If you can’t see the epicness in that, you’re taking this game way too seriously.

It would have been funnier if there was another Stewart on the verge of tears yelling at Stewart to “Stop, stop, stop, stop hurting America…”

Classic.

Epic dedication to comedy, and while Steward is not really an impersonator, that was a great effort imitating his (ex?) friend.

ElCapitanAmerica said:
Classic.

Epic dedication to comedy, and while Steward is not really an impersonator, that was a great effort imitating his (ex?) friend.

John Stewart is not perfect by any means, but when he’s good he’s good.

John Stewart is the real thing. He is talented. He will be remembered.
You do not have to be on his same political bandwidth to realize that.

(And yes there are issues I disagree with him).

Weiner should resign.

Democrats shouldn’t act the same way that the stinking Republican hypocrites act when they get caught with their pants down, they’re better than that.

“FAMILY VALUES” REPUBLICAN JOHN ENSIGN : got caught banging his best friend and top assistants wife, used his family to buy off her silence and used his high gov’t position (Senator) to get her husband/his top assistant an illegal lobbying job. Not ONE single Republican called on Ensign to resign and Ensign himself didn’t resign until he realized that he was only days away from being expelled from congress.

“FAMILY VALUES” REPUBLICAN MARK SANFORD : used state funds to fly to Argentina and bang his mistress multiple times. Sanford refused to resign and not ONE single Republican called on him to resign.

“FAMILY VALUES” REPUBLICAN DAVID VITTER : got caught soliciting prostitutes (besides sex, he also specifically asked the prostitutes to put diapers on him and spank him) in both DC and New Orleans. Vitter refused to resign and not ONE Republican called on him to resign.

Suck on it slack jawed Teatard yokels! (I’m specifically looking at you, IIWI)

Hope MEDIAite enjoyed Jon’s answer as much as I did.They asked for it after all.
I’m not sure the media will even care about the irony here…if they grasp it at all.
For myself I know it would be a very hard situation for me, if that happened to a very old friend of mine and the media would complain that I don’t bash him enough on my show…I’d tell them to go f… themselves.
But Jon is way smarter and funnier than that, as we just saw.
You the man Jon.

Rocky Reed said:
Weiner should resign.

Democrats shouldn’t act the same way that the stinking Republican hypocrites act when they get caught with their pants down, they’re better than that.

“FAMILY VALUES” REPUBLICAN JOHN ENSIGN : got caught banging his best friend and top assistants wife, used his family to buy off her silence and used his high gov’t position (Senator) to get her husband/his top assistant an illegal lobbying job. Not ONE single Republican called on Ensign to resign and Ensign himself didn’t resign until he realized that he was only days away from being expelled from congress.

“FAMILY VALUES” REPUBLICAN MARK SANFORD : used state funds to fly to Argentina and bang his mistress multiple times. Sanford refused to resign and not ONE single Republican called on him to resign.

“FAMILY VALUES” REPUBLICAN DAVID VITTER : got caught soliciting prostitutes (besides sex, he also specifically asked the prostitutes to put diapers on him and spank him) in both DC and New Orleans. Vitter refused to resign and not ONE Republican called on him to resign.

Suck on it slack jawed Teatard yokels! (I’m specifically looking at you, IIWI)

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Rocky Reed said:
Weiner should resign.

Democrats shouldn’t act the same way that the stinking Republican hypocrites act when they get caught with their pants down, they’re better than that.

“FAMILY VALUES” REPUBLICAN JOHN ENSIGN : got caught banging his best friend and top assistants wife, used his family to buy off her silence and used his high gov’t position (Senator) to get her husband/his top assistant an illegal lobbying job. Not ONE single Republican called on Ensign to resign and Ensign himself didn’t resign until he realized that he was only days away from being expelled from congress.

“FAMILY VALUES” REPUBLICAN MARK SANFORD : used state funds to fly to Argentina and bang his mistress multiple times. Sanford refused to resign and not ONE single Republican called on him to resign.

“FAMILY VALUES” REPUBLICAN DAVID VITTER : got caught soliciting prostitutes (besides sex, he also specifically asked the prostitutes to put diapers on him and spank him) in both DC and New Orleans. Vitter refused to resign and not ONE Republican called on him to resign.

