantra" around election time (Wright, Rezko, Ayers, Acorn, Reid Pelosi). It was almost like talking to robots impanted with code words that would rouse preprogramed emotions. This came specifically from the Fox drumbeat. There is no equivalent brainwashing engine on Left.

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 11:49AM

Seems reasonable to me

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 1:01PM

Wow, you are so smart and moderate Mr. Stern! We are lucky to be graced by your insight and wisdom. Please do say more because you are so enlightened and fair-minded unlike anyone who watches Fox News. I am sure your friends who watch Fox just love to be educated by you and your great wisdom. Sure hope you are able to "deprogram" them so they can see the light like you.

David| 6.21.11 @ 1:40PM

Wow. Someone actually attempts to be even-handed and see both sides and they get hammered.

Way to underscore every stereotype of the Right.

Purpleguy| 6.21.11 @ 4:19PM

Todd, Todd, you have to stop drinking the Kool-Aid to see the real truth. David Stern layed Fox News bare for y'all to see and you reject his cogent arguments. Too bad you can't escape the right-wing echo chamber before we all become corporate slaves (Koch Bros., Murdoch, etc.)

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 4:46PM

I have never heard anyone that spews more propaganda and Kool-Aid without ever making a valid factual point than you Purpleguy. Really everyone here other than the trolls are sick of you, what is your compulsion that makes you troll here constantly?

Purpleguy| 6.21.11 @ 5:48PM

Since this isn't Fixed News, saying it over and over again won't make it true - sorry dude, you can't win that one.
If I am nearly a lone voice of reason here, that's okay. Someone needs to let you know there's another side to every story - consider me like the Voice of America broadcasting behind the Iron Curtain. The truth your right-wing masters don't want you to here.

PolishKnight| 6.21.11 @ 1:42PM

Most of these names are also mentioned strongly on Limbaugh or even AmSpec. So it's hardly just Foxnews brainwashing the minions. I personally rarely watch Foxnews if only because I like the format of headline news with multiple small stories instead of commentary. I also liked RussiaToday back when they weren't also a talking heads format.

Regarding the left brainwashing engine. Even as Jon Stewart denies that the NYT is leftist propaganda, it's clear that the NYT, at least until recently, was the head of the beast and used as a citation source by other print and media outlets. This would be like saying that there was no communist propaganda in the USSR and that Pravda was neutral.

And this may explain why the major leftist news networks are having problems as I observed above: They're repeating the same spoon fed swill from the NYT and viewers aren't bothering to tune in.

One reason why the names Wright, Acorn, and Ayers are mentioned so often is because they are so damaging to the reputation of the left. Acorn was just a Blagojovech style kickback agency and delightfully exposed by an independent reporter kind of like Michael Moore, but actually effective. Tee hee. Howz Fahrenheit 911 doing outside of the commie coffee clutch? The Rev Wright fiasco exposed Obama as a 60's radical. Yep, all covered mostly, but not exclusively by, Foxnews. Choke on it comrades!

Purpleguy| 6.21.11 @ 4:23PM

All you have done is confirmed the right-wing echo chamber - Fixed News, Rush Loudmouth and back repeated here often, reinforcing the propaganda machine.
Obama a 60's radical? What, when he was 5 or 9 yrs old. twiddle dee-twiddle dumb.

PolishKnight| 6.21.11 @ 4:56PM

That's just it PurpleGuy, the "propaganda machine" you refer to is what? A list of about 10 or so talk show hosts and a single news network channel?

Yet you clearly are irked by it. How DARE people have an alternative to ABC/CBS/NBC/PMSNBC/etc? You've got hippie professors and speech codes on most university campuses where students are required to go through a month of indoctrination in leftist political correctness.

So whose the one who is being brainwashed?

Indeed, the 60's hipster/commie agenda is no longer radical and even largely the status quo. But it's not good enough for the same reason that the beloved USSR fell: It doesn't work. Enjoy the obamaconomy until Nov 2012!

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 5:05PM

I AM IN COLLEGE. WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

Purpleguy| 6.21.11 @ 5:45PM

He doesn't know Zach - he was told to say that. It's just part of the narrative they believe in - not fact, just belief.

PolishKnight| 6.21.11 @ 5:54PM

I'm talking about diversity courses, sexual harassment, etc. The "church" of the left.

