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Jon Stewart: Iran saber-rattling meant for old Jews in Florida
On his show Tuesday night, Daily Show host Jon Stewart assured Iran that Republican candidates who appeared to be warmongering were actually just appealing to voters in Florida. “Are you familiar with Florida,” he asked Iran. “It’s a region in the south United States that we have filled with old…
Jon Stewart compares Limbaugh to pungent bucket of raw sewage
On his show Monday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart skewered conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh. Stewart first noted that many of his viewers made whoopee while his show was broadcasting, but warned them against engaging in “sexy time” because of the following segment. “Tonight you might want to…
Bioethicist: Jon Stewart is America’s greatest public intellectual
A bioethicist at Loyola University claims that comedian Jon Stewart is currently the top public intellectual in the United States, a position that has typically been attributed to Henry Kissinger. “Jon Stewart is our greatest public intellectual. This is no joke,” Dr. Kayhan Parsi wrote in an article published in…
Jon Stewart takes on the Blunt amendment
On his show Thursday night, Jon Stewart ridiculed the Blunt amendment, which would have allowed employers to refuse to pay for health insurance coverage of specific services if it would be contrary to their religious beliefs or moral convictions. “It’s called the Blunt amendment after how high you have to…
Jon Stewart lampoons ‘frothy a$$ juice’ Santorum’s sexual innuendos
On his show Wednesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart reviewed the Republican primaries in Michigan and Arizona. Stewart first lampooned the various new networks, which were forced to kill time on air while they waited for the Michigan primary votes to be counted. “Eventually, the winner did emerge…
Jon Stewart slams Fox News for basing talking points on RNC memo
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart on Tuesday night joked that Mitt Romney made his job “way too easy.” Romney has condemned his rival Rick Santorum for urging Democrats in Michigan to vote for him in the Republican primary, calling the move “dirty tactics” and “disgusting.” “What are the odds…
Jon Stewart mocks Santorum for misinterpreting J.F.K. speech
Jon Stewart, the host of The Daily Show, highlighted the fact that Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum inverted the meaning of John F. Kennedy’s famous 1960 speech pledging to keep the Pope out of politics. Santorum said the speech made him want to vomit. “To say people of faith have…
Jon Stewart rips Republican fear-mongering over Obama: ‘You have lost your d*mn mind’
On his show Wednesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart lampooned Republican politicians who demonized President Barack Obama in 2008 as a radical socialist who was weak on terrorism. He noted Obama had failed to live up to many of the campaign promises that his opponents made for him,…
Jon Stewart: Virginia ultrasound law ‘a TSA pat-down inside your vagina’
On his show Tuesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart blasted controversial legislation expected to be passed by the Virginia legislature that would require women seeking an abortion undergo a medically unnecessary trans-vaginal ultrasound. Since most abortions are performed in the first trimester, when the fetus is too small…
Jon Stewart smacks down Rep. Issa’s all-male birth control hearing
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart on Monday night took aim at Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA)’s all-male birth control hearing. The hearing focused on the president’s new rule that private insurance plans pay for preventative care, which is to include contraceptives for women. Chairman Issa lined up a collection of…
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