Suck on it slack jawed Teatard yokels! (I’m specifically looking at you, IIWI)

Those were the only examples you could give? I can think of a lot more. Many books could be written.
I agree Rocky, I just wish Weiner would have come clean immediately or just kept his mouth shut. Weiner did not help himself.
After defending Weiner I have humble pie on my face and it sucks!

As a comedian, Stewart has no responsibility to be anything buy funny. Fairness shmairness. Only the butts of the joke complain about fairness or double standards.

Raygun said:
buy

*but. Goddammit give us the power to edit comments mediaite, I beg you.

Did he hurt his member?

Rocky Reed said:
“FAMILY VALUES” REPUBLICAN MARK SANFORD : used state funds to fly to Argentina and bang his mistress multiple times. Sanford refused to resign and not ONE single Republican called on him to resign.

The thing is, if Sanford had resigned, the guy that would’ve replaced him was Andre Bauer, a moron afflicted with foot-in-mouth disease and seriously despised by the state Republican party. Republicans chose the lesser of two evils in that case.

That looked painful. I feel bad for him.

Raygun said:
As a comedian, Stewart has no responsibility to be anything buy funny. Fairness shmairness. Only the butts of the joke complain about fairness or double standards.

Agreed. And he further makes fun of those that complain about being made fun of.

Rocky Reed said:
Weiner should resign.

Democrats shouldn’t act the same way that the stinking Republican hypocrites act when they get caught with their pants down, they’re better than that.

“FAMILY VALUES” REPUBLICAN JOHN ENSIGN : got caught banging his best friend and top assistants wife, used his family to buy off her silence and used his high gov’t position (Senator) to get her husband/his top assistant an illegal lobbying job. Not ONE single Republican called on Ensign to resign and Ensign himself didn’t resign until he realized that he was only days away from being expelled from congress.

“FAMILY VALUES” REPUBLICAN MARK SANFORD : used state funds to fly to Argentina and bang his mistress multiple times. Sanford refused to resign and not ONE single Republican called on him to resign.

“FAMILY VALUES” REPUBLICAN DAVID VITTER : got caught soliciting prostitutes (besides sex, he also specifically asked the prostitutes to put diapers on him and spank him) in both DC and New Orleans. Vitter refused to resign and not ONE Republican called on him to resign.

Suck on it slack jawed Teatard yokels! (I’m specifically looking at you, IIWI)

I agree with everything except the “Suck on it….” That was not only unnecessary, but reduces the rest of your point to the level of the haters and insult bombers around here.

Keeva said:
Agreed. And he further makes fun of those that complain about being made fun of.

So how much did he make fun of Keith Olbermann, Rachael Maddow, and Ed Shultz after they whined about his once in a blue moon stints on left wing preachers? Hardly any. You guys are full of sh*t.

Jon Stewart is a very funny man and a great comedian, but that doesn’t make him any less of a partisan who is no way above the paradigm we have created for ourselves. As only a comedian he is great and its fair game, but as a ‘media critic’ who tries to expose its faults, he fall flat and is part of what he criticizes.

The problem was he forgot to salt the rim first.

Stewart’s reaction to yesterday’s press conference was the same he had for when the US got to Baghdad-ignore it. After weeks of attacking the effort and leading every show with the US’s invasion of Iraq, Stewart completely ignored, save for 10 seconds maybe, the biggest story of the year. The sight of joyous Iraqis hugging US soldiers was too much for Stewart and his running narrative for the previous month, so he simply IGNORED it. It was unbelievable. Sort of like yesterday. This huge story-Weiner’s press conference-that, had he been a Republican, would have taken up his entire show, is tossed for John freaking Edwards?! Stewart is such a gutless partisan hack.

PS, that bit was lame. Not funny. If he’d hit a major artery, maybe.

How anyone can watch this guy or Colbert for more than 5 minutes
is beyond my comprhension!

Fact: All he does is act as a clown and does it well.

BarneyFranken said:
The problem was he forgot to salt the rim first.

Not that it much matters since frozen Margaritas are adult Slurpees favored mostly by non-adult teenage girls.

not a good week for the comedy king of news…

Now THAT was bloody funny.
Every once in a while Stewart hits the mark.

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“Stewart acknowledged this and “resigned” from his post for failing to do his job. The deeper he got into his statement that he took “full responsibility” for the matter, he more he felt compelled to make a series of drinks, each more elaborate than the last. During one of these mini-bartending sessions, Stewart slashed his hand on some broken glass.”

