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Journeyman

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5. You weren't expecting intelligence from television news, were you? . . .

Reply to merrily (Original post)

Mon Jul 27, 2015, 02:59 AM

Jul 2015

I always give them the benefit of absolutely no doubt: They're all idiots and corporate stooges. Some are simply less offensive than others.

Once you accept that reality, you can appreciate that The Daily Show isn't so much satire as simple observation.

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Idiots: Just heard on CBS Up to the Minute: "The President has never stepped so confidently into [View all] merrily Jul 2015 OP

I'm guessing they mean Kenyan *ancestry*. Which he DOES have. Smarmie Doofus Jul 2015 #1

If striving for accuracy, yes, that's what they meant to say. Yet, they said something else. merrily Jul 2015 #11

I choose to believe the phrasing was deliberate. Kablooie Jul 2015 #2

And if it wasn't deliberate it just shows how thoroughly... JHB Jul 2015 #4

For once, I worked a thread from the bottom up. So, please see Reply 8, below. merrily Jul 2015 #10

IMO it would have been nice if Obama had done this earlier in his presidential career. delrem Jul 2015 #3

During his first term, it would have created a shitstorm of mammoth proportions. merrily Jul 2015 #9

You weren't expecting intelligence from television news, were you? . . . Journeyman Jul 2015 #5

Thing is, msm are both stupid and evil, so one can never be entirely certain. merrily Jul 2015 #8

As I said, idiots and stooges. The only possible response is to not watch them . . . Journeyman Jul 2015 #14

I demand to see his Kenynan long-form birth certificate! pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #6

Have you tried searching http://www.theonion.com/ ? merrily Jul 2015 #7

They step confidently into their racist present LeftOfWest Jul 2015 #12

I don't remember anyone referring to Tony Bennett's Italian "past," rather than heritage. merrily Jul 2015 #13

Don't forget Dean Martin. He's cosmopolitan and eels are cosmopolitan. pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #15

LOL, you had to work some for that one, didn't you? merrily Jul 2015 #16

I saw that on wiki pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #17

Not bad, not bad at all. merrily likey merrily Jul 2015 #23

spot on. n/t MBS Jul 2015 #19

Sigh. MBS Jul 2015 #18

He has always lacked confidence in who he was BeyondGeography Jul 2015 #20

He danced. Michelle says he sings better that she, but she dances better. merrily Jul 2015 #21

In our local CBS Station, the news anchors read prepared statements that are based on RW DhhD Jul 2015 #22

This voice over was part of a canned video. Only heaven knows who merrily Jul 2015 #24