Joe Scarborough was right on the money when he said, “Basically he’s got 100 people working for him. They scour the Internet and TV night and day. They find people that put themselves out on the line. … whether they’re politicians or commentators. Then if somebody makes a little mistake here or there … I’m talking if a politician stumbles over himself. They take it out. They edit it. He runs a clip and then he makes a funny face and then the whole audience has a Pavlovian response.” It was a comment that enraged Stewart, but the clips demonstrate that Scarborough was speaking absolute truth on this score.
~ Partisan Hacks Using Comedy As A Shield by Ben Shapiro
Very true. And further in …
The biggest problem is the holier-than-thou Stewart and Maher types posing as comedians for purposes of self-defense. If you’re going to enter the political battlefield, don’t claim to be above politics. It’s gutless and pathetic.
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bride,
it’s gutless and pathetic but it works! They will continue this strategy (Clintons used it very effectively) and in fact, are perfecting it with the media onboard. By the time, Petraeus arrives in Iowa he will either be a buffoon, right-wing dictator or too boring to lead the party. Unless Obama really, really tanks in the eyes of the media, they will be his ministry of propaganda. I am so disgusted that I can not sit through Bill Mayer (as show a used to watch weekly). My son asked to see the video of Jon Stewart because he felt it was a fair exchange and I sent him a two page response to this nonsense. Do you realize most folks in college and early 20’s get their news from these clowns ore read the Huffington Post/Daily Kos? The Republicans have lost a great deal of ground and short of a miracle I don’t see them regrouping anytime soon.
A fair exchange? Everyone – and I mean everyone should have that done to them at least once. I’ve been through a similar ringer as you know so I know exactly what the process looks like from outside in. There is a special place in hell for the Mahers and the Stewarts of the world and it’s coming to them before they exit Earth because what goes around comes around.