Jon Stewart Explains To Conservative Pundits Why He Doesn't Like Sarah Palin (VIDEO)

// video added November 19, 2009 // 65 comments //
slarabee
Jon Stewart gave what seemed like his final word on Sarah Palin last night, explaining to Fox News pundits that he doesn't dislike her because she's from Alaska or because she hunts, but because "when you peel back the pretty, shooty layers of the Palin onion, there's no onion. It's just a conservative boiler plate mad lib: 'Freedom is good and taxes are--ooh I need an adjective--how about, I don't know, silly?' And the worst part it's a mad lib delivered as though it were the hard-earned wisdom of a life well lived," he explained.

Stewart took exception to the accusations that Democrats don't like Palin because she's attractive and religious, but he was particularly angered by the words of Bernie Goldberg who said on Fox that liberals have "Palin Derangement Syndrome" and are driven crazy by her because she has five kids--one with Down syndrome which "liberals certainly don't allow that to happen [to them.]"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/19/jon-stewart-explains-to-c_n_363387.html
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65 comments // Jon Stewart Explains To Conservative Pundits Why He Doesn't Like Sarah Palin (VIDEO) // Video

  • lifestudentno83
  • cmdinc
  • mgerlach22
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      mgerlach22  
    • Another day, another "slarabee bashing Palin" post. Get a life, man.

      Your constant bashing is immature and makes your kind look foolish.

      Keep in mind, simple minds attack people, intelligent minds attack ideas. I have yet to see anyone do anything but bash Sarah Palin the person. Why the worry with her anyways, she doesn't even hold a public office? Y'all are pathetic.

    • 3 months ago
  • neocongo
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      neocongo  
    • The only scary thing about Sarah Palin is that anyone thinks she is remotely competent to hold any position of authority. That is truly frightening. Like the thought of Pee Wee Herman as Secretary of Defense.

    • 3 months ago
  • J_Jammer
  • MOK
  • ChristopherX
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      ChristopherX  
    • Too many haters on both sides! Lets see where the chips fall and where this pop culture administration takes us before we judge each other so harshly!

    • 3 months ago
  • MOK
  • ChristopherX
  • Cenotaph
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      Cenotaph  
    • I'm not afraid of Palin. I hope the conservatives are stupid enough to put her as the presidential nominee for the next elections. She is the biggest moron and political puppet i have ever seen gain a following.

    • 3 months ago
  • ciahart
  • J_Jammer
  • MOK
  • J_Jammer
  • MOK
  • J_Jammer
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      J_Jammer [removed]  
    • Cenotaph:

      I don't like people slowing down for no reason and blocking me from going anywhere. So I hate rubberneckers. I honk. If I am in the passenger seat and see a wreck---I do look. But I'm not driving and I am not causing a problem for others. Priorities.

    • 3 months ago
  • samthesixth
  • cmdinc
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      cmdinc  
    • you guys are still scared shitless huh. If she is so empty why are u fo friggen scared of her.
      @ Kenny, i love your new tax code. get a clue, i know you are smart enough to understand the rich are footing the bill

    • 3 months ago
  • ciahart
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      ciahart  
    • cmdinc:

      Are you fucking kidding me? Scared shitless? Really??? She's a joke. A complete and total idiot. The only people scared shitless are you people on the right. You're pretty much scared of everything. Fucking cowards.

    • 3 months ago
  • hardknockxpert
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      hardknockxpert  
    • cmdinc:

      cmdinc: you are a moron. I would write everything the person above me wrote, but they did a perfect job. All the way to the very end.
      And by the way, were you aware that if you stand on the coast of California you can see the Philipines? Yes! I mean, just try it.
      Whatever. Make sense next time.

    • 3 months ago
  • UrbanGypsy
  • cmdinc
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      cmdinc  
    • cmdinc:

      @hard
      you don't agree so you resort to name calling. lol struck a nerve huh guys. i assume you voted for Oblunder, where the fuck is the hope gone.? every month congress has to raise the debt limit with this ahole,

    • 3 months ago
  • MOK
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      MOK  
    • cmdinc:

      Scared, are you kidding? I pray she gets nominated for 2012. That directly equates to 4 more years of Obama.

      But then again, the jury's still out on Obama.....

    • 3 months ago
  • J_Jammer
  • MOK
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      MOK  
    • cmdinc:

      A solid point... But it really depends on how much the democrats mobilize their voters. A lot of younger democrats are less consistent with voting, compared with republicans. If they mobilize, it'll probably be Obama.

    • 3 months ago
  • hardknockxpert
  • cmdinc
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      cmdinc  
    • cmdinc:

      @ hard Ron Paul was my choice but i knew he could't win, but i do not feel inclined to call Palin stupid or dimwitted. It is no wonder why the most qualified and the best canidates do not run.

    • 3 months ago
  • kennymotown
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      kennymotown  
    • I agree slarabee, and this anti-tax stand the right wingers and Libertarians keep bring up. Who is paying for their fucking wars? Who is paying for all these tax cuts for the fucking Rich and multi national corporations? And who is fucking paying for the Non negotiable drug bill repugnants crammed down our throats? We are and high fucking time we tax the hell out of corporations and the rich that have gotten away with murder for 30 fucking years.

    • 3 months ago
  • ciahart
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      ciahart  
    • Stewart couldn't have said it better. What's so hard for conservatives to understand here? Liberals don't like Palin because she's a moron and like slarabee said, "full of shit" (above).

