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Stewart marks birth of political gaffes with the ‘Circle of Life’
The Daily Show‘s John Stewart focused Monday evening on the media’s obsession with presidential campaign gaffes Monday evening, especially analyzing the aftermath of the latest notable “gaffe” in President Barack Obama’s “private sector is fine” quote. Stewart decided to play the famous song “Circle of Life” from The Lion King movie to…
Stewart to Santorum: You’re not that special
On Wednesday night’s edition of “The Daily Show,” host Jon Stewart took a moment to address Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Rick Santorum’s remarks upon suspending his campaign and conceding the candidacy to former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R). The former Senator offered the usual words of thanks to family and staff,…
Daily Show takes ‘Racist Timeout’ for Trayvon Martin coverage
Wednesday night’s edition of “The Daily Show” featured a discussion in which correspondent Larry Wilmore produced a home kitchen timer and declared a “Racist Timeout.” “For the next five minutes,” he announced, “No one is a racist.” Accusations of racism and reaction to those charges have caused the debate over…
Stewart to Maddow: You’re making the rest of us look bad
Rachel Maddow was Jon Stewart’s guest on Thursday’s “The Daily Show,” there to discuss her new book, Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power. According to Stewart, most TV personalities and talk show hosts who write books do so while making a conscious effort to do it as “cheaply, easily…
Jon Stewart: Why won’t Gingrich quit?
The dominant media narrative going into Tuesday’s Republican primary voting in Alabama, Mississippi, Hawaii and American Samoa was that Newt Gingrich must carry the south or leave the race. On Wednesday night’s The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart took a moment to survey the aftermath and to ponder what will…
Norquist: I came up with anti-tax pledge when I was 12
Tuesday night on The Daily Show, Americans for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist said he came up with his influential anti-tax pledge when he was in the seventh grade. “My team is winning,” he told the Daily Show’s Samantha Bee. “Your team is winning?” she responded. “It’s like you came…
Feingold: Citizens United opened floodgates of corruption
Appearing on Tuesday night’s episode of The Daily Show, former Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) said that the Supreme Court’s decision in the “Citizens United” case has brought about the worst corruption since the guilded age at the turn of last century. Worse yet: Feingold, who collaborated with Sen. John McCain…
Stewart: Fox contributor against helping women ‘raped too much’
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart lambasted Fox News contributor Liz Trotta Monday evening for her controversial comments on the rise of sexual assault on women in the military. Stewart was particularly disturbed at Trotta’s complaining about the military spending money for sexual assault victims on “women being raped too…
Stewart: Gingrich has confused ‘winning’ and ‘getting his a** kicked’
In the wake of the Floriday primary on Tuesday, The Daily Show on Wednesday took a look at the results. Romney’s decisive victory over Newt Gingrich, said host Jon Stewart, has prompted the roll-out of the “General Election Romney.” “It’s always exciting to see a new Romney. I wonder what…
Stewart asks: ‘Can Newt Gingrich be re-classified as a pollutant?’
In the latest installment of “Indecision 2012,” The Daily Show‘s ongoing coverage of the presidential race, host Jon Stewart recounted Thursday’s tumultuous day of political news. A PPP poll declared that Stephen Colbert is polling at 13% nationally, Rick Perry announced that he was leaving the race, and ABC News…
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