figures the network admin would block videos by the time this one showed up… now I gotta get home and then see this AND the response…

Why is John Stewart funny again?

This guy is a mugging moron. I had to FF to Andrew, to see what the pathetic putz was going to admonish, since I just think he's an tool. It's the same old formula day-after-day, but what is most disquieting is the numbnuts that post on the site. "John is a hero" blecccch. Go after him Andrew – somebody really has to knock this guy down a peg or two. Dish out what he gives. He can't take it. And throw Colbert on the cart too!

Didn't really expect anything less from Jon Stewart, the 'de facto' head of the Democratic Party.

Ha! 300,000? More like 30,000,000 – I'm a fiscal conservative, but I really have to laugh out loud at how some conservatives are claiming the sky is falling with Obama.

The kind of criticism I see on Fox News or on conservative radio just does not hold water.

Couldn't get myself to watch it. Not in the mood for getting angry just yet. Can't believe I used to like the guy. Even worse, I can't believe Stewart has so much influence. Too many people mistake his "punchlines" for truth and his faces for sincerity (rather than arrogance), and that power's made him drunk.

Obviously, I can't wait for Breitbart's response.

Also, sorry to bring up an annoying question, especially if it's been brought up before, but…Can anyone tell me how I can see all the comments at once, including the replies? All of the sudden – and I don't know if it's an option I accidentally clicked, or if it's a change to the website – I have to click on the "2 Replies" link just to see responses to a comment, whereas before they were all shown, uh, uncollapsed(?). It's really annoying.

Does Jon Stewart share an agent with Kal Penn?

"This poor little man has been reduced to making "funny faces" into the camera 5-10 times a night…" So he's different from Glenn Beck HOW???

Colbert admits he’s a comedian and doesn’t try to be a commentator. And if none other then Bill O’Reilly himself admits Colbert is dead on and “approves” of the satire, then I can’t argue with it. Plus, Colbert has the unique advantage over Stewart in that Colbert is actually pretty [BLEEP]in’ funny.

I realized last night what ticks me off about Jon Stewart. I live in a house with two TDS fans, so I’m subjecting to his rantings four nights a week. His monologue last night pretty much stated “for eight years, us liberals had to shut up and sit down, and now, conservatives, why don’t you follow our example when it comes to Obama and shut up and sit down?” And that irked me because, aside from talk radio, conservatives have NOWHERE to even “speak up” so we can have the option to “shut up.” Stewart came off to me as saying “for the longest time, the GOP had the White House and Congress, the liberals had the media, but you conservatives kept talking. Now that we have everything, why don’t you just stop talking?”

I believe most people know John Stewart (Leibowitz) is short…

Dan:

Astroturf = epic fail.

could you be any more obvious?

Shill Maher has already admitted to being a pot-smoking athiest who hates everybody in this country…what MORE do you want/need to know about him? Me, I just want the turd to be flushed away already…

Sooooo . . . . this is what an echo chamber looks like. If you think that only 300,000 stoned college kids watch Stewart, and you don't understand why people might think that the whole Obama=tyranny thing is laughable, then you probably need to broaden your horizons just a bit.

Keep up this good work, and the irrelevance of your movement will grow.

I am anxious to see the bout of Breitbart vs Leibowitz

Dude WTH ya running on about?

Stewart averages around 1.3mm viewers, so yeah a claim of 300k is absurd. Regardless, his show is crafted towards a certain audience with a certain political bent. If you want to talk about "echo chambers" the shows audience is most certainly that.

Matt.. i can answer this one, with what I consider a reasonable response…

"Why does anyone care what he has to say?"

Because every time he opens his mouth and goes after Rush, O'Reilly, Hannity, Andrew.. etc… We get to the chance to see them fire back somewhere… and we get to see them show that people like Stewart are turning into caricatures of themselves.

I will admit, back when Stewart went on the Crossfire show that made him popular with everyone, he was at least enteraining,…I think his ego and his desire to be a "commentator" went to his head… (kinda like a certain 'sportscaster arse').

And DV8.. more often than not, the difference between Beck and Stewart.. is that Beck tries to back up his comments with _facts_ (other than his "The World is Doomed!" scenarios.. that I could do without), while Stewart throws out stuff and tries to imply it's "Comedy".

I bet 350,000 stoned college kids watch stewart and 90% wont graduate

Please don't make a big deal out of this. Remember, Stewart admonished his audience, back in July of last year after a tepid response to an Obama joke, “You know, you’re allowed to laugh at him.” Yeah, the "sh*t taco" joke stings. But at 5:07, when he brings out the commemorative dinner plate it all comes around. He's a lib, but he's obviously uncomfortable with the hero worship.

And he makes a valid point in the end. Mid-terms are right around the corner, and outrage isn't going to change hearts and minds. It's not working for proponents of gay marriage in California, why should it work in national politics?

We can't expect the electorate to be persuaded by a party of knee-jerk reactionaries. Obama's appeal to hope and change may have been empty and platitudinous, but it was a positive and therefore appealing approach (and one he swiped from Reagan.)

There is a reason why I don't watch TV, much less subscribe to cable. People like this Stewart character is the reason why! About half way throught the video, I bailed due to the fact that he sounds exactly like the "progressive" (I refer to them as regressives) drones in the college town in which I reside.

From an observation of liberal "comedians" (I shouldn't put the quotation marks there–some of them are actually funny at times), I think I've gotten an understanding of how people on the radical left think. To them, their worldview is so self-evidently, objectively right that no intelligent person could legitimately oppose them. As a result, when those on the right actually do oppose them, they either call them stupid when they make it easy (i.e. Bush or Palin, or most of the other grassroots conservatives throughout the country), or when they're undeniably smart, they either berate them (like Stewart regarding Andrew Breitbart) or imply that they're too smart to believe what they're saying (like Letterman with O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh). Either way, it amounts to condecension that makes it so hard to debate a liberal on even terms.

"I'm a fiscal conservative." — yeah sure, tell us another one troll.

Well, guess what, I'm a liberal and I think Obama is the worst President ever. Bush was so much better. I wish my party would stop following this loser fool. He is a real embarassment.

Same here, man.