Purpleguy| 6.21.11 @ 8:17PM

Oh, you mean civil liberties and civil rights....? I see, that's code for "them". Why do you deny the Declaration of Independence and even more so the U.S. Constitution? Those are documents of the left? Is that what you really mean? Really?

Purpleguy| 6.21.11 @ 5:44PM

Just like your parents lived with the FDR economy for decades (general prosperity by the way), you are living with the Reagan economy (Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II, even Clinton to some extent). But in this case, the rich have gotten richer, while all of us have gotten poorer. Even David Stockman, Reagan's budget director, complains about the "Reagan revolution" and the disaster it has been to our economy, our middle class and our future. You can blame the president of the moment, but it was Reagan's policies that got us here (deficits don't matter, and Government is bad - remember? ) So what happened? Lax regulation, huge deficits and tax policies skewed to the top 1%. No matter how much the rich spend they cannot equal 300 million people with disposable spendable income. That is not a 60's hippy radical thought - it's a fact.

PolishKnight| 6.21.11 @ 6:06PM

Yeah, the 1930's was an era of general prosperity. Until he got the USA into a war.

So you ought to be happy about the Iraq war. FDR would be proud.

David| 6.21.11 @ 7:19PM

Said what? More tortured, inaccurate history. First you present some garble on the role of chivalry and now "the 1930s was a period of general prosperity"? Unless you were being ironic/sarcastic? Naw, that can't be.

And if FDR "got the U.S. into a war," who was shipping all of the scrap iron and other metals to Japan?

Purpleguy| 6.21.11 @ 8:25PM

Are you really that dense? This country was highly profitable up until the 1980's ... following the policies of FDR. FDR's transformational presidency was felt for 40 years after his death. Just as Reagan's policies are still with us - unfortunately. Deregulation of the airline industry - how's that working out for us? Been on a plane lately? When Reagan tucked tail and ran home from Beirut, that gave Muslim extremists the balls to go after us all the way to 911. Reagan cutting taxes and increasing spending put us on the deficit spending spree for the last 30 years. How you like that now?
And, yes, FDR would be proud of the America he left us- ya think Reagan is proud of what he left?

squalis| 6.22.11 @ 12:19AM

What?! Did I miss something about the Carter years?

PolishKnight| 6.22.11 @ 9:43AM

You apparently never heard of Jimmy Carter.

Regarding airlines and evil deregulation, actually, yes, it's pretty good. Most of the problems people have are with security and that's now handled by unionized federal workers. The baggage fees, etc. are annoying BUT keep in context that thanks to leftist policies about praying for green energy rather than drilling for oil, that's the way they're trying to keep costs down. Would you rather pay an extra $50 for a bag or $300 more after they bundle everything together?

If you factor in inflation and the higher cost of fuel, airline deregulation has made air travel incredibly affordable.

Reagan's tax cuts generated revenue. Arguing that his tax cuts "caused" deficits is like a shopping addicted wife complaining that her husband cutting his hours at work after a promotion is the reason why they have credit card debt even if he did make more money.

FDR's social insecurity and medicaid, similar to Greek and EU pension systems, is what is killing socialism in Europe and here. That's why Obama was in a rush to get Obamacare passed even if his main supporters wanted exemptions from it!

Clearly, Reagan was proud of what he left and this is important, was a clear patriot while Obama goes on tours to apologize for how rotten the USA is. Enjoy the Obamaconomy!

Bill Diebold| 6.21.11 @ 11:08AM

I was a bit surprised that Chris Wallace would give this loon credence by having an interview with him. This cretin wouldn't admit his political beliefs, rather he claimed to be a comedian. Like all of these pitiful marxist, they're weak worthless cowards. If that was what Chris W. wanted to demonstrate, he could'nt have picked a better example.

DRed| 6.21.11 @ 11:23AM

STEWART: I disagree with you. I think that I’m pushing comedy and my ideological agenda informs it, at all times.

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 11:51AM

He said, in the interview, that he leans left mostly but is more conservative in some cases, which he has echoed numerous times on the Daily Show.

Hank Rearden| 6.21.11 @ 11:36AM

The Brits have a response to someone making a charge, for instance that Fox News misinforms its viewers..."when and where?" Let's have some specifics.

