Daily Show Calls Out the President!

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2004-09-02 12:05pm

Something bout the security moat made me crack up... maybe the crocodiles

Quadlok · Post by **Quadlok** » 2004-09-02 03:25pm

This reminds me.
About a month or two back, didn't the Republican party chair present Stewart with a press pass to the RNC? Because it seems to me like they can't get into the actual convention, whereas at the DNC they had Colbert climbing on press boxes and feeling up female attendees and they didn't seem to care.

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2004-09-02 04:15pm

Quadlok wrote:This reminds me.
About a month or two back, didn't the Republican party chair present Stewart with a press pass to the RNC? Because it seems to me like they can't get into the actual convention, whereas at the DNC they had Colbert climbing on press boxes and feeling up female attendees and they didn't seem to care.

A month or two back, Stewart hadn't spent a month or two ripping the GOP's MASSIVE mountain of dookie.

Crazy Goji · Post by **Crazy Goji** » 2004-09-02 04:20pm

I remember the Democratic chairman giving Stewart a ticket to the DNC, but I don't remember the GOP chairman giving him anything even though he has been on the Daily Show at least twice this year.

Bugsby · Post by **Bugsby** » 2004-09-02 04:37pm

Pablo Sanchez wrote:
Bugsby wrote:Don't jinx it! There's still hope. Please, God, let there still be hope.
One of these days you're going to realize that there is no hope. The world will become gray and dead, science and reason will recede into ignorace, and Bush will not only be reelected, but there will be a constitutional amendment to make him president for life. Reality fucking sucks, and I encourage you to spend as much time as possible on this board, because not long from now you will be part of the universal draft to support our invasions of Syria, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela, and every nation in the world that ends in "-stan."

Don't beg God for your false hope... haven't you been listening to the GOP platform? God is a Republican and a Jew. Just like Goldwater, if Goldwater had been a total asshole with a sodomy obsession on top of being an arch-conservative.

...wow.

I guess optimism isn't in vogue around here. I'm pretty cynical about this stupid policy thing, but I am desperately holding onto the idea of a better America, probably because if I don't I will curl up in a ball and weep until 2008 (when Colin Powell will defeat Hillary Clinton

). I honestly can't bring myself to think of what another 4 years with Bush will be like. CAN'T THE PEOPLE SEE? CAN'T THEY SEE THE MAN IS EVIL?

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » 2004-09-02 05:47pm

The problem is while many will admit that yeah, maybe Bush is evil, but he's strong and he's our evil.

Meanwhile, many have come to see Kerry has evil and weak. In a contest between weak evil and strong evil, knowing that whoever you pick is going to have to protect you, guess who many will chose?

However I am willing to rebel. I will vote Naider and even if we lose (shutup) continue to be a pain in ass to the victior.

Uther · Post by **Uther** » 2004-09-02 06:37pm

See, when you start believing Bush is evil, well, you're as bad as the Republicans who mock Kerry by slapping purple heart Band-Aids on.

As far as I am aware there is not really any good evidence that Bush is "evil." But feel free to correct me on that.

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2004-09-02 07:10pm

Uther wrote:See, when you start believing Bush is evil, well, you're as bad as the Republicans who mock Kerry by slapping purple heart Band-Aids on.

As far as I am aware there is not really any good evidence that Bush is "evil." But feel free to correct me on that.

Not evil...just an idiotic, possibly dyslexic, definetly dishonest, corprate whore..really...a huge step up in the world.

Quadlok · Post by **Quadlok** » 2004-09-02 08:48pm

Crazy Goji wrote:I remember the Democratic chairman giving Stewart a ticket to the DNC, but I don't remember the GOP chairman giving him anything even though he has been on the Daily Show at least twice this year.

Thats probably what I remember. Its just that both of them behave so much alike, all happiness and light and it makes me sick. Honestly, its like you have to be on mood lifters to be nominated for party chair. Its creepy.

Quadlok · Post by **Quadlok** » 2004-09-03 10:48pm

Actually, after watching Thursday's Daily Show, it appears that they do have press passes, but aren't allowed on the convention floor itself. Where they got them, and if they were origionally going to be limited in this fashion I am less sure of.

Oh, and the GOP gave the press a free spa.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-09-03 11:36pm

Quadlok wrote:Actually, after watching Thursday's Daily Show, it appears that they do have press passes, but aren't allowed on the convention floor itself. Where they got them, and if they were origionally going to be limited in this fashion I am less sure of.

Not sure. They were allowed on the floor of the DNC. If memory serves, Ed Helms was washing the CNN press booth's window.

Oh, and the GOP gave the press a free spa.

Oh yeah. The GOP knows how to court the press; they have to. They have no idea how to run the god damn country.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-09-04 12:15am

The Republicans are political geniuses. Only political geniuses could possibly find a way to make a decorated combat veteran look "weak" in comparison to a man who never saw combat and doesn't even have the balls to face Jon Stewart.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2004-09-04 12:19am

Darth Wong wrote:The Republicans are political geniuses. Only political geniuses could possibly find a way to make a decorated combat veteran look "weak" in comparison to a man who never saw combat and doesn't even have the balls to face Jon Stewart.

To be fair, Kerry doesn't look too strong, regardless. To me, it's not so much flip-flopping (although that's part of it). The problem is that he's consistently just followed the polls in choosing his votes. That's okay as a Senator (though, even there his record is somewhat unspectacular), but it's not good as a chief executive, where you need to do what's good for the country regardless of whether it's popular or not.