Wow Dan where did you find the numbers? A Cracker Jack Box? Why don't you admit what you are…a sheeple. A follower. A person who cannot step out of the box and think for themselves. You are a leftist hiding behind your screen name. Why don't you just be yourself. Its freeing. Tool.

And Dan Wilson, welcome to the side of Sanity.

John Stewart is the turd of all turds.

So who's going to knock this little prick off his pedestal? No one seems up to the task. And a really easy task it is.

Sorta like me!

like me!

I tuned in last night to see if he would go after Obama's "how do you say it in Austrian" comment –something that would have made prime Daily Show fodder for successive episodes under Bush. I was about 5 minutes late, so I don't know if he touched on it at the start or if he did it the night before. Somehow I doubt it. Anyone know?
later in the show I was amused at how he disguises his biases while attempting at bipartisanship humor supposedly at Obama's expense. I'm referring at the bit where he's 'making fun' of European media for gushing over Obama's during his visit (interesting how this wasn't a major laughing point when the US media was and continues to be tank for Obama). Even though he was making fun of the Euro's, the shtik purposefully emphasized Obama's messsiah-like effect on people, thereby reinforcing that there must be some truth to it. It's like JS or SNL doing a sketch satirizing Obama's supposed "coolness' or oratory skills. That's about as close as they can bring themselves to "making fun" of him — by exaggerating qualities they convinced themselves they already love about him. Sad for creativity's sake, if nothing else.

There's a reason TDS is tedious….

Real journalism??? Just because something makes for a punchline doesn't mean its true. And why did you delight so much in Stewart "roasting" someone who is critical of the Government. You're not a dissident as your name suggests, you're a toady. Your side is the establishment, so go back to some other site and kiss "the man's" boots. By the way Comedy Central is owned by Viacom so Stewart's a corporate shill. He's the clown that puts the happy face on the corporate/government view. Great to see how your "edgy" life turned out.

Wait – Somebody CARES what Jon thinks?

When did that happen?

This is another in a long line of Stewart rants that are only funny to those devoid of context.

Really it’s good news. Big Hollywood is creeping into the ether invading their comfort zone. In my mind it means what we’re doing is beginning to take hold, aggravating worthless liberals, what fun.

Your just an idiot Dan. You can't even fess up to being a lib..

It's amazing the levels of arrogance one can achieve when they are performing in front of an audience of cheering Yes-men everyday.

I get emails about replies to my comments and when I go there none of them show up. There are definitely some bugs to work out.

He does have a whole "rage thing" going doesn't he?

JS is angry because he will soon become irrelevant. No more Emmys or Oscar gigs for being a partisan hack. Andrew's outspokenness and his site must really be hitting a nerve.

"Just because something has a punchline doesn't make it true". I admit you are correct. However, just because something has a punchline doesn't make it false either. In fact, if something has a punchline, and moreover, people find it FUNNY, then its because there is some aspect that does ring true with the audience.

Stewart is part of the establishment the same way Jim Cramer is, to be sure. So is Matt Drudge and Andrew Breitbart, and so are you and me.

Is my side the establishment, now all of a sudden, since Obama won? Well then, was "your side" the establishment right up until before Obama won? And now, you, and Breitbart and Rush and the RNC… you are all outside of the establishment? Your simplistic thinking won't get you far in life.

He's not. Others think he's funny cause it's some form of 'groupthink'. They think that Obama is the answer.

The thing is – everything the far right pundits are crying about now – that we're on the road to tyranny – is laughable.

With the Bush administration, and I'm trying to be objective, I think there was a loss in civil liberties. I think some things that happened with the Bush Administration (not GWB personally, just the administration) will come out in the next year or so, and it won't be pretty.

Politically, I'm middle of the road – fiscal conservative and social liberal, and while I voted for Bush twice (mostly because I though Gore and Kerry would be worse), lately, the far right is scaring me away.

Liberals are always so selective in their outrage. I notice Stewart never defended Bush against any of his critics.

Obama's approach was to criticize Bush for doing everything wrong. Only a liberal would consider that a positive and appealing approach. Liberals are such hypocrites.

John Stewart is not funny. His shtick has worn itself out.

What is the difference between Jon Stewart and Kim Il Jung? ………………………………………………

3 inches

So little Jonny Stewart, host on a nowhere basic cable channel, comes to the defense of "The One" and it's news? My, how comforted Barry must feel.

John Stewart is funny. He is. I'm a consverative, but I still find him humorous – I've been a fan for years.

HOWEVER…. I find that he seems to be barrelling down the path followed by comedians such as Al Franken and David Letterman. He is starting to become less funny – and more angry, more polarizing with his humor, and while he has of course been liberal and obviously so – he no longer seems to care that he allows his bias to dictate his humor, or that he flatly offends 1/2 of the population.

In the past, at least he used to make an attempt to be an equal-opportunity antagonist. That's is no longer the case – and I think we will find soon, that he leaves his current show for something more along the lines of Bill Maher, and his blatant hatred for all things 'Right'.

Makes me sad – I find him charming, intelligent, and funny. It will be another comedian/hollywood type that I personally really used to like watching – and find I no longer care to watch (Matt Damon, Tim Robbins, John Cusack, Sean Penn, Robert Redford, Jessica Alba, et al.)

wow – not a troll, just trying to give perspective… dude, I voted for Bush twice, so think of me what you may.

Yes, I was exaggerating about the audience – I looked on the web, and see his daily audience is one to two million. and I do think for myself, thanks. I can say Barney Frank and democrats in Congress were at best misguided in their support for expanding homeownership through lower requirements with FNMA, and I can laugh when I here words like tyranny, communist when someone talks about Obama – come on, you can't deny that.

Ouch – didn't proof read

I have a deep an abding mistrust of anything that puts the government in more control over more aspects of my life because in none of my adult life have I seen anything anywhere that has led me to believe that government involvement improves anything.

Mr. Breitbart's comment was taken out of context. Further, if Mr. Breitbart chooses not to comment on this at all, I don't blame him.

A drunk-with-power Leftist is never a pleasant sight.

More to the point, that certain members of the Right have "confused tyranny with losing."

John Stewart pretends that his Fake News is real, and everybody’s Real News is fake.