The Greeks would have approved.

Cecelia said:
“Stewart acknowledged this and “resigned” from his post for failing to do his job. The deeper he got into his statement that he took “full responsibility” for the matter, he more he felt compelled to make a series of drinks, each more elaborate than the last. During one of these mini-bartending sessions, Stewart slashed his hand on some broken glass.”

The Greeks would have approved.

And, he did man up and deal with it. I nonethelss thought it very funny when Stewart kvetched he was going to pass out, and Oliver responded “Don’t be so Jewish.”

Rocky Reed said:
Democrats shouldn’t act the same way that the stinking Republican hypocrites act when they get caught with their pants down, they’re better than that.

Democrats gave Gerry Studds a standing ovation for diddling a Congressional page. They are most certainly NOT better than that.

“FAMILY VALUES” REPUBLICAN JOHN ENSIGN : got caught banging his best friend and top assistants wife, used his family to buy off her silence and used his high gov’t position (Senator) to get her husband/his top assistant an illegal lobbying job. Not ONE single Republican called on Ensign to resign and Ensign himself didn’t resign until he realized that he was only days away from being expelled from congress.

Not ONE? It’s Time For Ensign To Resign

“FAMILY VALUES” REPUBLICAN MARK SANFORD : used state funds to fly to Argentina and bang his mistress multiple times. Sanford refused to resign and not ONE single Republican called on him to resign.

Not ONE? Top South Carolina Republican: Sanford Should Resign

“FAMILY VALUES” REPUBLICAN DAVID VITTER : got caught soliciting prostitutes (besides sex, he also specifically asked the prostitutes to put diapers on him and spank him) in both DC and New Orleans. Vitter refused to resign and not ONE Republican called on him to resign.

Not ONE? GOP official wants Senator Vitter to resign or become a Dem

Rocky Reed said:
Suck on it slack jawed Teatard yokels!

Suck on that, moonbat. Reality much?

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
And, he did man up and deal with it. I nonethelss thought it very funny when Stewart kvetched he was going to pass out, and Oliver responded “Don’t be so Jewish.”

Jon did recover a little from last nights gaffe. But one has too wonder if Jon (or his writers) would have put in the extra effort in at 5pm if Weiner was an (R). Like they did with Vitter and Ensign. (Both douchebags BTW)

Stewart’s weak week reminds me of his Crossfire lecture:

http://bit.ly/mkacHO

Did Jon REALLY think people wouldn’t notice the lack of “below the belt” Weiner jokes that night? After being so crewl to Repubs in the same situation he gives Weiner (a Dem from New York) a pass and things no one on the net will comment. He HAD to have seen that coming…

“Daily Show moments of all time”

Frances MartelDaily Show moments of all time

I totally disagree. This was not very funny. Anti-climatic humor is so 90′ies!

And the only worse thing than a comedian who fails to be funny is an audience forces themselves to laugh when the jokes fail. That is what I see in the above segment.

Being able to edit your comments would be nice, or maybe to preview the message before posting it :/

Mediaite: Can we please get a real story on the front page insted of this waste of time?

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
And, he did man up and deal with it. I nonethelss thought it very funny when Stewart kvetched he was going to pass out, and Oliver responded “Don’t be so Jewish.”

and stewart replied…”what do you want me to be a catholic and turn it into a drink.”

tatboy said:
Did Jon REALLY think people wouldn’t notice the lack of “below the belt” Weiner jokes that night?

The people who don’t notice that what he did here is to take one for old Tony didn’t notice that either.

tatboy said:
Jon did recover a little from last nights gaffe. But one has too wonder if Jon (or his writers) would have put in the extra effort in at 5pm if Weiner was an (R). Like they did with Vitter and Ensign. (Both douchebags BTW)

i don’t recall. how soon after did stewart lampoon vitter and ensign. i’ll give you larry craig cuz those jokes pretty much wrote themselves. (not to say he had to dig too far for a good weiner joke)

Pablo said:
Not ONE? It’s Time For Ensign To Resign

but he got some help trying to cover it up from the k street saints like colburn.

Steve_27 said:
Mediaite: Can we please get a real story on the front page insted of this waste of time?

LOL! This got a thumbs down? Thats great.