I am bemused when Fox News is referred to as ignorant or biased because I watch Fox News and that is not my conclusion. Fox News has two product lines - one is straight news and close to straight news like Fox News Sunday; and the other is commentary like O'Reilly, Hannity, etc. I am never sure WHICH Fox News is being referred to when the charge of bias is made.

DRed| 6.21.11 @ 11:43AM

Funny, Chris Wallace disagrees with you. Of course, they didn't show this part of the interview on Fox News. Weird, huh?

JON STEWART: You believe that Fox News is exactly the ideological equivalent of NBC News.
CHRIS WALLACE: I think we're the counterweight.

JON STEWART: You believe that.

CHRIS WALLACE: I think that they have a liberal agenda, and I think we tell the other side of the story.

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 11:49AM

WE HAVE A WINNER

David | 6.21.11 @ 12:05PM

Basically, it doesn't matter. Both channels serve the agenda of Roger Ailes, he of Nixon anti-Constitution fame and Rupert Murdiock, who's proven over and over again he's no friend of freedom.

Purpleguy| 6.21.11 @ 5:35PM

Let's try Shirley Sherrod who was fired from her job after snippets of her story of how she changed from a racist black woman to a caring, non-racist. Of course, Fixed News only played the racist snippets. Until you hear her whole speech, you can't respond, because you know nothing (thanks to Fixed News)
You need another example you say? How about that 25 year old twit posing as a pimp with his fake whore beside him trying to trap Acorn workers into saying something incriminating. Of course, Fixed News snipped only the commentary that sounded like the Acorn people were offering something, when in reality the "pimp" and "whore" were asking questions to get the words on camera.
There are dozens of examples - all you have to do is dig a little deeper and stop believing what the liars at Fixed News tell you hook, line and sinker. They make up the news to keep you glued to their agenda. Someday you'll see. Really, you will.
On the other hand, Timothy McVeigh and the Tiller Killer were real villains. How were they portrayed on Fixed?

Louis Jenkins| 6.21.11 @ 11:55AM

So Stewart is not a full blown lip serving liberal? Anytime you see a comedian they're pretty much anti-conservative, making all sorts of puns and jokes on them or at their expense. Where are all the jokes about Obama coming from? I listened to the interview, and almost dozed off.

David | 6.21.11 @ 12:02PM

I watch Jon Stewart for the same reason I watch Hannity - they're both hysterically, over-the-top comedians.

And I come away with a more balanced appreciation for the weirdness that is our world. But, sure, mention "Stewart" on this site and, wow, does the shit fly

Marc Jeric| 6.21.11 @ 12:03PM

Did you see that characteristic smirk on that far-left pipsqueek's face when commenting on Fox News viewers? I am not a country bumpkin - I have a PhD degree in engineering from UCLA; I am also, together with at least 30 million other people here a refugee from various communist hells. For me, already in the late 1960's, The New York Times became The New York Pravda; also the ABC-CBS-NBC became no different from the marxist deadly claptrap I was used to in that communist deadly paradise in which I was born and grew up.
Thank god for the Fox News and their commentators. I do not depend for my political news on the "intellectual" nincompoops of the left who think they discovered the eternal truth in the readings of the 160-year old Marx philosophy of mass muder, terror, and utter poverty.

David | 6.21.11 @ 12:09PM

Wow. Did you even pass through a classroom on the way to this alleged PhD in engineering? Or did you do the Dan Quayle thing and go through the classroom buildings because they were on the way to the golf course?

Have you actually read Marx?

And, as for age, have you checked the expiration date on the U.S. Constitution? Hmmm, lemme look for you - yup, over 111 years old and still kicking communist ass.

Age does not equal utility and, in your case, certainly does not convey wisdom.

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 1:12PM

With all due respect David, you are an idiot which makes you Stewart's target audience. I remember his stupid little stunt rally last year when he invited the Islam nutjob the former Cat Stevens to sing on-stage. So Glenn Beck is suppose to be dangerous but Islamonazi nutjobs are just fine to people like Jon Stewart and idiots like you lap it up.

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 1:24PM

LONDON, May 22 -- The musician known as Cat Stevens said in a British television program to be broadcast next week that rather than go to a demonstration to burn an effigy of the author Salman Rushdie, ''I would have hoped that it'd be the real thing.''
The singer, who adopted the name Yusuf Islam when he converted to Islam, made the remark during a panel discussion of British reactions to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's call for Mr. Rushdie to be killed for allegedly blaspheming Islam in his best-selling novel ''The Satanic Verses.'' He also said that if Mr. Rushdie turned up at his doorstep looking for help, ''I might ring somebody who might do more damage to him than he would like.''