My favorite Daily Show moment was when he and Christopher Hitchens were going at it over Iraq. Hitchens pointed out that in 1998 the US Senate overwhelmingly passed a resolution to make overthrowing Saddam the official policy of the US (including many Democrats)!

Stewart replied that they thought nobody would be crazy enough to act on that vote.

Hitchens pounced: "So, you are saying that the US Senate, the greatest deliberative body in the world, was just BLUFFING??"

Checkmate. We were swiftly reminded why John Stewart is pushing his material along side crap like "Drawn Together" and "Reno 9-11"—instead of working in a real news organization.

Rage? If you think that's rage, what word would you use to describe Michael Savage?

Depends on the audience.

Good to hear from Glenn Beck's target audience! YEE HAHHHHHHHH!!!!

BTW, “You know, you’re allowed to laugh at him" was only because at the time, Stewart was backing Hillary. Since the nomination, he's been a good little sheep for O-baaa-ma.

Reno 911 RULES! If you wanna denigrate Comedy Central programming, start with Mind(less) of Mencia!

BTW, “You know, you’re allowed to laugh at him" was only because at the time, Stewart was backing Hillary. Since the nomination, he's been a good little sheep for O-baaa-ma.

I think Stewart is a funny guy, but when he decided — like SNL — did that ideology trumps comedy, he becomes no better than a Taliban douche whipping a kid for flying a kite.

Unfortunately, you're wrong about the Emmys and Oscars — that's the biggest echo chamber of all!

And how much hatred are you demonstrating? Do two wrongs (assuming you're right that he's filled with hatred) make a right?

But that criticism was tempered with "hope and change." He didn't put "Buck Fush" at the bottom of his Shepard Fairey posters.

Let's face it ladies and gentlemen, Jon Stewart will defend Obama even after he allies with the terrorists to force American's to subject themselves to radical Islam. I think he'd give up his Jewish roots to follow Obama to the promised land of 33 Virgins and Honey. Oh yeah and for the record Mr. President AMERICA IS a Christian nation so quit apologizing and start respecting the fallen heroes at Normandy instead of cowtowing to OPAC Sheiks.

So, if I look at these two posts – I see George trying to make a point which is one that I agree with – I'm afraid some conservatives of this country are leading the republican party down a very narrow path.

The response from this board? Name calling. That's not debate. I'll say I'm in the middle of the road, but I have my opinions, and would be glad to debate the issues.

How are those shorts fitting, Dangle? You're right though…Reno 911 is hilarious.

To be fair, Glen Beck only said he hates the widows and widowers of 9/11 victims.

I can't wait to for AB's response, either. Will he claim is PC "potato day" beef was taken out of context? Will he point out that Stewart is only a comedian, like Limbaugh (Rush referred to himself as such)? Will he complain about how the Left just can't take a joke?

I'm on pins and needles.

Leave it to Stewie to perpetuate his disparaging of truely smart conservatives, including one of my favorites, Andrew Breitbart (and after learning about Andrew's new friendship with Congressman Thaddeus McCotter, I'm even more a fan!). Found this great video on You Tube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCLewax2-zY) of Andrew at the Americans for Limited Government gathering, and again, I'm hoping that Andrew maintains his voice out there, especially for young conservatives in Los Angeles who know they're outnumbered by a sea of liberals (especially in entertainment!).

What crap. What you are seeing and denying is a real grassroots revolt in the early stages. This pig, Obama is plowing forward with a leftist fairy tale agenda that has absolutely nothing to do with the economy, enviroment or the geo-political situation. He had his leftist mind made up years ago, only now can he sow his neo-communist seeds. He'll lose the House in 2010 and get swept out, Carteresque style in 2012. Book it, lay big money on it. Since you admit voting for this POS bet somebody else's $$$$ on it. It's all the same to Dems.

Hey now. Stewart was a "soccer" player in college. Those are the toughest guys on campus. Interrupt one while he's shaving his legs and he'll try to bitch-slap you.

Bush isn't fiscally conservative. At all

"Stewart attacks someone more important than himself in the long-shot chance that this will extend his career."

Do you mean to suggest that Mr. Breitbart is, somehow, more important than Mr. Stewart? That's laughable under ANY definition of "important". Do you live in cave somewhere clinging to your guns or your religion?

John Stewart is a household name with millions of viewers. His book was on the NY Time bestseller list for 36 weeks. Yeah, that's right, he's far less "important, Mr Price…to YOU! Mr. Stewart is far from irrelevant and that's exactly why you try to pain him as such. More 18-28 Americans trust him as their first choice for news and information according to three recent polls including one done by Nielsen. I wonder what Mr. Brietbart's awareness level is with those other than the ones who post on this site? What's Breitbart's Q score? Um, ZERO!?

And, as far as your long shot chance at extending a career goes, thanks for proving, once again, that your ignorance far outweighs your intelligence, Mr. Price. Mr. Stewart just signed a new multi year, multi million dollar contract with COmedy Central and his show is the highest rated on the network. That screaming Stewart hears in the back of his mind in the pathetic wimpering of a Conservative windbag who doesn't know his butt from his elbow. Now go back to spouting your opinion on topics you know a little more about. If there are ANY

Ya know, I shouldn't laugh (as a soccer player for 18-odd years) but, yeah, that's still pretty funny.

Oooohhh Ohhhhhh lemme attem! I'll knock him off with my knock-knock jokes and fat gut! OOOOOOOHHHHHHH!!!!

I believe about 2 million viewers is his record. Southpark peaked at about 6.2 million viewers, although the recent "Indiana Jones" episode had nearly 4 million viewers.

A lack of a core ideology or core principals is scarier than the claim that you manage to make it the polls every four years. Despite idiodic claims to the contrary and occassional confusion from some of the RINO's, the GOP has a core philosophy. Anybody that voted for Obama doesn't adhere to the barest minimum of these basic core principals. Don't sing the same old "I can think for my self and I blah, blah,blah… that's a tired old song. So vote which ever way the wind takes you. It's legal, but intellectually shallow. Like birdbath deep intellectionally shallow. So, go take a bird bath, bird brain.

and counting…."global warming" is going cost the tax payer, what comes after trillions? zillions? bazillions?

