Jon Stewart’s secret Obama meetings reveal he’s a partisan hack

Moreover, Politico reported Tuesday, “Daily Show” staffers routinely call up the White House to get the administration’s input.
Austan Goolsbee, a former top economic adviser to the president, frequently emailed with his college classmate Scott Bodow, a “Daily Show” executive producer, to offer spin. Obama flunky David Axelrod often reached out directly to Stewart.
Obama himself would summon Stewart to Washington for meetings.
It turns out Jon Stewart isn’t our Edward R. Murrow or our Mark Twain. He’s more like our . . . Jay Carney. Don’t count on future generations knowing Stewart’s name any more than they will know Carney’s.
Remember when, under a Republican president, it was the duty of all comedians to be the loyal opposition, to speak truth to power? Stewart does the opposite.
He’s more like a referee who sneaks into the Patriots’ locker room to ask Tom Brady how much he wants his footballs deflated.
“The Daily Show” isn’t enduring political satire. It’s more like sports talk radio for liberals. Liberals watch it not to be informed but to get caught up in team spirit, a big part of which is simply mindlessly razzing the other team.
Just as a Patriots fan might occasionally carp at this or that player or coaching decision because they might put the game or season at risk, Stewart occasionally jabs the Obama administration.
But these jabs tend to be mild and rarely directed at the man in charge. Even the most egregious policy bungle or misuse of power tends to serve as an excuse for a segue to an attack on Fox News or the hypocrisy of conservatives.
Last year, under fire for the horrifying conditions at Veterans Administration hospitals that led to the deaths of perhaps hundreds of vets, Obama tried to reroute the nation’s attention with what he thought would be a warm, patriotic tableau: the release of POW Bowe Bergdahl in Afghanistan.
It immediately became obvious that Bergdahl, for whom Obama had traded five Taliban prisoners, was a likely deserter, and Bergdahl is currently awaiting trial on that charge. Stewart’s response was to blast away at Fox News for suggesting Bergdahl was a deserter.
If that blame-shifting non-answer had come directly from the White House, it would have seemed as pathetic as Richard Nixon telling us not to listen to those pinkos Woodward and Bernstein. But Stewart’s pose as an honest observer helped cement the impression with liberals that there was nothing wrong with the Bergdahl decision.
Mild sarcasm is about the worst Stewart can hurl at Obama, but he called conservative columnist Robert Novak a “vampire demon” and George W. Bush an “a–hole,” and mocked the heart transplant that saved Dick Cheney’s life as “more of a heart plant when you don’t have an original.”
When it comes to conservatives, Stewart’s mood is a never-ending “rage-gasm,” his term for Fox News’s coverage of Benghazi.
Stewart’s take on Benghazi is that it’s outrageous to be outraged by the fact that Obama apparently did nothing to help while four Americans were killed in an all-night battle with terrorists. All Stewart’s viewers know about Benghazi is that conservatives are inexplicably upset about it.
One of Stewart’s first viral moments was his 2004 appearance on CNN’s “Crossfire,” when he accused the hosts of “hurting America. You’re partisan — what do you call it — hacks.”
He might have used his talents to evade this charge himself, but instead, he allowed himself to be seduced by power. He sold out. He dined with those he should have been dining upon.
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I'm surprised you're surprised
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Stewart is liberal and is very open about it.
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C'mon, son. Be proper in your respect. FTFY2001400ex said:StewartLeibowitz is liberal and is very open about it.
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It's all comedy. Stewart is funny. Papa Bear is hilarious.
Pbs news hour is the closest thing to news. Although I suggest watching all of it and decide for yourself what to believe. Be critical of everything you see, hear, and read. Most of them omit crucial facts. It's all about the ratings. Dolla bills yo. -
And yet hipster douchbags get their news from him and claim he is non partisan. Some dumbass was claiming the Daily Show was the best news you can get2001400ex said:Stewart is liberal and is very open about it.
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Did you beat him over the head with your dialysis machine?RaceBannon said:
And yet hipster douchbags get their news from him and claim he is non partisan. Some dumbass was claiming the Daily Show was the best news you can get2001400ex said:Stewart is liberal and is very open about it.
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FIFYRaceBannon said:
And yet2001400ex said:Stewart is liberal and is very open about it.
HTHhipster douchbagsfaggots get their news fromhimHannity and claim he is non partisan. Some dumbass was claiming theDailyHannity Show was the best news you can get
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Gee how not funny. What does hannity have to do with anything? You're the Stewart pimp.
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He gave me a pill and I got a new kidneywhatshouldicareabout said:
Did you beat him over the head with your dialysis machine?RaceBannon said:
And yet hipster douchbags get their news from him and claim he is non partisan. Some dumbass was claiming the Daily Show was the best news you can get2001400ex said:Stewart is liberal and is very open about it.
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Far be it from me to intentionally attack hipster douche bags...
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I have as many quotes on here pimping Stewart as you do pimping hannity. Contact @GrundleStiltzkin if you need help.RaceBannon said:Gee how not funny. What does hannity have to do with anything? You're the Stewart pimp.
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Very classy Hondo. Somehow I knew that attacking your other idol would send you over the edge, again.
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You are proof that fixing stupid is not possible. At least race knows how to banter.d2d said:Very classy Hondo. Somehow I knew that attacking your other idol would send you over the edge, again.
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Fuck off Liar. Better ?
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d2d hasn't figured out that when a bunch of people know about these meetings, they aren't a secret.
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It seems the meme supra applies to more than just Hondo.
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You still don't get it.d2d said:Fuck off Liar. Better ?
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All you know is 1983 Toyota supra.d2d said:It seems the meme supra applies to more than just Hondo.
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It seems you're a huge pussy.d2d said:It seems the meme supra applies to more than just Hondo.
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Thanks to both of you for making my point.
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d2d said:
Very classy Hondo. Somehow I knew that attacking your other idol would send you over the edge, again.
https://youtu.be/-uv_WGEHr4I
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The point is on your dunce cap, dumbfuck.d2d said:Thanks to both of you for making my point.
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It took you this long to figure out that Stewart leans left? Bravo.
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AZDuck said:d2d said:
Very classy Hondo. Somehow I knew that attacking your other idol would send you over the edge, again.
https://youtu.be/-uv_WGEHr4I
And he never actually wore a USMC uniform, just like BATTLEFIELD COMMISSION!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKtjBqJ4NxA
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Dialysis? What is this, the Dark Ages?RaceBannon said:
He gave me a pill and I got a new kidneywhatshouldicareabout said:
Did you beat him over the head with your dialysis machine?RaceBannon said:
And yet hipster douchbags get their news from him and claim he is non partisan. Some dumbass was claiming the Daily Show was the best news you can get2001400ex said:Stewart is liberal and is very open about it.
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There have been many a bad threads on this site... I can't recall one this bad.