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FarCenter

(19,429 posts)
Fri Nov 15, 2013, 12:15 PM Nov 2013

JON STEWART TO OBAMA: At Least You're Not Rob Ford!

Stewart mocked Obama for qualifying the fact that his administration had "fumbled" the law's rollout by acknowledging that he's "not a perfect man" or a "perfect president."

"That wasn't the slogan you campaigned on," Stewart said. "I think when you campaigned, you were all, 'Yes we can!' I don't remember the other slogan" of "Pobody's Nerfect."

And so it's come to this.

"Certainly, the rollout of the president's signature health care law has been rocky. But at least it's not Mayor-of-Toronto rocky," Stewart said.



Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/jon-stewart-rips-obama-obamacare-rob-ford-daily-show-2013-11

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JON STEWART TO OBAMA: At Least You're Not Rob Ford! (Original Post) FarCenter Nov 2013 OP
Jon is starting to annoy me. n/t monmouth3 Nov 2013 #1
Jon Stewart is establishment. And unfunny in recent years Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #2
I agree with that..n/t monmouth3 Nov 2013 #3
why? for acknowledging the the ACA rollout has been an absolute clusterfuck? frylock Nov 2013 #5
When I look at how the Administration has mishandled the ACA implementation bluestate10 Nov 2013 #4
to be fair... Aelyria Nov 2013 #6
He's barely watchable anymore for me, either. At least Colbert is satire. libdem4life Nov 2013 #7
 

Pretzel_Warrior

(8,361 posts)
2. Jon Stewart is establishment. And unfunny in recent years
Fri Nov 15, 2013, 12:41 PM
Nov 2013

He started to believe his own press. Colbert is funny.

bluestate10

(10,942 posts)
4. When I look at how the Administration has mishandled the ACA implementation
Fri Nov 15, 2013, 12:50 PM
Nov 2013

when they should have KNOWN that they needed to flawlessly implement it, I develop a slow burn of disgust. I am not happy with the President or his Administrators for the ACA, in particular Sebelius. So I can see where Stewart is coming from, the Administration created a problem that it could have prevented with better management of the roll out. I am just a regular citizen that dearly want the ACA problems to get fixed and the system exceed even the wildest expectations. Stewart is a Satirist whose job is to poke fun at fuck ups. Even though I wish that Stewart would tone it down, he is doing EXACTLY the job that he does.

Aelyria

(12 posts)
6. to be fair...
Fri Nov 15, 2013, 02:37 PM
Nov 2013

When Stewart started to become Joe Sixer's go to for news he ran a series of commercials that said, in exact words, "Stop Doing That!".

He became the de facto pundit because nobody else was doing the job, but it was never his goal.

Good for him, getting back to the show's roots, making fun of whoever deserves it.

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