Ya, I know. Sorry soccer players. It really does get physical down there once in a while. I'm middle aged so we didn't play "soccer", even here on the Mexican border. Everybody that wasn't a midget and could run played good old "tackle" football, then basketball. In the spring you ran track if you were fast enough. The dorks took P.E., the best of the rest played on the teams. I had to forge my mothers signature to play. She's of Mexican decent and thought I'd get killed. I didn't, I did the maiming, soooo soceer is just a bit of a rhetorical pinchimg bag for me. Sorry, soceer players are "badasses"!

It's not healthy talking to yourself troll. And yes, talking to your various sock puppets counts as talking to yourself.

Hey…Leibowitz…I recognize that name…was his mother Fran Liebowitz the co-ed that was tragically killed in a kiln explosion in "Animal House"?

"More 18-28 Americans trust him as their first choice for news and information according to three recent polls including one done by Nielsen."

You say that like the opinions of 18-28 year-olds are important.

Whew, somebody hit a nerve!…are we a itsy bitsy widdle short guy? Do mean big guys lean on your head in the lunch line? Do we have an extra big dictionary to drive Mom's car? Subject to going airborne when you get to close to a "midget toss"? unable to ride the "big kid rides" at Disneyland? sorry, got cared away…it's a 6'0" person sickness…

You just exploit it for political gain. But at least you admit it happened, that smarter than most of you idiot trolls.

Colbert a POLITICAL figure? REALLY? Since when was he elected (and who "voted" for him)? And what does than make O'Reilly, Beck, Olbermann et al- aka the types that Colbert is obviously parodying?

Forgot to say that the YouTube video is a three parter! Kids going into the Film Industry should listen up!

They're "co-potentates". It's a communal thing, Dems like communal things…they want to "communal" your bank account right now, watch out.

I have to agree. George said nothing inflammatory and I think he makes a good point. Reducing the level of discourse to that of the childish Left is not a path I want to go down.

This thread is replete with ad hominen attack on Jon Stewart instead of analysis of what he said and why he is right or wrong.

I understand that Breitbart is the figurehead for Big Hollywood and I am personally proud to have him as our "leader". But, the reflexive defense of Andrew by trying to skewer Stewart is very unbecoming. This is what the Kos Kids and Olbermann do and I despise it.

Personally, I think Stewart took a good shot at the "Potato Day" comment. Was he taking Andrew's comment out of context by mixing it with other more outraged clips? Probably. Was it funny? Well, I laughed.

None of this means that I agree with Stewart. Rather, I just wish we could keep our criticisms of him above the grade-school level of Leftist hate sites.

Actually, he said he "only" hated 10 of the families…why those 10 in particular, I wonder?

Please note that Gary Graham (yes, the one with the really popular posts on this site) dared to defend Jon Stewart's humor and he got a thumbs down. To me, that is the intolerance I saw from the Left the last 8 years and I do not wish to see it here.

Don't bother them, they have their talking points! They just know that Beck is exploiting 9/11 widows because they saw a clip taken out of context or someone said so on a site they visit. I know exactly what Beck said, and that wasn't it. Typical crap they do, like to Rush and like there with Andrew. He had been discussing a whole different subject when before he made the little joke about potato day and political correctness. He didn't say Obama ordered it directly.

Yeah, and thanks for replying, but we never pretended to be anti-establishment. However, the biggest joke of all is now about to be unveiled. The fact that Democrats are much much more establishment than Republicans. Democrats now stand for the entwining of government and corporations, the aligning of things like health care under one directorate. For instance, Bush started the bailout madness but no conservative worth their salt was for it when he was President. Yet your side seems to defend Obama no matter what he does. As far as Rush and Breitbart…absolutely not part of the establishment. Rush has small advertisers generally and is not owned by one of the big corporate syndicators, Breitbart…he's just a guy that got pissed off and started an empire. The RNC, we complain about them every day. But to sum it up I'll put it this way, Republicans want less government intrusion in theory and Democrats want more….which is the party for a dissident?

er, sorry Dan. Got a little carried away. Yes the party strayed totally away from the "Contract". Power corrupted, they were turned out. My opoint is that alomost always the issues line up on the "left" or "right" paradigm. In Texas we say that the middle of the road is where the dead skunks lay, and the TxDOT road strip painter doesn't stop to move ol' Pepe, they just paint right over them. Besides bird bath and bird brain seemed to go together, sorry !

Concerning the deficit spending, that is THE major malady afflicting government today. Texas and many other states have to BALANCE their budgets BY LAW. No deficits. We have a fiscal train wreck happening right now, it DWARFS the Bush budgets by an exponential amount. This is reminding the American public "the President proposes, the Congress disposes". Since Jan.2007 this has been on the Dems, the compromised their way to spending increases, now they have a legislative neophyte rubber stamping INSANE spending. I don't have to take back my vote, i saw this coming, to some extent.

er, sorry Dan. Got a little carried away. Yes the party strayed totally away from the "Contract". Power corrupted, they were turned out. My point is that alomost always the issues line up on the "left" or "right" paradigm. In Texas we say that the middle of the road is where the dead skunks lay, and the TxDOT road strip painter doesn't stop to move ol' Pepe, they just paint right over them. Besides bird bath and bird brain seemed to go together, sorry !

er, sorry Dan. Got a little carried away. Yes the party strayed totally away from the "Contract". Power corrupted, they were turned out. My point is that almost always the issues line up on the "left" or "right" paradigm. In Texas we say that the middle of the road is where the dead skunks lay, and the TxDOT road strip painter doesn't stop to move ol' Pepe, they just paint right over him. Besides bird bath and bird brain seemed to go together, sorry !

Ol' Jon plays to his room, his gallery who want first to be affirmed in their prejudices and second to be emotionally satisfied in bullying whoever is not them. He is a cortesan for the lefty bordello, and would not do most of his jokes if he did not know his audience is hatefully ignorant. Andy is being dinged by Jon the prostitute because his masters want Andy subjugated, his audience enjoys subjugation and cortesan gigs are not easy to get.

Yes, yes, if only we were like the media with Palin and the plumber, we could find that Jon can see Utopia from his house, or is too stupid to be able to spell his real name, or had Rhambo's baby. The creative possibilities are endless, but based on the assumption that we want his 1.3m gallery, and comes with the issue that we would then be as corrupt as Jon.