''I'd try to phone the Ayatollah Khomeini and tell him exactly where this man is,'' said Mr. Islam, who watched a preview of the program today and said in an interview that he stood by his comments.

David| 6.21.11 @ 1:44PM

There was no "due respect," Todd, so please no assumed gentility.

So like the Right - fail to even read what was posted - in comprehensible English words - and start insulting. I keep reading these posts hoping to read some cogent defenses of the conservative cause and those that do, like David Stern, RamIII, and even Occam's Tool on occasion, recieve only your clumsy invective.

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 1:58PM

Of course there is no due respect to an idiot like you, it is a joke I like to use on idiots like you. What you posted to Marc Jeric was nothing but insults and invective. Marc Jeric knows exactly where Marxist thought at the point of a gun leads to because he lived under it you moron. 100 million or so killed in the past century under the jackboot of Marxist Communism along with hundreds of millions of lives destroyed. Where do you get the idea that David Stern is making a cogent defense of the conservative cause? Are your reading skills that impaired?

David| 6.21.11 @ 2:18PM

And you know Mr. Jeric's history how?

As for my insult and invective, I believe I learned from you very own posts that some things need to be called out.

And I dont' recall defending Marx. I was pointing out Jeric's obvious illogic that the age of an idea automatically discounts its validity. Democracry, at least the version espoused in Athens, predates both Marx and the U.S. Constitution, as you know.

Are you afraid to read Marx? The primary work is Das Kapital by the way. I have. Just like I've read Hitler, Franklin, Jefferson (my personal fave), the Bible, the Koran, the Torah and the Baghavgita. I prefer to have a wide range of ideas to sift through. I will confess to some occasional yearning for the absolute certainty you bring to your beliefs. Would that life were that simple.

And I never said David Stern was making cogent defenses of anything. I congratulated him on at least being even-handed. It seems that it's not my reading abilities that are impaired.

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 2:34PM

Marc Jeric has been a long time poster here and I have no reason not to believe him as there are many people with his experience who escaped a communist hell and made a good life for themselves in America with hard work. Why the hell would I waste my time reading the works of a failed philosopher like Marx? I see the bitter fruits of those that followed his ideology. Try reading Adam Smith instead whose philosophy has enriched the lives of billions of people instead of destroying like Karl Marx. Are you here to defend Karl Marx and tell us he had some good ideas and it was just implemented wrong? The fact that it is 160 years old has nothing to do with it, it is what the philosophy lead to that Jeric commented on. The Black Book of Communism written by former French commies go into exact detail of where it lead.

Are you are the kind of person that sees the Bible, the Torah and the Koran as essentially equal? I compare the societies that have mostly accepted the Torah and Bible (Judeo-Christian philosophy which the Founders were grounded in) and compare it to those based on the Koran and it is clear as day that they are not equal.

To quote you "I keep reading these posts hoping to read some cogent defenses of the conservative cause and those that do, like David Stern". Idiot

David| 6.21.11 @ 4:39PM

So you reject Marx but have never read him (or his fellow traveler, Engels)? Hmmmm. So people may have been lying to you all this time and you wouldn't know it. On your own. On the basis of your own intellect and experience. Why should I read a failed philosopher like Ayn Rand? By the way, that's a rhetorical question. And I know rhetoric is an old discipline but a useful one. I really should revisit Atlas Shrugged considering the admiration for it that I've heard lately from the Right.

And, yes, thank you, I should included Smith's Wealth of Nations as philosophers I have read, attempting to find a blended approach to things. I should have also included the Book of Mormon. I have to admit that the faith of my fathers is pretty much where I want to be - "Walk gently over all the Earth and greet that of God in everyone."

How do you leap from me reading something to believing it's equal to something else? I didn't start reading religion to find an equality.

I read those books out of curiosity, out of a sense of wanting to weigh my beliefs against others; more of a personal quest. And I have found the Koran to be severely wanting, by the way. I cannot accept that simply because I believe differently, that fact alone warrants my death as an infidel. (Although that is also what some posters here have offered as well). And the murderer is pretty much guaranteed Paradise.

