Jon Stewart exposes GOP lies about Reagan's response to downed airliner

[kpete]

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU CRITICIZE ISRAEL:

On Monday night's "Daily Show," just about the entire roster of correspondents popped up to scream at him any time he uttered the word "Israel."

"Look, obviously there are many strong opinions on this," Stewart said when the shouting subsided. "But just merely mentioning Israel or questioning in any way the effectiveness or humanity of Israel's policies is not the same thing as being pro-Hamas."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/22/jon-stewart-israel_n_5608436.html

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Last night, Jon Stewart ripped into how the GOP is attacking Obama for his response to Russia over the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 by invoking a mythical version of Ronald Reagan.

Yes, Reagan was in deep mourning for losing the final 12% of his vacation. In fact, in 1988, when the U.S. accidentally shot down an Iranian airliner, also under Reagan's watch, Reagan refused to end that vacation early.

And by the way, America was so torn up about shooting down that plane, that the commander of the ship who did it later received a medal for his service. I believe it was called the silver....

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.......Plane crashes, they go to tell Reagan about it, and they're like, "Wha....?" He's already gone! The scent of aftershave and jelly beans, the only thing lingering in the air. (audience laughter) How did he spring into action so fast? To this day, nobody knows, but we know what happened next. Reagan took all of Russia's missiles, twirled them up single-handedly and threw them into the Sun.

Video and full transcript below:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/22/1315721/-Jon-Stewart-exposes-GOP-lies-about-Reagan-s-response-to-downed-airliner

[ibeplato]

1. Crooks and Liars took down this argument a few days ago as well

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/07/compare-obama-reagan-yes-lets-do

[malaise]

7. It was taken down on DU hours after this aircraft exploded n/t

[Dr Hobbitstein]

2. Facts don't matter to the GOP...

They make it up as they go along.

And if they're proven wrong, they just yell louder.

[JoePhilly]

3. Or decide the point wasn't important in the first place.

It was a big deal initially. Then suddenly, when proved wrong, its not important anymore.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

4. At which point, they move the goalposts

and start a new batch of lies...

[Scuba]

5. "... questioning ... Israel's policies is not the same thing as being pro-Hamas."

Well, it is to some DU posters.

[wandy]

6. Once again Jon Stewart is willing to talk about something.......

many have a difficult time talking about. Well at least talking about without emotion overshadowing reason.

On Monday night's "Daily Show," just about the entire roster of correspondents popped up to scream at him any time he uttered the word "Israel."

If you noticed he also got screamed at if he said the word Palestinian.

It has been this way for as long as I can remember. I've also noticed that these people have been trying to kill each other for as long as I remember.

Do you know what I wonder about?

Will it be Rick Perry's national guard or the Texas branch of the Bundy Cow-Pie Militia that has the honer of killing the first child attempting to cross the border.
After all courtesy of our 'good christian' and 'patriotic' right wing why shouldn't we have a little unnecessary bloodshed right here at home.

[redqueen]

8. kick

[progressoid]

9. Tradition!