Moreover, his central promise to bring transparency to the government is almost comical given the fact that he's refused to take clear positions on numerous issues during the race.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2004-09-04 01:03am

The annoying thing is that people seem to think that "wishy-washy" is worse than "running the country straight into the ground".

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2004-09-04 08:31am

Darth Wong wrote:The Republicans are political geniuses. Only political geniuses could possibly find a way to make a decorated combat veteran look "weak" in comparison to a man who never saw combat and doesn't even have the balls to face Jon Stewart.

It's not that the Republicans are political geniuses as much as their Democratic opponnents are political imbeciles. Because that's the only way the Bush campaign can conceivably get away with shit like this. Against any Democrat who had both balls and brains, Bush would be reduced to a quivering tonguetied blob and not even all of Karl Rove's dirty tricks would rescue him from a well-deserved oblivion.

Try imagining Georgie the Wonder Chimp in a matchup against Truman, JFK, LBJ, or Bill Clinton.

Talon Karrde · Post by **Talon Karrde** » 2004-09-04 11:53am

Marksist wrote:Did you guys see that video they made tonight? Holy fuck, if I've ever seen any argument of why Bush shouldn't be president it was that video that Colbert narrated that just completely took a shit on his four years. Man that was good.

"George Bush: Words speak louder than actions"

"George Bush: Because he says so"

Classic.. why the Daily Show is better than real news. And one of the best shows on TV.

Your the one with the avatar of "FAUX News" and complain over their bias, yet you believe the Daily Show is "better than real news" and is "one of the best shows on TV?"

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2004-09-04 12:12pm

Talon Karrde wrote:Your the one with the avatar of "FAUX News" and complain over their bias, yet you believe the Daily Show is "better than real news" and is "one of the best shows on TV?"

You're a fucking idiot. He said that the Daily Show isn't real news (you quoted him thus twice in your post) so comparing it's bias* with that of Fox News is completely asinine.

Hmmm... completely asinine. That seems to fit you well. Let me ask you a question: Does the RNC build people like you from scratch in a secret West-Texas factory complex, or are you a natural born parrotting retard?

* For a demonstration of exactly how Liberal Biased the Daily Show is, watch any interview with John McCain. Hmm... a well-spoken and charismatic senator who strongly supports Bush and has conservative politics is treated with more respect than any other guest who ever appears on the Daily Show. Clear evidence of bias.

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2004-09-04 12:16pm

Talon Karrde wrote:Your the one with the avatar of "FAUX News" and complain over their bias, yet you believe the Daily Show is "better than real news" and is "one of the best shows on TV?"

Can I ask you a serioous question?

How does Bush's cock taste?

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-09-04 01:52pm

Marksist wrote:Did you guys see that video they made tonight? Holy fuck, if I've ever seen any argument of why Bush shouldn't be president it was that video that Colbert narrated that just completely took a shit on his four years. Man that was good.

"George Bush: Words speak louder than actions"

"George Bush: Because he says so"

Classic.. why the Daily Show is better than real news. And one of the best shows on TV.

"The facts were tightening the noose. The president's words would face their toughest challenge ever."
[Bush walks out on stage]
"The Kay report uncovered dozens of weapons of mass destruction program-related activities."
"'Weapons of mass destruction program-related activities! The president had courageously altered the justification for the war."

Marksist · Post by **Marksist** » 2004-09-04 03:28pm

Talon Karrde wrote:Your the one with the avatar of "FAUX News" and complain over their bias, yet you believe the Daily Show is "better than real news" and is "one of the best shows on TV?"

When was the last time you heard The Daily Show make any claims to be "Fair" and/or "Balanced." Have you ever heard The Daily Show make any claims that they are even "real news." So they can be fucking biased all they want, unlike Faux, who does claim to be fair and balanced, and they claim to be the real news. I wouldn't even have a problem so much with Faux if they would just come out and say "Hey, ok we admit it, we are news for conservatives." If they would just admit that fact, I wouldn't mind them. (Mike Wong posted in another thread that he read that Faux gave more time to Republicans by a 5:1 ratio. So there is quantitative data out there that Faux is biased)

Even though you are implying that The Daily Show has a liberal bias, I still don't think it has a liberal bias, just an "anti-Bull Shit" bias. And as it's been said before, it seems one side tends to throw more bull shit than the other, and as I'm sure you'll be kicking and screaming to admit, it's the Bush administration that is throwing most of the bull shit right now (And I don't believe The Daily Show is any "nicer" to the left, they can be equally scathing to the Democrats).

And something that pisses me off about all news (not just FNC) is that they let these mountains of bull shit slide from both sides, and that their idea of "reporting" is having someone like Wolf Blitzer asking a politician from each side the same question, and then just let the two give their points of view... and they call that "reporting," instead of just saying it's two douche bag's opinions.

So Talon, before you are so quick to dismiss The Daily Show as leftist trash, take a look at who is throwing out the most BS right now.

Also you might want to check your sense of humor, might be impaired if you can't even keep your politics out of what you can laugh at. I love as much to see Jon make fun of Kerry and people on my "side" as I do seeing Bush and the right getting their asses handed to him. All humor is fair game to me in politics, especially if someone is throwing out Bull Shit (even on the "left").

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-09-07 03:44am

[quote="Stravo
Can I ask you a serioous question?

How does Bush's cock taste?[/quote]

Not that I know personally but I think I can answer this one based on deductive reasoning.

It tastes like shit from all the people he's been fucking over.