holy. frigging. shit. John Stewart's "and the american people are safer"

[taxidriver]

totally called out bush. i am at a loss for words.

[NMDemDist2]

1. yeah Jon has been getting edgier and edgier

he seems pretty pissed these day


it was a hoot

[WindRavenX]

8. he has

He does a job of being polite while riping apart guests' views on the Iraqi war (which he obviously does not support), but in the last few months as more information is being revealed that the CIA had faulty intelligence (that's putting it kindly), Jon seems to let his near silent outrage slip out.
And I for one am glad. Jon is a stand up guy, but his outrage seems to be more real comming from a man that does seem to see the sh*t on both sides of the political fence.

[elfwitch]

43. I think it is because he has...

litte Nathan Thomas Stewart to worry aout now. He is trying to make the world a better place for his SON now.

[senseandsensibility]

2. What happened? I forgot to watch!

Was it good? I thought he rocked with Wolf last night.

[Frances]

3. Wolf looked like a fool to me

n/t

[Placebo]

6. I agree...

I think CNN should just let Judy Woodruff handle all their political coverage. She's great! I LOVE her! Never miss Inside Politics.

Wolf is so dullllllllllllllll :puke:

[Zinfandel]

9. Judy Woodruff? You won't get many to agree with you around here at DU.

[Placebo]

11. Judy Woodruff Is Great.

So is her husband, the democrat AL HUNT!

:yourock: JUDY WOODRUFF & AL HUNT :yourock:

[Malikshah]

33. OMG

To paraphrase Tweety Bird

He don't know us vewwy well do he?

Sorry, Judy has has been scared into silence and shilling by *'s verbal assault on her husband in public. She is a vile enabler of this regime and should be fired for her actions.

[ThomWV]

34. Her Panties Stick To The Chair At The Mention of Bush

Brood Sow, no other term serves.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

36. Al Hunt should have drop-kicked Woodruff out the door some time ago....

...she is an absolutely worthless NeoCon shill.

[tom_paine]

40. Yep. Great at Whoring for her Imperial Masters

If Judy is a Democrat she doesn't act it and in fact behaves quite the opposite, not even neutral but she acts like a Bush Supporter.

Just because Judy's husband is a Democrat, that deosn't mean she is.

Even if she WAS Democratic, that wouldn;t excuse her Bushevik Bootlicking, which is constant.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

10. judy woodruff is a fucking bush shill...I HATE HER! ..what planet are you

from?

[Media_Lies_Daily]

14. You love Woodruff?? Fine, you can have her.

[senseandsensibility]

7. That's what was so good about it!

:toast: Yes to making Wolf look like a fool! But what happened tonight?

[bklyncowgirl]

22. My 15 year old daughter asked me who the idiot was

She knew he was the news guy from CNN but when I told her that he was CNN's anchorman and chief correspondent she couldn't believe that someone so-well--stupd--could be in that position.

[whistle]

4. Amber alert, amber alert, you are all safer today than when...

...Saddam was in power, but stay on your toes, make sure you doors and windows are locked and if you see anything at all suspicious, report it to the proper authorities. Oh, anything suspicious looking that I'm doing or saying, never mind that. I'm president....ahhaa... and I have a vision .....for Amerika....ahaaa...., it's good for Amerika.....it's my Amerika <smirk and a flick of the head>. George W Bush

[gator_in_Ontario]

20. Yes

blah blah blah...but does home depot still have duct tape??

[AwakeAtLast]

5. That's it! I'm setting my DVR.

Thanks for the reminder!

[Momof1]

12. Stewart is PISSED he has a baby....that now has to grow up

in this shit hole that Bush has created. (My hubby even got political for awhile after our child was born) concerned as to what will be left for them.

GO Jon GO!!

:toast:

[Odd Little Man]

13. One funny show

By far and away the funniest show on TV. Great writers and performers. It's shame the only place to find "real" political humor is on cable.

[Manix]

17. Welcome!..Odd Little Man

[OpSomBlood]

18. The greater shame...

...is that the only place to find objective presentation of the news anymore is a comedy show.

[newyawker99]

26. Hi Odd Little Man!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[anarchy1999]

32. Jon's riff really was not funny, but it was satire, at its VERY BEST!

n/t
Welcome to DU.

[REP]

15. Not Really

Jon was tearing them all new assholes long before his wife gave birth. Jon Stewart is not one of those panty-waists who has to hide behind a child to voice his opinions (most people who make demands "for the children" are really just making demands for themselves and using children as a justification).

[DemoTex]

35. Bingo, Mom!

My feeling exactly. Jon Stewart doesn't want his new kid drafted in 18 years to fight the world for the BFEE. Nor does he want his new kid inheriting the total cluster-fuck that will be the Bu$h regime's legacy.

When Jon Stewart's new kid is 18, the Bu$h name will be an anathema. The people will spit on the ground when that vile name slips their lips. Objective history will not be kind to Bu$h. Oh no, history will not be kind.

