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Jon Stewart demolishes Republican’s superficial new messaging strategy
On his show Tuesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart ripped into the Republican Party’s so-called “autopsy” report for advocating merely superficial changes to the party. “It is a document of idealism, principle and hope, named for the process bodies pulled from a river undergo,” Stewart remarked. The report,…
Jon Stewart mocks Obama for not proposing new solutions to Israeli-Palestinian conflict
After coming back from a two-week vacation, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart on Monday night lampooned President Barack Obama’s trip to Israel. While visiting the Israel Museum in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Obama remarked he had some “good matzah” — a statement that Stewart found incredulous. “I’m…
Jon Stewart calls for Bill O’Reilly to be next Pope: He’s got the inside track on infallibility
On his show Thursday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart again poked fun at the search for the next Pope. Stewart suggested that Fox News host Bill O’Reilly would make a good leader of the Catholic Church, since he already believed he was infallible. But Stewart doubted O’Reilly would…
Jon Stewart praises Rand Paul for shining light on ‘the execution of executive executions’
On his show Wednesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart applauded Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) for using an “old-school filibuster” to highlight the legality of drone strikes on American citizens. Paul began the filibuster on Wednesday morning after the Obama administration suggested it would not rule out the use…
Jon Stewart rips opponents of the Voting Rights Act
On his show Tuesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart slammed the opponents of the Voting Rights Act. Section 5 of the civil rights-era measure requires laws affecting voters in jurisdictions with a history of voting discrimination to be approved by the Justice Department or a federal court. A…
Jon Stewart leaving ‘The Daily Show’ to direct feature film
Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart will leave “The Daily Show” this summer to direct a feature film, putting longtime contributor John Oliver at the program’s helm for 12 weeks while the program’s host is on hiatus. According to Deadline, the film is an adaptation of Maziar Bahari’s book, Then They Came…
Jon Stewart: The sequester was ‘auto-erotic asphyxiation’ for Congress
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart ripped Congress on Monday night for failing to avert $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts, which both Republicans and Democrats had described as devastating. The indiscriminate cuts, called the sequester, were designed to be so painful that both parties would be forced to compromise…
Jon Stewart mocks ‘delicate flower’ Bob Woodward
On his show Thursday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart ripped the coverage of a recent spat between the White House and journalist Bob Woodward. Woodward alleged a senior White House official said he would “regret” his reporting on budget negotiations between the President and Congress. The Washington Post…
Stewart names Vatican sex scandal spy thriller: ‘Nopussy’
On Wednesday night, Jon Stewart, host of the “The Daily Show,” talked about difficulties currently facing the Italian peninsula, including the disruption of recent elections and the resignation of Pope Benedict under a cloud of scandal. Italy has had its fair share of national woes over the centuries, said Stewart,…
Jon Stewart: Robert Gibbs a human shield against what’s actually going on
On his show Tuesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart mocked former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs for accepting a job at MSNBC. Stewart ripped Gibbs for acting as a “human shield against what we on Earth call what’s actually going on,” pointing out the former White House…
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