Funny, because when I saw the actual press conference which went from about 4:30-5, I thought, damn, this is too late in the day for Jon Stewart to really go with, oh well, maybe tomorrow. Maybe I’m not a conspiracy-minded idiot though, as he talked about him all of last week ANYWAY.

Steve_27 said:
Mediaite: Can we please get a real story on the front page insted of this waste of time?

Ummm… this is MEDIAITE. They cover the “media”. Jon is part of the media landscape.

Pablo said:
Not ONE? It’s Time For Ensign To Resign

i get the impression from that article that they were more upset at ensigns lack of fundraising and not his lapse of morals.

skoorbekim said:
Stewart’s weak week reminds me of his Crossfire lecture:

http://bit.ly/mkacHO

That lecture was one of the very few moments of truth to come out of cable news. Shows like Crossfire and the like do nothing more than exacerbate differences and inflame hatred between parties and ideologies, and Stewart was right to call them out. He was right then and he’s right now.

Stephen Hogan said:
Shows like Crossfire and the like do nothing more than exacerbate differences and inflame hatred between parties and ideologies, and Stewart was right to call them out. He was right then and he’s right now.

He was right then. He’s one of them now.

Stephen Hogan said:
That lecture was one of the very few moments of truth to come out of cable news. Shows like Crossfire and the like do nothing more than exacerbate differences and inflame hatred between parties and ideologies, and Stewart was right to call them out. He was right then and he’s right now.

Stewart does exactly what he lectured Begala and Tucker not to do…
there is a word for that… it might begin with an “h”…

I wouldn’t call it a classic moment, but it was funny, mostly because of the popup comments on the screen.

Stewart’s a complete hypocrite here. If Rep. Weiner was less busy facebook chatting with pretty young women, he could have done his job and gotten the 911 responders health care resolved earlier. He blamed everyone else, but now we know he was chatting on FB and twitter and not getting the bill done and not getting spporters. Sure he was whining on the floor and on TV, which is the easy part, but the hard work to win the votes delayed everything.

Why doesn’t Congress get anything worthwhile done? They don’t do their jobs.

Every day’s going to be Weiner news, so he’d better get used to it.

skoorbekim said:
Stewart does exactly what he lectured Begala and Tucker not to do…
there is a word for that… it might begin with an “h”…

The difference is that he doesn’t call people of other ideologies things like ‘anti-american’ or ‘fascist’ or ‘communist’, or other names specifically designed to demonize and dehumanize.

He’s a comedian. His job is to point out the idiocy and absurdity of the actions of the powers that be. He’s also on Comedy Central, not CNN, FoxNews or MSNBC.

On another topic, and I asked this of another commentator on this site, why do you always use ellipses? You’re not using them correctly in a literary sense, so you must be trying to establish some sort of an effect, like that you can only speak in short sentences that trail off as to establish an air of a mysterious and cool thoughtfulness.

lane said:
I wouldn’t call it a classic moment, but it was funny, mostly because of the popup comments on the screen.

Stewart’s a complete hypocrite here. If Rep. Weiner was less busy facebook chatting with pretty young women, he could have done his job and gotten the 911 responders health care resolved earlier. He blamed everyone else, but now we know he was chatting on FB and twitter and not getting the bill done and not getting spporters. Sure he was whining on the floor and on TV, which is the easy part, but the hard work to win the votes delayed everything.

Why doesn’t Congress get anything worthwhile done? They don’t do their jobs.

Every day’s going to be Weiner news, so he’d better get used to it.

actually if you check on that you will find it was rep peter king who failed to get enough republican votes to have that bill pass. so much for ‘we will never forget’ 9/11 workers, huh republicans?

Stephen Hogan said:
The difference is that he doesn’t call people of other ideologies things like ‘anti-american’ or ‘fascist’ or ‘communist’, or other names specifically designed to demonize and dehumanize.
He’s a comedian. His job is to point out the idiocy and absurdity of the actions of the powers that be. He’s also on Comedy Central, not CNN, FoxNews or MSNBC.
On another topic, and I asked this of another commentator on this site, why do you always use ellipses? You’re not using them correctly in a literary sense, so you must be trying to establish some sort of an effect, like that you can only speak in short sentences that trail off as to establish an air of a mysterious and cool thoughtfulness.

regarding the ellipses: it is mainly a habit…
However, I have seen ellipses used literary in a wide variety of ways…

do you find it annoying?

regarding JS:
he does besmirch people of differing ideologies on a constant basis… he might not use those terms cited but he does degrade people who differ from his thought…

tatboy said:
Ummm… this is MEDIAITE. They cover the “media”. Jon is part of the media landscape.