I hadn't gone to comparing those areas of the world that are largely Judeo-Christian as being more advanced than those who have embraced the Koran. Interesting thought. Thank you.

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 5:04PM

So I would have to read Mein Kampf to know that Nazism and Hitler were a terrible destructive force David? Why should I waste my time reading Das Kapital from a confused weirdo with his Daddy issues? Much better books to spend my time reading where I can gain real knowledge instead of reading some political collectivist propaganda. Ayn Rand may have her weaknesses but she makes a quite strong defense of individual self interest against the collectivist state (ie Marxism). I don't believe anyone has killed or enslaved anyone in the name of Ayn Rand unlike Karl Marx. Like I said, The Black Book of Communism is and open and shut indictment of the evil of collectivist Marxism.

You just had to throw in an ad hominem attack saying people here would want to kill you because you believe differently, not sure why you felt the need to throw that in after actually being quite reasonable. Just trying to be clever I guess but you come off as a prick for saying it.

David| 6.21.11 @ 5:24PM

No, you read so you have first hand knowledge and can make up your own mind. You read because you can weigh those ideas against your own and then either authentically reject or adopt.

Points for using "ad hominem attack." And used correctly to boot. But how do you square that with the fact that a poster did say that if he ever met me, he would "put a hollow point through my temple." Simply because something is "ad hominem" does not disqualify it as an epistemological exercise. In fact, I believe it's encouraged.

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 12:29PM

Yall are some very insecure little Republicans on here. I would actually consider voting for Romney if he would stop pulling a McCain and actually stand up to the GOP puppet masters about his health care legislation. I don't have some delusion that either the left or the right want to run the nation into the ground. Both sides have valid points and stances and both should be respected. Yet, when the GOP has a full network at their disposal, a conflict of interest arises. I don't lap my news up from one source. Usually it takes quite a few to find the truth when it comes to politics. I don't define myself and my ideals by any party. There are good and bad politicians on both sides, and it's our jobs as voters to demand legitimate coverage and information on the issues so that we may make informed decisions. I believe the future prosperity of America lies in, not fixing our past and current systems and standards, but to truly strive to be the world's strongest nation in pushing towards the future. Seriously, if any of you want anyone with an opposing view point to take anything you say seriously, you have to understand that it is fine to disagree with someone. To be so egotistical that any alternative view point is spit upon is a very sad, sad existence.

PolishKnight| 6.21.11 @ 12:35PM

Zach, while you're up there on the soap box, did it occur to you that's Jon Stewart's occupation? Spitting on people especially those he disagrees with while only giving token spits on those he worships?

One of the wonderful things about this forum and most conservatives is that they are politically cynical. They know that politicians are out primarily for their own special interests. It's the left that wants to believe that they can get a big brother dictator to rob from others but someone be honest with them.

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 12:52PM

interview where you think he spits on someone. Also, who do you think Obama and the liberals are stealing from?

http://www.altacocker.com/othe.....-chart.htm

PolishKnight| 6.21.11 @ 1:33PM

Practical marxism doesn't go after the wealthy. For starters, the oligarchs are usually just the new commie bosses. Jessie Jackson's wife wanted that cushy 6 figure job as lottery commissioner. :-) GE gets all those cushy tax breaks and even subsidies. Have you started buying $20 mercury light bulbs yet?

Nope. They don't do income class warfare. They're into reverse Jim Crow and under Uncle Joe Stalin, it was about ethnic cleansing of the Ukrainians and Scandanavians in what is now Kaliningrad.

This is why trying to sell us Leftist cool aid is such a lost cause. Most of the voters for the Democrats are bought off via race, gender, or homosexual entitlements. Ultimately, the way that the leftists have tried to seize power in the USA will eat at their beloved Europe like a cancer so the goal now is for them to finish taking down the USA before their utopia collapses.

David| 6.21.11 @ 1:46PM

Wow? So how is it that I learned to spell and you didn't?

PolishKnight| 6.21.11 @ 2:15PM

To quote you above: "Age does not equal utility and, in your case, certainly does not convey wisdom."

I would alter that to say that being intelligent, and knowing how to spell better than me, does not necessarily equal wisdom. Lots of smart people drank cool aid to go to the comet. Smart people are more likely to join cults perhaps because they feel a need to be "progressive" and distinct from everyone else.