    • 3 months ago
  • bailey78
  • slarabee
  • bailey78
  • MOK
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      MOK  
    • bailey78:

      You know, Fox news does have some use when it comes to finding context and contrast. Watch a segment on MSNBC, then tune in to Fox. Compare, contrast, find the middle, and you're probably closer to the mark than otherwise.
      *shrug*

    • 3 months ago
  • thomaskuda
  • J_Jammer
  • slarabee
  • J_Jammer
  • lifestudentno83
  • J_Jammer
  • bailey78
  • slarabee
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      slarabee  
    • Image...
    • J_Jammer:

      The daily Show has great ratings and polls have shown that more young people get their new from the Daily Show than actual news programs which is sad, but it is more of a sad commentary on the MSM News than it is on youth or The Daily Show.

      The show has been on for 13 seasons with ten of those being hosted by Jon.

      He did not say anything sexist in this bit and it was not only funny it was true.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Show#As_a_news_source

      You really need to learn to research a little before you speak becuase your arguments are as as twisted and feeble as an elementary child that wants what they want when they want it.

    • 3 months ago
  • kennymotown
  • J_Jammer
  • Varex_Sythe
  • randomly
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      randomly  
    • J_Jammer:

      i'm still waiting for the part where jammer explains what was sexist. oh and also what was baseless. on second thought, please don't try to explain anything, you never make any sense anyway.

    • 3 months ago
  • J_Jammer
  • UrbanGypsy
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      UrbanGypsy  
    • J_Jammer:

      "Sexist because he only bases what he doesn't like about Sarah Palin on what she looks like more than what she has said"

      To be fair, Jay, did you watch the video? He specifically said he thought her looks were her best asset. Stewart doesn't like her because she has no substance.. she's just more of the same; George Bush in a skirt.

    • 3 months ago
  • J_Jammer
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      J_Jammer [removed]  
    • J_Jammer:

      The fact that he even mentioned her looks proves the point. Does he mention the looks of male candidates?

      And he's ignorant of her because if he knew what she has said so well he wouldn't state she's more than the same....but he would state that if he wanted to pander to his audience.

    • 3 months ago
  • MOK
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      MOK  
    • J_Jammer:

      Mentioning gender-related details does not make the statement about gender. Indeed, Sarah Palin makes a great deal of ruckus about her being a woman and mother, but that is not the main substance of her message. And when our critiques include a glancing, non-derogatory reference to her gender, it is not meant to be interpreted as the primary substance either. Particularly when people are generally highlighting(over and over) the things she does, says, and stands for.

      This really shouldn't have to be set aside and illustrated...

    • 3 months ago
  • J_Jammer
  • MOK
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      MOK  
    • J_Jammer:

      Well... yeah. The others aren't particularly attractive. When people are attractive ,that's a good thing. This observation does not make one sexist.

    • 3 months ago
  • J_Jammer
  • MOK
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      MOK  
    • J_Jammer:

      Oh my.
      Well, it's been a pleasure, J_Jammer. I believe we can now thoroughly understand the.. uh.. logic of your point there. I certainly don't feel I need to add anything else. So, til next time!

    • 3 months ago
  • randomly
    • 0
      randomly  
    • J_Jammer:

      "Sexist because he only bases what he doesn't like about Sarah Palin on what she looks like more than what she has said."

      I'm sorry but this is just idiotic. If this is the conclusion you came to from the above video, your comprehension skills are really just abhorrent.

    • 3 months ago
  • J_Jammer
    • 0
      J_Jammer [removed]  
    • J_Jammer:

      It's using the same stretch of the imagination he uses to create his deformed viewpoints. What do you want me to do? Think smarter than his lowbrow analytical thoughts he displays on his bias Obama Probaganda TV Show?

    • 3 months ago
  • Varex_Sythe
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      Varex_Sythe  
    • J_Jammer:

      Technically, Jon Stewart didn't bring up her looks, a couple of FOX News commentators did. Of some of the reasons why people don't like Palin, they mentioned that she is an attractive woman. Stewart is not being sexist, he is responding to such accusations. If he decides to have fun in doing so, then that's his prerogative. But by countering the pundits who say that people don't like Sarah Palin because of how she looks by saying that, no we actually like how she looks, its her policies that we don't like, Jon is not being sexist.

    • 3 months ago
  • UrbanGypsy
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      UrbanGypsy  
    • J_Jammer:

      Why would Jon Stewart ever make a comment on a male candidate's looks? He's not exactly gay. By that criteria, a woman who makes a point that Obama is hotter than McCain, even though she thinks he is not good enough, is sexist? Hardly...

    • 3 months ago
  • biggranny
  • Conniepae
  • current89
  • samthesixth
  • current89
  • samthesixth
  • ahappymintleaf
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      ahappymintleaf  
    • After reading the title, I wish he could have ripped more into the laundry list of irrevocable atrocities in her record, despite the fact it's off-season for candidate bashing. Especially since he was clearly communicating to an audience that borders on speaking a different language (I don't mean this in a condescending way, but one thing I've learned through Current dot com comments is that political leans come with heavy rhetorical differences that often can't be crossed), he should have done more to communicate hard-hitting facts against her record instead of speak from his liberally validated point of view.
      But then again he's only an UNofficial spokesman for the somewhat disenfranchised left-leaning people of this country. I shouldn't expect so much from a comedy show sometimes.

    • 3 months ago
  • slarabee
    • 0
      slarabee  
    • ahappymintleaf:

      I do not think the the left leaning people of this country are disenfranchised so much anymore.

      However I wish he would have taken her to task a little more, addressing some of her douchbaggery but his point was pretty solid. There is nothing to her. She is a bag of air.

    • 3 months ago
  • slarabee
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      slarabee  
    • Can't say I could agree anymore.

      Except that I would put it much simpler. I do not like her becuase she is so full of shit, it falls out every time she opens her mouth.

    • 3 months ago

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