Jon Stewart Trounces Bill O’Reilly in a Debate Full of Surprising Substance

[Tx4obama]

Jon Stewart Trounces Bill O’Reilly in a Debate Full of Surprising Substance

Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly got together for a debate for charity, and while comedy was expected, Jon Stewart walked all over Bill O’Reilly in a debate that morphed into a serious discussion.

In the first question of the debate Bill-O was asked if voters are going to make their decision based on the economy. In typical Republican fashion, O’Reilly disagreed with Mitt Romney and said that only 20% of Americans are slackers. O’Reilly also claimed that Obama has spent more money than any president since World War II, a talking point which has been proven false. O’Reilly also told Sandra Fluke to buy her own birth control.

Stewart responded by saying, “Bill O’Reilly is full of sh*t.” Stewart then said that Republicans are living in alternate reality, then talked about the fact that they live on bulls**t mountain. He said there they believe that a Kenyan Muslim is president, they built all their success without any help, and that Christmas is under attack. Stewart said that we have to agree on reality, and got a shot in at Romney for claiming that we can solve the debt crisis by killing Big Bird, and told O’Reilly to talk to his people.

Bill-O groused about NPR, and moaned about income redistribution. Stewart fired back by asking O’Reilly whether Exxon should be forced to compete on their own, and Bill-O agreed with him. O’Reilly claimed the economy is so bad because small business is afraid of Obamacare. The problem with his reasoning is that small businesses actually support Obamacare. Stewart said the things O’Reilly was suggesting are not things that Obama brought. He then highlighted how Bush turned a surplus into debt. O’Reilly’s reply was the typical right wing answer, “Bush is gone.” O’Reilly said that it doesn’t matter what Bush did. It is Obama’s job to get it under control. (Bill-O was suggesting that it is Obama’s job to clean up Bush’s mess.)

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Full article here: http://www.politicususa.com/jon-stewart-trounces-bill-oreilly-debate-full-surprising-substance.html

A Good Read


And here's a link to the HuffPo live-blog
they posted during that debate
that contains more tidbits
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/06/bill-oreilly-jon-stewart-debate-rumble_n_1945567.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003#17_

[spooky3]

1. I would never, ever, ever, agree to debate Jon Stewart. I guess O'Reilly likes losing more than I do

[WCGreen]

2. Run Jon Run...

Join Fran ken in the Senate and form the laugh for life coalition.

[7wo7rees]

4. I want to +1 this

and I do, but I can't help thinking we need players like him on the outside, where you have to be smarter to play clean.

[Tx4obama]

3. A 'short' clip below

[blue neen]

5. Jon Stewart!

He owned O'Reilly right there!

[mindwalker_i]

6. Is there a full video somewhere?

Even audio only would be good.

[Tx4obama]

7. It's a pay-per-view type of thing, online

Here: http://www.therumble2012.com/index.html

That's the only place that it's going to be.

I haven't seen the full debate yet, I think I might buy it tomorrow.

[mindwalker_i]

8. Thankyou, I'll watch it soon

It for charity, so I don't mind the $5.

[barbtries]

9. thanks for the link

i'm watching it now. i'm hoping that jon stewart's brilliance will make o'reilly's dastardliness bearable.

[caduceus111]

10. Here...

[demgrrrll]

11. The best part was when they were talking about "entitlements" and O Reilly had to admit his father

applied for disability benefits through his employer for colitis. O Reilly seemed a little rattled but stated that he did not apply for federal benefits. Stewart replied what about people who do not have employer disability insurance? Stewart mopped the floor with O'Reilly. Told Him that Levittown, where O Reilly grew up was subsidized housing because a lot of the loans were GI loans.

[voteearlyvoteoften]

12. Bullshit Mountain destined to become a classic

Polish those turds Republicans.

(Bullshit Mountain was a recent Daily Show bit that highlighted the desperate spin attempts after the Romney 47% video became public.)