[Manix]

16. ..yeah....nailed the smirk's ass good tonight!

[Flubadubya]

19. Could anyone kindly quote a few words or lines?

I've read the entire thread now and still don't know even the gist of what he said. :shrug:

[Gore1FL]

21. I'm in the same boat

it is rerun at 10:00 and 19:00 Eastern Time. I intend to watch one of those.

[Bhaisahab]

23. please someone give us a transcript!

i dont have access to jon's show till CNN plays Daily Show Global Edition on saturday :(

[southernleftylady]

24. bump for me too! n/t

[Flubadubya]

25. Still no one willing to give us a few details?

Well, just leave us in the dark then. Hrumph! ;(

ON EDIT: Oops, there's a dupe. For those who want to know more:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1980136

[bossfish]

27. Here are a few...

Jon showed clips of Shrub's speech to the folks at Oak Ridge where he said "Americans are safer" because of his policies about eight times in ten minutes.

"Americans are safer"

...but Mr President, Tom Ridge came out last week with an ominous terra warning

"Americans are safer"

...but Mr President, even the State Dept after they "un-fucked" their report say that terra is at an all time high

...and so on

The bit with Condi Rice was priceless. They have a clip of her interviewed with Wolf Blitzer, discussing the story of postponing elections, etc. Dr Dumbshit says something like, "I don't know where that story is coming from..."

So Jon breaks it down. There's this guy Soaries, appointed by your boss, who wrote a memo to Ridge, also appointed by your boss, who then enlisted the assistance of Ashcroft appointed by your boss.

But don't worry Dr Rice, this is only a matter of national security, how could you know?

[truthspeaker]

28. and the moment of zen at the end:

Clips of "America is safer" with a time stamp in the corner. He was saying it about every two minutes.

[Cat Atomic]

31. Jesus, I know. If you aren't going to post a transcript or at least

a few quotes, then threads like this are just annoying as hell.

"Anyone watching X? AMAZING!"

"OH YEAH I KNOW!"

"I can't believe it!"

"Oh my god- did you hear that?"

"HAHAHA!"

Ugh.

[Az]

29. Blitzer looked like a scared little boy next to Jon

I think he knows he was part of the problem and knew that Jon would eat his face if he tried to defend himself. :evilgrin:

[truthspeaker]

30. er, wrong episode

We're talking about last night's. The Blitzer one was from Monday, and also hilarious.

[Shadoobie]

37. Election/Terrorism Issue was even better, IMO

Trying to remember from last night (apologies for any inaccuracies)

Rob Cordry (Senior Terrorism-slash-election correspondent) did a bit about the elections being canceled if there was a terrorist attack.

Plans described:

He showed a US map where some states (in blue) would act as voting buffers for the remaining states ("We'll call them Red states"), sacrificing their votes. The map was pretty much the 2000 electoral map.

To confuse the enemy, we would put legitimate voters on felon lists, use electronic touch screens with no paper trail.

When all was said and done, the terrorists would not know who was elected but neither would we.

Jon also called out Rice when she went on the air to say that she was not aware of any serious consideration of canceling the election. He quickly drew connections between the FEC official (name?) to the Justice department (Ashcroft) and Tom Ridge's announcement. Jon said something to the effect that this issue would be important to national security and why should she be aware of it since she is just the national security adviser.

-Greg

[gasperc]

38. terror warnings target big cities

another poster pointed out how the terror warnings are targeted towards the mass populations in the big cities that vote heavily democratic. If voters in some of these cities are deterred by just a point or two it could tip the state to the GOP since the rural areas vote GOP. Cordry's piece was hilarious but he had some clever points like the red zone's vote would count as two votes to further "safeguard" the election.

[Th1onein]

39. Did you see the one about the harmonium player?

He got some laughs out of the army recalling old band players, to serve in Iraq. Even an harmonium player. He showed a clip of a legislator asking something like, but can't we get away with not using the harmonium player? Another liegislator explained that we needed these band members because there are a lot of deaths and therefore a lot of funerals in Iraq. His clips made the point that instead of recalling more people to play at funerals, perhaps you should rethink your strategy and have fewer dead? The audience was like, "oooooooohhhhh," no laughs. I remember thinking what a brave man he was, a comedian, not going for the laugh, but hitting them right in the gut, with the irony of that exchange.

I am a firm believer in the idea that heroes are not born, but rise from the situation, and Jon Stewart is one of my heroes.

[BloodyWilliam]

41. I sense Jon and the entire Daily Show cast getting more and more fed up.

I think they're as frustrated as we are at the shit that's been going down.

Although I loved Louis Black's bit. "I honestly don't know which party represents the America I HATE MORE!"

[liveoaktx]

42. Not Jon Stewart but a video link to Bush's 7 assertions

Bush7