Back to basics: For all the chatter the left makes about representing the working man or proletariat, they really hold them in contempt. You either should be a party member in the exclusive priesthood of the leftist religion OR a loyal, welfare check cashing serf. Then they gripe that evil corporations are "outsourcing". (This is kind of like Stalin complaining about labor shortages. He shouldn't have killed so many laborers!)

Yes, I'm a lousy speller but I'm no fool nor religiously dogmatic to any faith.

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 12:51PM

Send me one

Pecos Pete| 6.21.11 @ 1:12PM

My, my, my ... we do have a new troll on board. With Zach on board to join with David, Mike and ... oh well, let's don't forget Jerimiah? By the way, Zach sounds a lot like Jeromiah. If I left out a name please don't hesitate to make yourself known.

Zach| 6.21.11 @ 1:23PM

David hasn't seemed trollish. And I doubt I'll piddle around here besides this article, but I must say, someone disagreeing with you isn't trolling.

David| 6.21.11 @ 1:51PM

And yet --- you and yours keep replying.

And I gotta tell you, it's a hoot.

Drunken Sailor| 6.21.11 @ 2:23PM

Don't forget PurpleGuy.

David| 6.21.11 @ 1:31PM

And it's nice to know that there are "millions of liberals" out there. To read the posts here, you'd think there were only the trolls who make jabs at this site.

Purpleguy| 6.21.11 @ 1:49PM

"Krauthammer has made a point of saying that FNC founder Rupert Murdoch and his right hand man Roger Ailes "found a niche…half the American people." - what happened to "Fair and Balanced" ? Fixed News is obviously slanted - except for Shephard Smith - he seems the most journalistic of the bunch at Fixed.
No matter how much they howl, the game is up at Fixed ... There isn't anyone who is more upset than when they find out those they trusted have been misleading, misinforming and lying to the people who trusted them. And so the saga of Fixed News goes on .. for a while yet.
Everything Rupert Murdoch touches turns to crap. Evidence the Wall Street Journal, which has turned obviously rightward.
If you doubt he has an agenda, just count how many potential or current presidential contenders he has on the payroll of Fixed News ... actions speak a lot louder than their "Fair and Balanced" words.
BTW - Jon Stewart skewered Chris Wallace in that interview; squashed him like a bug.
Stewart's right about Germany - if you just search Mein Kampf for "propaganda", you'll all the tactics that Fixed News uses spelled out for you. If they use the same tactics, what could their agenda possibly be, huh? I wonder ...

tonypal| 6.21.11 @ 4:40PM

Since you've taken the time to point out the ignorance of others, perhaps you would be willing to provide evidence of your contentions concerning Fox News. We here at TAS frequently ask people such as yourself to back up their statements, yet we never seem to get a response. So perhaps you would be willing to go where no liberal has gone before and provide something substantive to support your claims regarding Fox.

Purpleguy| 6.21.11 @ 8:40PM

Okay, how about some "Fixed News"?

Let's try Shirley Sherrod who was fired from her job after snippets of her story of how she changed from a racist black woman to a caring, non-racist. Of course, Fixed News only played the racist snippets, and plastered the airwaves constantly with the misinformation again and again. Until you hear her whole speech, you can't respond, because you know nothing (thanks to Fixed News)
You need another example you say? How about that 25 year old twit posing as a pimp with his fake whore beside him trying to trap Acorn workers into saying something incriminating. Of course, Fixed News snipped only the commentary that sounded like the Acorn people were offering something, when in reality the "pimp" and "whore" were asking questions to get the words on camera.
There are dozens of examples - all you have to do is dig a little deeper and stop believing what the liars at Fixed News tell you hook, line and sinker. They make up the news to keep you glued to their agenda. Someday you'll see. Really, you will.
On the other hand, Timothy McVeigh and the Tiller Killer were real villains. How were they portrayed on Fixed?

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 2:07PM

Only a matter of time before the Soros paid troll Purpleguy showed up. Really quite pathetic you can't find a real job but no one else would want to hire someone as dumb and useless as you. Perhaps you have a union job where you have lots of free time to troll here I suppose, the purple could be a reference to the thugs at SEIU. Which is it Purpleguy?

