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Jon Stewart on Super Bowl ads: Candy feels pain, kissing a Jew is controversial, and a man ‘f*cking’ a horse
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart reviewed the Super Bowl on his show Monday night, lampooning the events highlights and bloopers. Stewart was particularly intrigued by the new and controversial Super Bowl ads that aired. He noted companies had decided to send the message that “our candy feels pain when…
Jon Stewart mocks NRA chief: Let’s only pass laws that criminals will follow
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart on Thursday night mocked the various arguments that National Rifle Association chief executive Wayne LaPierre provided against gun control. At a Senate hearing on gun violence, LaPierre explained that citizens of the United States needed high-power firearms to both defend themselves from an overbearing…
Gore: I wish I was wrong about climate change
On Wednesday night’s edition of “The Daily Show,” host Jon Stewart welcomed former Vice President Al Gore in a wide-ranging discussion that covered topics ranging from Gore’s sale of his Current TV network to Al Jazeera to global climate change to the influence of big money in politics. Raw Story…
Jon Stewart: GOP talks about amnesty like it’s a deviant sexual practice
On his show Wednesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart ripped into Republicans for changing their stance on immigration based purely on a cynical political calculation. Stewart observed that Republicans had fought over who had the most hardline policy on immigration before the 2012 election. During the presidential primary…
Jon Stewart mocks Glenn Beck’s centrally planned nostalgic Marxist utopia
On his show Tuesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart ruthlessly lampooned “freedom fetishist” Glenn Beck, pointing out his proposed “Independence” city was not very independent. Beck unveiled his grandiose plans to constructed a self-sustaining city that would reflect traditional American values earlier this month. While the city-to-be was…
Jon Stewart: Republicans crushed by Clinton, ‘the Magneto of finger-pointing’
On his show Thursday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart lampooned the political theater of the recent hearing on Benghazi. He noted that Republicans at the hearing asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton the same question repeatedly. Whether Clinton read a particular diplomatic cable from deceased Ambassador J. Christopher…
Stewart to Paul Ryan: You built that ‘takers vs makers’ sh*t
On his show Wednesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart ripped apart Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) for claiming President Barack Obama had singled him out with a strawman argument during his inaugural address. The President said that safety net programs like Social Security and Medicare “do not make us…
Jon Stewart mocks depressingly predictable partisan coverage of inauguration
On his show Tuesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart ridiculed the all-too-predictable coverage of Barack Obama’s second inauguration as seen on MSNBC, Fox News and CNN. MSNBC praised the “massive” inaugural ceremony and Obama’s “powerful” speech, while Fox News disparaged the “smaller” ceremony and criticized the “partisan” speech.…
Bangs craze ignited by Michelle Obama thwarts Jon Stewart’s inauguration coverage
On his show Monday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart poked fun at America’s apparent obsession with First Lady Michelle Obama’s fashionable new hairdo. On inauguration day, Stewart noted that “just as feared, Obama came out as a liberal.” The President called for action on climate change, acceptance of…
Jon Stewart annihilates GOP hysteria over Obama’s executive orders
On his show Thursday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart tore into conservatives who insisted President Barack Obama was a tyrant because of his proposals to reduce gun violence. Obama on Wednesday called on Congress to renew the assault weapons ban, restrict high-capacity magazines, and require universal background checks…
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