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In a Friday night special, Jon Stewart celebrates Clint Eastwood’s ‘fistful of awesome’
In a special Friday night Republican National Convention edition of The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart took on Clint Eastwood and the now-infamous empty chair. As they say in the circus, just watch: —– Video above originally uploaded by Mediate on August 31, 2012.…
Jon Stewart hammers Paul Ryan over lies and convenient truths
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart on Thursday night chronicled the convenient truths and factual inaccuracies in Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) speech at the Republican National Convention. Stewart mocked the vice presidential candidate for being the “intellectual leader of the new Republican Party,” yet giving a speech that lacked any…
Herman Cain admits Romney’s welfare attack is wrong
Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain finally admitted on Wednesday night that Mitt Romney’s welfare attack ad is false. But even for Comedy Central host Jon Stewart, that admission took some wrangling. In part three (below) of an interview that went well into overtime, Stewart continually pressed Cain on whether…
Jon Stewart: RNC theme shows ‘a party-wide persecution complex’
On his show Wednesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart took the Republican National Convention to task for basing their entire theme on an out-of-context quote — “We built it.” “When was the last time we heard a catchphrase that was such a peculiar mix of braggadocio and whiny…
Jon Stewart: ‘We built this’ RNC theme a tribute to union workers
On his show Tuesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart joked that the theme for the Republican National Convention — “We Built This” — was a tribute to the union workers who built the state-funded Tampa Bay Times Forum. He also lampooned the media’s histrionic fear of Tropical Storm…
Jon Stewart rips apart voter suppression laws in Pennsylvania and Ohio
On his show Thursday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart blasted Republicans in Pennsylvania and Ohio for attempting to suppress votes in the upcoming November elections. Noting that there have been only 10 cases of in-person voter fraud since 2000, Stewart slammed Pennsylvania for enacting a tough new voter…
Jon Stewart mocks Palin over her blindness to spewing divisive vitriol
On his show Wednesday night, Jon Stewart mocked Republicans who freaked out over recent comments made by Vice President Joe Biden. Biden had warned voters in Virginia that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was going to “put yall back in chains.” Republicans blasted Biden for the comment, a response Stewart…
Jon Stewart: Romney merely the delivery system for Paul Ryan
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart on Tuesday night mocked Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) for claiming to be a fiscal conservative while voting in favor of two wars, TARP, tax cuts for the rich and Medicare Part D. Noting that many Republicans considered Ryan to be an intellectual leader of…
Jon Stewart blasts media for banal banter about Paul Ryan
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart on Monday night mocked the media for failing substantively cover Mitt Romney’s new running mate, Paul Ryan. He blasted the mainstream outlets for not having a real discussion about the issues, instead focusing on Ryan’s penchant for catching catfish with his bare hands or…
Jon Stewart mocks Ann Coulter’s outrage at Romney spokeswoman
Daily Show host Jon Stewart on Thursday night lampooned Priorities USA’s newest ad, which he summarized simply by saying, “Romney causes wife cancer.” Stewart also poked fun at the conservative outburst caused by a Romney spokeswoman who criticized the ad by saying the man’s wife would have survived under Romneycare.…
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