He cut his hand Tat.

skoorbekim said:
regarding the ellipses: it is mainly a habit…
However, I have seen ellipses used literary in a wide variety of ways…

do you find it annoying?

regarding JS:
he does besmirch people of differing ideologies on a constant basis… he might not use those terms cited but he does degrade people who differ from his thought…

No, I don’t find it annoying, just different. Hence the question.

Yes, he does besmirch people of differing ideologies, but not in such a way as to inspire ire or hatred. In fact, nearly every conservative person he’s interviewed have left the studio claiming him to be one of the most fair, respectful and intelligent interviewers they’ve met. For example, Donald Rumsfeld claimed that his interview with Stewart was the best of his entire tour.

Bill Maher fits your description better, but he’s never called corporate media out for intentionally driving an ideological wedge between the American people.

Steve_27 said:
He cut his hand Tat.

Yes… but MOST of the story (outside of the headline) was about Jon trying to have a do over for giving his friend (and a Dem) a pass. But yes… the headline is not something I think is a need on Mediaite.

Stephen Hogan said:
but not in such a way as to inspire ire or hatred.

“hatred” is a strong word… JS uses ridicule as his weapon of choice…
as much as I respect the talents of JS, he consistently plays the timid-little-me act in face to face interviews… with exceptions of course: Kramer, Crossfire, Goolsbee…

tatboy said:
Yes… but MOST of the story (outside of the headline) was about Jon trying to have a do over for giving his friend (and a Dem) a pass. But yes… the headline is not something I think is a need on Mediaite.

:) (Your comment is awaiting moderation) Just kidding, I wrote this.

Steve_27 said:
:) (Your comment is awaiting moderation) Just kidding, I wrote this.

Fact: Just depends which PC I use or I do see awaiting moderation. hahahahahaha……..

FROM FRANCES MARTEL: “Apparently the critiques hit home, given how acrid much of the Daily Show’s coverage of many other politicians, particularly conservatives engaged in similar misdeeds, tends to be.”

JUST TO BE FAIR IN REPORTING– The Daily Show only covered the Rep. Chris Lee (R) scandal as a small point in a larger segment:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-february-15-2011/harry-baals-government-center

One night, that was it– compared to the last 5 episodes having a large proportion devoted to Anthony Weiner.

Frances, just because in your mind it “tends to be” doesn’t always match up with reality.

Suicide is your only choice Mr. Weiner. Just don’t do it right away because you are single handedly destroying the Left.

The cackling from the crowd ruined this skit. Laugh when something is funny not when you want to be noticed by others around you.

“Look at me, I’m guffawing in the studio audience at John Stewart. I’m so pretentious and smart I recognize that every twitch of Stewart’s body is stimulus for laughter!”

Overall I wouldn’t say this is Stewart’s best work. It even fails to deflect the accurate criticism of his commentary.

Stewart is soft-balling the Weiner

MutualDisdain said:
“Look at me, I’m guffawing in the studio audience at John Stewart. I’m so pretentious and smart I recognize that every twitch of Stewart’s body is stimulus for laughter!”

You are right the audience of the daily show and John Stuart’s fans are a bunch of elitist libs who worship him just like they worship 0-bow-ma Hussein. He is a joke but not a funny one, he hates America and uses his “jokes” to undermine it thank you.

tatboy said:
Did Jon REALLY think people wouldn’t notice the lack of “below the belt” Weiner jokes that night? After being so crewl to Repubs in the same situation he gives Weiner (a Dem from New York) a pass and things no one on the net will comment. He HAD to have seen that coming…

So you think he set this up?

You realize this whole bit was mocking those people that gave him shit for not taking it further. Mocking people like you.

Dem4Ever said:
Suicide is your only choice Mr. Weiner. Just don’t do it right away because you are single handedly destroying the Left.

I’m sorry but your comment is over the line.

ChiliPeppersFan said:
actually if you check on that you will find it was rep peter king who failed to get enough republican votes to have that bill pass. so much for ‘we will never forget’ 9/11 workers, huh republicans?

Why do you have to give someone money to prove you haven’t forgotten them. Why is everything measured in dollars?

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http://tiny.cc/WeinersWeiner