Jon Stewart Reckons With One Year of President Trump: What the F*ck, Man?

[babylonsister]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jon-stewart-reckons-with-one-year-of-trump-what-the-fck-man


WTF
Jon Stewart Reckons With One Year of President Trump: ‘What the F*ck, Man?’
At the annual Stand Up for Heroes benefit Tuesday night, Jon Stewart looked back and tried to make sense of the year since America elected Trump.
Matt Wilstein
11.07.17 11:21 PM ET


snip//

It was just over a year ago that Jon Stewart was on stage at the Theater at Madison Square Garden urging the American people to “vote wisely” during the annual benefit. One week later, they failed to heed his advice and elected Trump as president of the United States.

Stewart was back on that same stage Tuesday night. This time, he was there to reflect on our collective first year of President Trump. “What happened?” he asked innocently after joking that he had “blacked out” after last year’s Election Day. “Did my candidate win?”

“That’s really, I think, where our country is at right now. We put our dick in the toaster and we’re all waiting to see what happens. What the fuck, man?”
— Jon Stewart

“I understand the people that felt like the forgotten man, or, this guy talks straight talk, so I’m going to vote for him,” Stewart said. What he doesn’t understand is the 10-15 percent Barack Obama voters who then voted for Donald Trump. “How does that happen?”

He imagined their mind-set: “You know who I want to vote for is that very staid, professorial gentleman from Kenyan birth who has an articulate sense and is a bit standoffish, that’s the guy that I really love. But since he’s not running this year… I’m gonna check out the ‘grab ‘em by the pussy’ candidate.”

“How do you even get there?” Stewart asked, comparing it to a guy who breaks up with his girlfriend to date a toaster instead. “That’s really, I think, where our country is at right now,” he said. “We put our dick in the toaster and we’re all waiting to see what happens. What the fuck, man?”


more...

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jon-stewart-reckons-with-one-year-of-trump-what-the-fck-man

[RobinA]

1. I Have Been Asking

this exact question for a year now. I'm wondering if there really is such a person (voted for Obama then Trump) or if statistical breakdowns just make to look like that. Of course, there is the explanation that the voter can vote for an AA guy but not the girl.

I'd like to actually hear from the Obama - Trump voter and see what they have to say.