"cowardly, pathetic, ignorant buffoon"? Oh my. . . Boy did you put me in my place. LOL!!

Actually, no, I'm not going to blow this off. This is a really poor effort. You want to be a troll and this is the best you've got? Droopy, you couldn't troll a Disney board with this weak a..s sh..t. Make me feel it b..tch. Put a little gray matter behind your work. Come on droopy, step up or shut up.

Oh, and by the way, I can disprove everything you've said. But then, why should I bother? What have you offered to motivate me?

There is, and his name is "Kingfish" the messiah, now get your little carpet runner and pray to the Messiah your Muslim A**hole.

The last laugh will be on Jon Stewart who will be picking up Rush Limbaugh's NYC tax bill after ElRushbo and Company leaves the city for good.

I am joining the Rush to flee oppressive Manhattan and will be having a delightful time watching Jon Stewart whine while on bended knees, sucking his Slavemaster's bling-bling.

Now that's entertainment!

Why don't we just do whats on everyones mind here? Lets ask the most important question of the new administration……..What does Dennis Miller, king of all rants think about Jon Stewart and The Daily Show?

Apparently I would first have to educate you as to what the word "context" means. Breitbart was merely using a personal example to illustrate a larger assumption and claim — that Obama was hastening the destruction of language. I would hope you were going for irony, but I somehow doubt it.

And to mention Beck specifically is really odd, since Beck was hugely anti-Bush era enlargement of the government.

Yes, he's a total coward. Because everyone in Hollywood uses their "God-given" name.

Max….does Jon Stewart know that you want to blow him in the shower? You would make a great house troll for slitherin. I hope JS free's you with a pair of his dirty girl hippie skivvies.

Uh . . . you're kidding, right? Miller and Stewart are great friends. In fact, in a recent visit with Bill O'Reilly, in which they discussed the Cramer interview, Miller stuck up for Stewart and called him a mensch (I'd be happy to try link it although it's not directly linkable at FOX.)
I happen to be fond of Stewart and hate Miller, so it doesn't thrill me. But Miller was also one of Stewart's early cheerleaders–Miller's brother was Stewart's first manager. They did standup tours together.
Keep fishing! I enjoy watching y'all flail pointlessly in your lust to diss JS.

What….I enjoy watching the JS clips on Breitbart. Im just trying to get Dennis Miller to come out of his cave so I can rub it in one of the other posters faces for saying there aren't any funny conservatives. SEE…im not lusting after Stewart…Im lusting after Dennis Miller!

Wait that came out wrong.

I think there is a bug ….. You open a thread that says 7 comments and you get two…. I edit my threads because it is easier to correct errors after I have posted them. There is more room to read the post.. I noted that it stated there were four replies instead on the one I made. I had edited it three times.

Oooops . . . sorry, Louis. I'm a little punchdrunk after reading all the other comments.

But I hope you're not lusting after Dennis.

FTL&R: I will now insult you in your native language …..

Ok Nak gowamba Trubba dart doohickey lumlun lum

HA HA HA HA

Actually we call short little 5'6" whiners with a Napolean complex "beeotchez."

We call Strong and Smart women up on the phone and ask them if they have any plans for dinner.

The tried MAtt ….

But Stewart has very cleverly changed his name……

You do realize that it was conservatives like Haniity annd Rush that first started the negatives for "W" because he caved into your side on things like immigration and spending.

Do you even pay attention to the tripe you are selling. Name one time a democrat has put anything into law that did not limit liberty. You can't.

Hey Chris, as a shorter guy myself (5'9") I am offended by your obvious "little man" complex. It just perpetuates the stereotype and hinders our progress.
Moreover, why are leftists so sensitive about EVERYTHING??? I think Benjamin Franklin said it best when he remarked "adults who take offense are whiny little bitches."

Are people really getting upset over the "potato day" reference? Really?
How thin must your skin be to be offended by that?

Yeah, I can't bring myself to watch this either. Normally I do, but watching Stewart is a lot like trying to watch Saturday Night Live (amazingly, it's still on).

Watching Jon Stewart and SNL is like having a huge boil on your butt: it's painful, embarassing, and you don't want anyone to know about it.

But I am impressed with the way trollboy used empirical – like in Empire strikes back.

Yeah, one of the many mistakes by this fool. I wonder if he's got a manager we could talk to?

One of those "don't know whatcha got 'til it's gone" things. =) Can't wait to watch NY squirm.

I actually think the best thing with this link is the ad for Tracy Ullman's new show. "No one's safe" it says. (and the next line is a Bush joke– now that's daring!). What a twisted reality we live in when our satirists protect our politicians and make fun of yesterday's leaders. Pretty scary.

John Stewart is funny. He is. I'm a consverative, but I still find him humorous – I've been a fan for years.

HOWEVER…. I find that he seems to be barrelling down the path followed by comedians such as Al Franken and David Letterman. He is starting to become less funny – and more angry, more polarizing with his humor, and while he has of course been liberal and obviously so – he no longer seems to care that he allows his bias to soooo strongly dictate his humor, or that he flatly offends (read: denigrates) 1/2 of the population.

In the past, at least he used to make an attempt to be an equal-opportunity antagonist. That's is no longer the case – and I think we will find soon, that he leaves his current show for something more along the lines of Bill Maher, and his blatant hatred for all things 'Right'.

Makes me sad – I find him charming, intelligent, and funny. It will be another comedian/hollywood type that I personally really used to like watching – and find I no longer care to watch (Matt Damon, Tim Robbins, John Cusack, Sean Penn, Robert Redford, Jessica Alba, et al.)

I thought what I had said was pretty darned funny. Evil dictator reminds the congressional black caucus of "a long time friend" and then after they are thrown in the gulags? Hilarity!!! Laughter ensues.

We call those people propaganda ministers.

Aw… guys I like balloons!

No shame in that. . . unless they've shaped it like something shameful!

awesome. you refute points, they attack then say, "Oh, and by the way, I can disprove everything you've said. But then, why should I bother? What have you offered to motivate me?"

man, really priceless. yeah andrew, facts 'why bother?' especially if you don't have them.