Purpleguy| 6.21.11 @ 2:33PM

Neither, non-union, highly paid in the tech industry, and pro-American as anyone. And you demonstrate just what Stewart was talking about. You know nothing, and you're happy in your ignorance. Wait until it hurts you or yours, then you'll understand. Unfortunately, just as your mother said, "if you're not going to learn it the easy way, you will learn it the hard way" Too bad you haven't woken up yet. "those who will not learn from history, are destined to repeat it"

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 2:48PM

Way to use a Hitler Nazi analogy purpleguy. I think there is a saying that you lost the argument or have none to begin with when you have to go there. Soros on the other hand actually has a track record of actually working with the Nazi's and said it was the "best time of his life". That is the guy that funds a great deal of the liberal agenda and actively works to undermine Israel. Keep trolling you loser

David| 6.21.11 @ 4:48PM

Ummm, Todd, ol' buddy, the phrase, "those who will not learn from history, are destined to repeat it" is not from Hitler. And actually Purpleguy didn't get the quote correct, either.

Actually, it's not even from Arnold Toynbee, the British historian, to whom it is most often attributed. Most probably, he was paraphrasing George Santanyana (don't bother looking him up - you wouldn't approve - just another dead philosopher as I recall from you other posts). He said, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 5:09PM

I was referring to his post at 1:49 David where he says Fox News follows Mein Kampf and that they must be Nazi's or some crap like that. In short, Purpleguy is a repellent liberal jerk.

Purpleguy| 6.21.11 @ 8:36PM

Have another snort ... maybe you'll things straight once your high again. Like I said, if you haven't read what Hitler said about propaganda, you don't know what you're talking about. And, he didn't have TV to transmit to millions with pictures. So, now be a good little corporate shill and retort back with no facts ...

David| 6.21.11 @ 2:22PM

And this explains why you have so much time to spend here?

So which one are you? Chronically unemployed? Union member? Retired with too much time on your hands? Government employee? Which other demographic do you want to spit on this time?

Todd S| 6.21.11 @ 2:41PM

I rarely comment but Purpleguy comments on just about every day here as a troll. I wouldn't waste my time by trolling on the Huffington Post everyday so what is motivating him to do so here. Either he is paid or he has some kind of psychological issue.

Anna Keppa| 6.21.11 @ 3:13PM

Methinks Zach and Purpleguy do not understand the difference between "news" and "opinion". I challenge both to offer examples of Nazi-like techniques used on Fox News. I further challenge them to explain why virtually all Fox News shows (except for Beck's) routinely have "regulars" and guests who are liberals. Not to mention Geraldo and Shemp, both proud liberal hosts. Where's the equivalent "balance" on the other cable news channels, let alone on the (increasingly minor) Majors?

David| 6.21.11 @ 4:49PM

Wow. If you classify Geraldo Rivera as a liberal, then - well, liberals really are idiots.

Southern_Comment| 6.21.11 @ 5:40PM

How come all liberals end up being like the little irritating neighbor's dog that loves the sound of it's own voice?
Zach - you asked someone earlier if they were paranoid - or maybe you were calling them paranoid, but you have around 50 posts on this thread alone.
Paranoid, like the sound of your own yapping, or is it that you cannot STAND to not have the last word?

Mike Gabel| 6.21.11 @ 7:01PM

Stewart (psst...not his real name) is simply smug and snarky. O'Reilly keeps kissing up to him by telling us how brilliant he is, brilliance should also include wisdom. So, I don't see it.

One day, perhaps Stewart may mature and gain wisdom. Certainly, being wise does not have to include agreeing with conservatives, but being able to honestly debate them.

David| 6.21.11 @ 7:21PM

Pssst. John Wayne. Not his real name.

Wanna take that on, Pilgrim?

Bob Grant| 6.21.11 @ 7:34PM

I got it. You're bored posting at HuffPo?

