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Jon Stewart: Christian right ‘hates Obama more than they love Jesus’
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart mocked the debate surrounding Mitt Romney’s faith in Mormonism. Many conservative Christians — a major base of the Republican Party — see Mormonism as a heretical offshoot of their religion. According to a Pew Research Center survey from 2011, 53 percent of white evangelical…
Stewart asks Republicans: ‘Are you on crack?’
Jon Stewart had just one question Monday evening for angry Republicans upset over President Barack Obama using the killing of Osama bin Laden in a campaign ad against Mitt Romney: “Are you on crack?” The Daily Show host reminded those upset over Obama’s move of what his predecessor George W.…
Stewart creates penis video camera for Tony Perkins
In the latest installment of his “Gaywatch” segment, Jon Stewart mocked Family Research Council President Tony Perkins Monday evening for saying candy company Just Born was “sexualizing candy” with an ad about how the duo Mike & Ike had split. The Daily Show host reacted to Perkins’ peculiar attack by…
Jon Stewart excoriates Murdoch’s mind-boggling level of corruption
Rupert Murdoch, head of the embattled media conglomerate NewsCorp was back before Parliament this week. His previous testimony revolved around his many newspapers’ proclivity for hacking into the voice mail accounts of various celebrities, the families of British troops killed in action, and most memorably, the cell phone of a…
Stewart asks top astrophysicist if asteroid mining is bulls**t
On Wednesday night’s edition of “The Daily Show,” host Jon Stewart took a break from the endless cycle of Republican primary election coverage to look at a news story that appeals to the sci-fi geek in all of us, asteroid mining. A group of billionaires, including tech executives and pioneers…
Stewart: ‘How the f**k does the Secret Service guy have a Facebook page?’
In his segment Monday evening about the ongoing Secret Service prostitution scandal in Colombia, Daily Show host Jon Stewart focused on David Chaney, the agent forced into early retirement over his posting of a photo of Sarah Palin with a sexist comment while serving on her security detail. Stewart took…
Stewart: Being Romney’s VP is ‘a dare no one wants to take’
Jon Stewart discussed Monday evening the job that no one currently desires to have in the Republican Party: Mitt Romney’s vice presidential running mate. The Comedy Central host played a montage of different figures in the party, from Tim Pawlenty to Sarah Palin, who have immediately declined being the former…
Stewart: Watch Fox pundits’ reversals now that ‘Mitt happened’
It has been said with regard to candidates, Democrats fall in love, but Republicans fall in line, and on Thursday night’s “The Daily Show,” host Jon Stewart rolled the tape to show us this fascinating process in action. First up was former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (R), who in an…
Bill Donohue on Jon Stewart boycott: I’m not asking for him to be fired
Catholic League president Bill Donohue told Cenk Ugyur of The Young Turks on Thursday that he didn’t want Daily Show host Jon Stewart to be fired, he just wanted an apology. “He has apologized for all kinds of things in the past,” Donohue said. The Catholic League on Thursday launched…
Daily Show asks who’s funnier, Romney or Obama?
In a recent interview with presumptive Republican nominee Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA), Diane Sawyer asked the candidate whether he or Obama. On Wednesday night’s edition of “The Daily Show,” host Jon Stewart decided to tackle that question from the perspective of an actual professional comedian. President Obama, said Stewart, is…
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