I used the "contact us" link at the bottom of the page (the Tips and Feedback link on the upper right takes you to the same place). It opened a dialog box where I asked them to reconsider the closed thread default or allow users to set the default for their own browser. That was a few days ago. No reply other than the auto acknowledgement. I believe a few others sent messages as well. AndrewPrice said he did, as well as leave messages in the comments section of some threads. Use one of the links on any BH page to send them your thoughts. Maybe if they get enough, they'll straighten this out.

yeah because the GOP base is so intellectual.

in a democracy like ours every voter (18 and above) is important right? or no?

never took a civics class did you

Does this mean there’ll be no balloons?

YaDinka! This is not a democracy but a Constitutional Republic. The Founders feared a true democracy Mob Rules and all. But I know your college professor is smarter than Thomas Jefferson, and Ben Franklin, silly me.

The trolls are changing their screen IDs faster than AC current changes polarity. I noticed that today we have a lot of the "I agree with you" trolls who throw out anti-Semitic, anti-black remarks hoping we'll agree so they can go back to their masters and report us to the thought police. I hope nobody falls into the trap.

I do believe I've offended another troll. You little buggers have such thin skin. . . and small brains.

What is max to you? A little love-troll perhaps? Or are you his momma? Or are you the same troll? You write just as poorly. Hmmm. Hello droopy.

I agree. Funny how they all came at once and then all left at once isn't it? I think it was only one or two trolls today. They were just playing different personalities — full retard troll, half retard troll, and concern troll.

I think Ya Dinka is actually Da Yanka.

I've got some threads that I haven't been able to enter all day. It's really frustrating.

Believe it or not, I clicked on your Intense Debate e-mail, and it took me straight here, this time. I had to search for your previous two, and I still haven't found one of them. I hope somebody is monitoring the site firsthand, since the tips and comments people apparently don't even exist–just robots. My three year old grandson could do a better job of fixing this site. And it used to be so easy and so enjoyable.

Since I couldn't get to it, I"ll reply here to the one I couldn't find. I'm pretty sure you're right, it is two or three trolls only, and they've added two new IDs just since we commented on it.

And right after making the above suggestion, that stopped working too. I give up!

so are you just finding excuses to not support your claim, or is this just an attempt to pretend you have something to say while making yourself feel good?

haha, again nothing but ad hominem attacks. you made a claim, 'max' called you on it, and cited facts, then asked you to refute it. you claimed numerous times you could but haven't. you are a phony. plain and simple.

keep saying you are getting under peoples skin, but deep down if i pulled what you have the last 20 posts are so you'd all call me for what i am. the fact that andrew is doing it you all get in line to serve him, when in fact all he is is an intellectually dishonest lier and snake oiler. i don't expect any of you to see any of this because you'd rather bow to people rather then your supposed ideals. you'll say otherwise in posts to follow but you'll continue to let andrew play this deceitful charade.

btw, i'm not 'max', now that that is settled you guys can get back to the circle jerk over the Breitbart photo. ah, poor kids are upset a lefty comedian made fun of their puppet master.

im with you dinker! you tell them. librals wuld never bow down to enybody!
lefty comics are funy. i love a charade.

I would be nice to at least get an update/statement — either tell us this as good as it's going to get, they're fixing it, whatever.

There is a reason for that. When LittleBigMan smarms, it's considered comedy. When a Limbaugh does it, it's considered vile hate speech. Hmmmm…….goose-stepping fools …..hmmmmm,…. yeah, we'll see.

ah, eww.

Do you actually believe that your little troll garbage can in any way effect "my cause"? How stupid are you?

News flash — no one in the world cares what trolls say on boards, any board.

We only respond to you because what you write is so pathetic it's entertainment for us to jerk you around. I'm not going to bother getting into a real debate with you. My time would be better spent arguing with a goldfish.

Now go oil your snake, it misses you.

You have truly opened my eyes! LOL!

He already HAS started acting like Bush… even St. Keef shook his finger at him …but I'm sure Keef will come back when told eventually. It seems they all have.

*MissQuinn

This may not be a popular opinion, but I don't think the segment was that inflammatory. Sure he completely overlooked the point of Andrew's Potato Day example, but as far as misguided liberal commentary goes, he wasn't that far off in left field and he made some good jokes. His opinion was wrong and he isn't recognizing the encroachment of liberal fascism, but he's not sensitized to these things. If we do end up in Mussolini's version of America, I'm betting that John Stewart would be among the first to admit his own ignorance.

No that was Leibowitz er the guy embarrased by his own ethnic heritage so he has to change his name…..

Who is that ……. Hmmmm…….. By the way since you are lib named antifascist you must be a big supporter of the Third way…….. you know when socialist governments take an major influence in corporations through regulation and government ownership.

You agree with that ….. Right!

Poor Stewart must feel threatened by all the right wing talkers to do that segment. The only funny thing about Stewart is when you realize the guy BELIEVES IN OBAMA. If that doesnt take the cake, nothing does. Laugh this off with other left wing losers of our time…History will not be kind to these snakes.

Breitbart is a pompous idiot windbag.

First, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN WESTWOOD, LOS ANGELES.

There are plenty of incredibly expensive elitist private schools, however. Schools that cost more than some universities.

So if "Potato Day" happened – which I doubt, as Brietbart lives in some alternate reality best visited by others using mind altering drugs – then he only has his fat wallet and his elitist insistence on a private education for his offspring to blame. The guy is hoisted on his own pretentious petard.

He can pull his kids out of the private school, but I doubt the hypocrite will.

As for who is fanning the flames; Get real. It's you conservative arses. And y'know, if you are going to continue the ways of the Dick (Cheney) by trying to incite fear – get your political terminology right. Calling Obama a fascist just reveals how pathetically undereducated y'all are. Fascism is on the RIGHT side of the political spectrum. Y'all are far more closer to fascists than Obama will ever be. Enjoy your birthright & legacy if you continue down the path of trying to make one side more pure and holy than the other. It worked so well in the past.

Wow, what wonderful parodic skills you have, what fine satire! Because liberals are all stupid and bad spellers. HAW HAW HAW.

Idiot.

