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In reply to the discussion: Jon Stewart Reacts to 'Daily Show' Backlash: "I Have Sinned Against You" [View all]fishwax
(29,346 posts)51. I think you've diagnosed an important part of the problem
Last edited Tue Feb 20, 2024, 06:19 PM - Edit history (1)
And it echoes my reaction to Stewart last week as well. If you're going to try to convince people that Biden is not old in order to vote for him, its going to be a hard sell because it undermines your credibility. Among the voters who are underdecided and/or undermotivated to turn out at the ballot box, there are likely a lot who can be reached in the space where concern about Biden's age and a recognition that trump is many orders of magnitude worse intersect. And that's the space that Jon was working in/with/on in his episode last week.
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Jon Stewart Reacts to 'Daily Show' Backlash: "I Have Sinned Against You" [View all]
TheProle
Feb 2024
OP
The commercials for this week's show are still plugging the "both guys are old" routine.
TwilightZone
Feb 2024
#1
Yeh, that's the most important thing. Not the trying to defeat the guy trying to kill democracy thing
NoRethugFriends
Feb 2024
#30
Geez, no need to apologize to someone who was rude to you. And that was the takeaway and the show itself.
NoRethugFriends
Feb 2024
#52
My point is that the ones that are complaining are loud in voice but few in number...
W_HAMILTON
Feb 2024
#99
Yeah, WE KNOW but ROB REINER knows How to Talk about that & fucking Stewart Does NOT.
Cha
Feb 2024
#65
Stewart is just another white male who thinks he is some type of savant truth teller
Doc Sportello
Feb 2024
#12
That he might be wrong and actually listen to what people are saying never occurs to him.
betsuni
Feb 2024
#44
What is that supposed to mean? Who the fuck enjoys that Orange bag of wet dog shit?
SoFlaBro
Feb 2024
#106
He's in our court...and frankly he hasn't missed a lick over the time he was absent...
NowsTheTime
Feb 2024
#17
Jon didn't sin against me. I'm an adult and I can handle truth and the opinions of other people
Autumn
Feb 2024
#18
Agreed. Sadly, a lot of people seem to want their entire political media to be nothing more than a circle jerk
Midwestern Democrat
Feb 2024
#75
I thought he did a good job last week and a great job this week -- love having him back
fishwax
Feb 2024
#33
Stewert is much better as a spokesperson (say for 9-11 first responders) than as a comedian.
Earth-shine
Feb 2024
#57
There's no conspiracy cover up denying Biden's age. Biden's not doing that, nobody's doing that.
betsuni
Feb 2024
#62