The One Who Runs Like a Duck| 6.21.11 @ 7:35PM

There are no hostilities in Libya, David, Zach and the rest of the gay trolls. You guys are amazing. They kick my butt daily and you let it go but let them say one unkind thing about Jon Stewart and hostilities break out all over the place. You bozos really know where to draw the line. I am busting my hind end for you. We have shut down gitmo. We have ended hostilities everywhere. Total peace has broken out. Gay marriage is legal. We have hit the reset button. We have solved the energy crisis through the Chevy Volt and wind farms. The Oceans have stopped rising. Military tribunals are a thing of the past. The Patriot Act is gone. We have finally closed down that evil Halliburton. All this and all you turkeys have to say is that I am not your boyfriend anymore. Jerks. I have a lot of pressure on me. Do you know what it is like to be the worst athlete at a golf foursome. Everybody including Biden was hoping that they wouldn't get stuck with me. Do you have any idea what that is like for a African American man from anywhere in the world. It is tough. It brought back memories of my high school basketball team. Fortunately I was able to give Biden that look and he through the match. Everybody knew who wasn't carrying his weight. I am not that into you; you need to be into me. Now snap to. Can you believe how innocent civilians were blown up in the non hostility bombings last week? We are so sophisticated you and me. We watch Chris thrill up his legs Matthews, Rachel looks like a cow Maddow, Keith I luv myself Olbermann and the famous Jon GED Stewart and a host of others and yet still have the nerve to criticize their choices. We got nerve. Well now is the time for the summer of recovery. Things are booming in a negative slope kind of way. Michelle is out of town. She has camouflaged herself by exclusively hanging around with Hottentots. She looks quite normal in that environment and could almost get away with lecturing someone about their food choices. Nothing but golf and fried food this weekend. When the cat is away the mice will play.

David| 6.21.11 @ 9:55PM

Ya know, this kind of pretentious allegorical crap is getting old, duck. It's kinda Kafkaesque quaalude-driven verbal puke. I'm sure you and all of your fellow travelers down to the local watering hole think you're just the last word in clever but trust me, ain't so.

The One Who Runs Like a Duck| 6.21.11 @ 10:51PM

Are you a pitcher or a catcher, David? I am thinking catcher. Who cares if our daddies didn't love us? Stick to the script. You are not clever enough to venture out on your own. Lets face it you are not so bright and my team just needs you to simply repeat and move on. Fellow traveler is an example of what you shouldn't be using. We don't want to remind people that we are commies. We are moderates. We love America. Wind farms and Chevy Volts will solve our energy crisis. Obamacare is not a pyramid scheme. Maybe this time I will close gitmo. Maybe military tribunals are really over. I am sorry I took all that BP money. I really want to shut Halliburton down. I will end our illegal Iraq occupation. This is big league prevarication. You are not able to do this. Let other people do your thinking for you. That is why you are a troll. Can you believe that South African prez not giving Michelle her respect? Who wants to be lectured on what they are eating? High speed rail to bankruptcy, baby.

Bob Grant| 6.21.11 @ 10:58PM

It's kinda like chatting with HAL the Computer.

David| 6.21.11 @ 11:59PM

Geez, Bob, I agree with you again. One or the other of us is going to have to have a severe talking-to with ourselves. Yes, that was ironic but unlike duck, I thought you'd be able to appreciate it.

Steve in Pittsburgh| 6.21.11 @ 11:02PM

Chelsea Handler is a lot funnier and less political.

Nick| 6.21.11 @ 11:19PM

To all the losers who came here to defend Lil' Jonny Stuart: PolitiFact judged Stewart's assertion about Fox News viewers as......wait for it .......FALSE!

Put that in your bongs and smoke it, you dirty, smelly, dope-smokin' hippies!

R. Woods| 6.21.11 @ 11:31PM

I have done myself a great favor to preserve my intelligence. I have never seen one Jon Stewart show.

David| 6.22.11 @ 12:00AM

I have done myself a great favor to preserve my intelligence. I have never seen one Glenn Beck show since he moved to FOX.

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weddingdresses | 6.22.11 @ 5:45AM

I have done myself a great favor to preserve my intelligence. I have never seen one Glenn Beck show since he moved to FOX.

C.K. Amos| 6.22.11 @ 4:44PM

Stewart's a leftist smart-a** who has had his credibility established by none other than Bill O'Reilly.

O'Reilly apparently thinks that by having Stewart appear on The No-Spin Zone, he, O'Reilly, will be more "fair and balanced." And, thus, more enamored by some liberals and leftists.

And now Chris Wallace?

What's next: A 30-minute evening slot somewhere on FNC for Stewart?

Christian Louboutin | 6.23.11 @ 5:57AM

This isn't to say Stewart doesn't have an audience. He most certainly does. But the people with whom he resonates most are those who share his liberal political views

daniel roettger| 7.7.11 @ 1:13PM

there's a fundamental difference. stewart is a comedian, whereas fox claims to be a news network, nitwits -- rather, pinheads.

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