SCUM, You need to go back to school. Fascism is an ideology of the Left. It stems from Socialism. Hence, Nazis – National Socialists. I would suggest you read the book Liberal Fascism. It never ceases to amaze me how people want to rewrite history to suit their warped vision of the world.

Wrong. Fascism started under right-wing Mussolini in Italy, then spread to Germany, Spain and Japan. It has always been characterized by nationalism, militarism and corporatism. These are all components of RIGHT-wing ideology. The use of the word socialism in the Nazi party's full name is a complete perversion of the word. If you want to accuse Obama of socialism, you've at least got something to base your argument on. But calling him fascist is absurd, particularly in the context of simultaneously calling him socialist and communist. I suggest you read something other than Jonah Goldberg's oxymoronically titled "Liberal Fascism" if you want to know the true history of the far-right movement.

While the comparison with Limbaugh makes me chilly, as a fan of Stewart I'd add two other points. One is that Stewart has done a pretty good job on his show of creating a dialogue between right and left via his interviews–those he did with McCain, for example. It's a myth that he's anti-Right all the time. He's just anti-idiot. Limbaugh is clearly anti-Left on principle.
It's also a myth that Stewart's fans are not critical of him. Not in the world of fans I know; some forums scrutinize him pretty thoroughly. But the biggest myth of all is that his fans are all young, stoned or idiotic. This board makes us look like Oxford grads. (As do Carlson, Cramer, the list goes on . . .)

Like others in the RP haven't kissed up to Rush recently (Micheal Steele was esp. embarassing)? NOW Rush has decided McCain wasn't "Republican" enough-whatever that means, besides the fact he didn't win…

Does Breitbart have any proof that his kid's school celebrated Potato Day instead of St Patrick's Day? Any copy of a press release or e-mail from a school official?

Well y'all know that y'all can kiss our holy arse. See how y'all are. Gee you just sound so down right HOMEY.

Right On~

As a NYer myself I would like to say get the F out as well. All of you can leave. Now that you're fully done skull$#%&ing the dead at Ground Zero, please pack up your 911sploitation mobile and crawl back to your one-room shacks in the "Real America". We don't need you. We don't want you. We took 9-11 on the chin, picked ourselves up off the ground and went back to work while the rest of you are still urinating in your conservative chinos having to change your shorts whenever Fox shows a guy in a beard.

Grow a sack. A REAL sack. Not the kind where you pretend that you're actually out there doing the fighting. Because you're not.

We're in charge now. But it sure looks like you are having a breakdown because of it. The whole freaking out about "tyranny" and "oppression" by a liberal majority belies your overwhelming fear that we're going to treat you like you treated the rest of us. But that's not going to happen because we're bigger men than you.

Wow, you sure did pick the right screen name to post under. Got much hate left?

"it supports a pretty solid counterpoint to what can politely be called overreaction from Beck et al: Where WAS the 'conservative' outrage when it was Bush propping up government-expanding programs? "

Did you watch Beck at all in the last two years, or did he only pop up on your radar when he showed up on Fox? 'Cause believe me, he went after the Bush administration. Of all the conservatives to pick, why Beck?

Going after Cramer was real journalism? How? That guy didn't cause the meltdown. Everyone knew going into it not to trust his picks as gospel, any more than they trust the anchors of SportsCenter to tell them who's gonna win the superbowl.

Looks a lot like the shyt you post.

"However, what conservatives need is not more Hannity's, who make good parrots, but more Buckly's who can actually think through difficult things and come up with thoughtful ideas. "

If you're looking for another Buckley, might I suggest that you stay away from tv and the internet and go read a book. Message boards were not made for careful, reasoned debate.

"Calling democratically elected officials doing things you disagree tyranny is really rather silly, and it doesn't bode well for the movement if this is what their people look up to"

Although I agree that conservatives can be just as bad as the craziest lefty and that the mania over Obama is overblown, I think I need to remind you that Hitler's dictatorship was democratically approved, more or less. This is not meant to connect Obama with Hitler. I just feel the need to remind people from time to time that democracy is a false god.

They just know it's bad to be a fascist, just like it is to be a racist, so they try to tar the left with both. Just because.

But no one is buying this except for the Dittoheads. So who gives a crap?

His God-given name IS Jon Stuart Leibowitz- and WHY do you care what name he uses anyway, since we all know who he is (and are a little TOO obsessed w/him, quite frankly)! Way to live up to your moniker, you inbred tool…

Limbaugh ≠ Stewart, Right ≠ Left. How we make decisions are what DEFINES us as being different politically. Saying that Stewart or the Left would react the same to anything is dishonest because it is at the very root of our being in opposition. Stewart is the OPPOSITE of Rush. We are not two sides of the same coin.

Those who claim that Stewart is a blind defender of Obama never seem to offer any proof to back up such claims. They don't believe in being able to prove anything anyway.

I was too busy reacting to being called a traitor and anti-american and wanting the country to fail to notice the whispers of conservatives who had any problem with Bush's lawbreaking.

This has nothing to do with dissent or patriotism. This is about the rightwing having to LIE because they can't win any arguments

Yes, because it is "real" journalists' job to dig up political dirt so you can grind your axe. OMG he smokes pot?!? LOL.

Why don't you try actually arguing back? Oh that's right, you don't actually win arguments anymore. You prefer "dirt".

Wow Andrew Breitbart is a douche bag. Name the school that has potato day? Guess what the f'n school doesn't exist because Andrew Breitbart is a nutball that fits right in with Hannity, Oreilly, and Beck.

No anything that isn't some rightwing christian super army isn't what America was supposed to be!!!

That is the first (and last) time I've lowered myself to watching that twat. I had always known what a twisted take he has on things. I'm shocked that so many (young) Americans take him as a source of news. Egads, what on earth has happened?

Frankly, I watched it only for the context of when Breitbart responds.

Although, the little plate thing at the end was enlightening insofar as the "mandatory organ donation" gag was probably a presaging of what will eventually transpire.

Amen. There's no need for all the outrage directed at Stewart. The media landscape is littered with entertainers who garroted themselves with their own politics.

I really hope Breitbart doesn't take the bait.

I didn't buy Stewart's fake sincerity when Cramer was on; he'd be more believable hat he actually cared about the stock market if he attacked Barney Frank or Chris Dodd BEFORE Cramer criticized Obama, but since he only attacks those who don't believe in his messiah, he is nothing but a hack.
Stewart is a moron. Why bother.

I am simply playing the game the way the left plays it, and man do you guys hate it!!! My entire life, I have tried to enlighten "The Statists" and help them to understand that conservative-Libertarianism is simply the only road to freedom and prosperity possible among human beings, anything else ends in tyranny. The more intelligent I tried to be with these people, the more they responded with "Rush Limabugh is fat". So, I will simply do what you folks do, get in the gutter and make fun of physical attributes, it's the only thing you understand. You know, SNL, Katherine Harris wears too much make-up, John Goodman plays Linda Trip, that kind of stuff. Immature, teenage humor, that passes for an intelligent attack among the brainwashed left. Hey, anybody remember the pathetically racist cartoons of Conolezza Rice??? What would happen to the newspaper that printed one of…..oh…..Let's say, Michelle Obama??? John Stewart is short, really, really short. He's maybe 5 feet tall with lifts in his shoes and he absolutely has a Napoleon complex and a short temper.

Ummm, Colbert a POLITICAL figure??? Hmmmm let's see, Rahm Emmanuel (your President's attack dog) is on record stating that he wants to make Rush Limbaugh "the face of the Republican Party" (with the help of newsweek magazine and MSNBC. This is a government employee, using the power of the state to attack a private citizen and turn him into a hated "political figure". Yes, Colbert and Stewart are "political figures" as is Bill Maher, and we have a right to know if they've ever hired an illegal , to clean their house ,or if they've ever taken oxy contin, or if they wear stilts around their house to feel big or cry when they orgasm. We have a right to know. Big Media figures like Katie Couric and Matt Lauer should also be subject to deep scrutiny as well. Why not???

Your hatred of Obama is pathalogical. Bush was busom buddies with those OPEC Sheiks, still is, America isn't going to be subjected to radical Islam, you rob Americans with Jewish roots of their citizenship when you insist this is only a Christian nation, no one is dissing Normandy heroes, no one even knew those heroes were fighting Islamic terrorists… Relax, go see a movie.

By movie I am assuming you mean "Fahrenheit 9/11, The Inconvenient Truth, The Manchurian Candidate, "W", JFK, Malcolm X, 11th Hour?"

Hatred is pathological my friend, but you know what else is pathological? Pathology. By the way, which version of pathological are you referring to when you say this? Is it forensic, general, clinical, veterinarian, anatomical, or metaphorical?

Yes there are other religions here but Christianity is the overwhelming majority. It's not as if the dollar bill says "In Yenta We Trust".

Yes, absolutely, Stewart is totally irrelevant. No one cares about him, his show, or anything he has to say. Other than all these people filling up this post, that is. Great link to the Daily Show! Loved it.

Izat right? Well the village just called and it seems they're missing their IDIOT..Could you please call your messiah and have him report for duty?

Wow, your head finally exploded didn't it?

Rush has a word for people like George ……

Seminar Caller…….

They call up touting what true blue conservatives they are and then proceed to to tear apart everything other conervatives say while encouraging everyone to be "moderate" and "polite".

But you can always spot them. George states that it is silly to equate Obama with a Tyrant but does not feel any need to say anything substantive to actually back that up. If it is so obvious then I'd think that to do so would be easy.

How does telling me that a statement is "silly" do anything to explain to me what if anything is at fault with it. It doesn't.

I try to give posters the benefit of the doubt. Some regulars on this site are genuine conservatives who take serious and reasoned positions different from mine. I enjoy the back and forth with them. Others are just semi-articulate troublemakers who make an occasional intelligent remark, but don't go on the attack when questioned (hit and run). Some are "concern trolls" who just pretend to be conservatives (like the Seminar Caller) and then proceed to trash everything conservatives believe in–usually rudely, adamantly, incoherently, doggedly and frequently obscenely.

The worst are the Kos Kids and Huffers who get lost in the invective stream on those sites, so they come over here to rant. So I think we should continue to take the main articles in the spirit of the theme covered, and post accordingly. And we'll have to continue to sort the trolls from the legitimate dissenters as we go, with replies equal in strength and determination (and occasional snark).

There are no funny liberal comedians either …

At least not intentionally funny ……………..

As I recall, the Nazi's were famous for their goose step. And they were Socialists. Hmmmmm.

Well said Hawk!

I'll skip the Stewart bashing for a moment and talk to the point of what Andrew mentioned on Hannity.

How is "Potato Day" politically correct exactly? I'm curious about this California public school Andrew mentions. I'd write to them to express that "Potato Day" is not politically correct but I question if this really happened.

It just sounds like a reaching comment that isn't meant to be followed up with any kind of questioning to the school.

Well you may be right LadyHawk. George may be on the level however in the balance of judgement between "an Honest Debater" and some one trying to be "fasely clever" to somehow bring down an argument with negativity I am leading toward the False end of the spectrum in my opinion.

He is not a regular poster, thus has no p and he providing no argument except condescension and insult that "Conservatism" must be wrong.

If he is an honest debater I guess he can correct that with more posts but I actually have listened to Rush since 1989 and the "seminar caller" business is the most aggravating.

"Lurk3r"'s name implies he is one of those "tolerant" unbiased leftists. He is making arguments in the third person which might incite some kind of fight between the "evangelicals" and "Catholics.

Huckabee stated on his show how proud he was to have the Catholics working on his side (evangelicals) because the Catholic Church has been so stalwart on abortion. I myself feel the same way of "evangelicals. The left's vicious attacks on all Christians have allowed us to see past older bigotries as fellow travelers on Christ's road.

It would seem to me that a liberal lurking in the shadows would at least praise that tolerance and not subversively try "parrot" superficial differences in a lame attempt to cause dissent and anger.

Maybe they are not so tolerant after all. Maybe instead what I heard as "tolerant" was really "TOOL A RENT". The blind following political fads as proposed by leaders of the Apparatchik in an attempt to subvert political power.

PPS: Gary Graham called me LadyHawk, too. I had to point out to him that just because I live in San Francisco, it doesn't automatically follow that I'm a lady. LOL

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