Jon Stewart Slaps Down Obama For Debt Deal: 'You're Not Pinning This Turd On Us' (video

[sasha031]

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/jon-stewart-slaps-down-obama-for-debt-deal-youre-not-pinning-this-turd-on-us/

[treestar]

1. Don't give a shit

or what Matt Damon thinks, or a million other pundits and so called experts who have no real responsibility for anything.

[Trajan]

2. Shrugs ....

Cynicism is easy

[roguevalley]

70. give them a month or two and when the last full time job ends in

America and everyone works two part time minimum wages like me then they will get pissed. Oxes have to get gored don't you know for some to wake up.

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[FarLeftFist]

88. The only people that call Obama "Your dear leader" are RWers.

I'm often in the Lion's Den battling with these types and I've NEVER seen a Lefty call him "Your Dear Leader", Nope, only RWers.

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[dionysus]

95. lol

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[Electric Monk]

23. Roll clip two thirty two

[WinkyDink]

6. I trust you also ignore outsiders' praise, to uphold this principle.

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[politicasista]

9. +1 n/t

[treestar]

13. isn't it amazing how the same people who are so against support of

any real politician and call that sycophancy, worship at the altar of a pundit/comedian?

Of course Jon Stewart never has to deal with Congress, or anything. He can just run his idiot mouth off. He's not even funny.

[politicasista]

18. Bingo

And he is not funny. At least Colbert tries.

[Marr]

40. This is a strange correlation you're trying to draw.

People who are accused of being sycophants for, say, President Obama, tend to make excuses for things he does. They support the man, even when he appears not to be working towards his stated goals (stated goals that earned him the votes of those present critics).

Jon Stewart is an entertainer. If people express support for him, it's because he's saying something they agree with.

They're completely different things. I don't see why you're lumping them together.

[dbonds]

66. talking about twisting someone words.

Can you be any more condescending of someone who enjoyed a comedy bit that had a message they relate to? Boy things must be rough in the moral of Obama supporters to be this desperate.

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[roguevalley]

71. so we can't laugh with or agree with a comedian now? We can

agree with someone without being 'worshipful'. God, have we come to this?

[DisgustipatedinCA]

98. very subjective statement. He's funny. So are you--in a different way

see...that's my subjective take on what's funny. Jon Stewart is a funny man. You're more hilarious than you could possibly know.

[whatchamacallit]

21. Reality is overrated, huh

:crazy:

[_ed_]

29. What real responsibility do you have?

And if you have no responsibility in government, why should we give a shit what you think?

[liskddksil]

33. You have a problem with what Matt Damon said about public school teachers?

Lets here it.

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[liberation]

49. Wait, technically you do give a shit then

since you're here going out of your way to let us know...

[Forkboy]

51. That explains much.

[abelenkpe]

65. Yet more people will listen to them than to you.

[MissDeeds]

68. You might want to proofread

before you hit "post" next time.

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[Skittles]

81. LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA

[Logical]

83. LOL...please let me know who is under the bus today!

[BiggJawn]

92. I think I'm there.

Hard to tell, it's awful damn crowded under here...

[awoke_in_2003]

89. bless your heart...

and I mean that in the very southern way.

[steve2470]

3. the past videos of Obama talking about revenue increases are interesting nt

[seabeyond]

8. then why doesnt he slap down the repugs and teabaggers for holding this country hostage

and willing ot sink the boat instead of suggesting we are all the same?

[gkhouston]

12. Did you watch the segment? I thought Stewart made it pretty

clear that the baggers were holding this country hostage.

(on edit: Unless the OP only posted part of the segment. I watched the show live.)

[seabeyond]

15. i didnt watch. thanks for correcting me. i will watch. nt

[gkhouston]

17. I can see how you'd get the wrong impression from the title, but

believe me, there's plenty of well-deserved ridicule to go around on this one. :-(

[marions ghost]

32. EXACTLY !

slap down ALL for this "turd"...

[Forkboy]

52. He does attack the Tea Party in that clip.

Watching it might have shown you that.

[marions ghost]

54. thanks for the info

hold the sarcasm, thanks

Jon Stewart rocks, seriously

[Forkboy]

55. My sincere apologies for the sarcasm.

[marions ghost]

56. stressful times

:fistbump:

[Forkboy]

57. Thanks.

There are indeed. :toast:

[roguevalley]

74. he is the leader of the party, he is the one who can set the agenda

and speak to it, having his side follow. But he aligned his ideas and performance around the other side and look what we have. People are going to die from this. Death. Leaders are supposed to lead and Obama deserves the remark. He is the one that laid Medicare and SS on the table according to witnesses who were there. The Pigs didn't. He did. He deserves all the guff he is going to get for this. A leader leads no matter what the opposition is. There are too damned many of our side, almost all the constituent groups that comprise our party who are pissed off and who have been insulted by him and his staff for us to stand lemming like and ignore it as we all follow him over the cliff. Give this shit sandwich six months and tell us what you think then. When the next line in the sand is drawn and he caves again then its a pattern even his most loyal supporters have to see. I agree with Stewart.

[Zax2me]

16. So where was he for Obamas stimulus plan?

Appears he is receptive to some turd pinning.

[Lorien]

19. Note that Obama didn't answer Harry Potter's question

he hinted that no one wanted the US to default. He knew EXACTLY what was coming! It was all a setup.

[slipslidingaway]

20. December 7th press conference on extending the Bush tax cuts...

yes some were questioning why raising the debt ceiling was not part of deal back in December.

:(

Marc Ambinder.

"Q Mr. President, thank you. How do these negotiations affect negotiations or talks with Republicans about raising the debt limit? Because it would seem that they have a significant amount of leverage over the White House now, going in. Was there ever any attempt by the White House to include raising the debt limit as a part of this package?

THE PRESIDENT: When you say it would seem they’ll have a significant amount of leverage over the White House, what do you mean?

Q Just in the sense that they’ll say essentially we’re not going to raise the -- we’re not going to agree to it unless the White House is able to or willing to agree to significant spending cuts across the board that probably go deeper and further than what you’re willing to do. I mean, what leverage would you have --


THE PRESIDENT: Look, here’s my expectation -- and I’ll take John Boehner at his word -- that nobody, Democrat or Republican, is willing to see the full faith and credit of the United States government collapse, that that would not be a good thing to happen. And so I think that there will be significant discussions about the debt limit vote. That’s something that nobody ever likes to vote on. But once John Boehner is sworn in as Speaker, then he’s going to have responsibilities to govern. You can’t just stand on the sidelines and be a bomb thrower.

And so my expectation is, is that we will have tough negotiations around the budget, but that ultimately we can arrive at a position that is keeping the government open, keeping Social Security checks going out, keeping veterans services being provided, but at the same time is prudent when it comes to taxpayer dollars..."

[misanthrope]

22. If Obama's not completely humiliated by that entire exchange...

...he has absolutely no shame. Absolutely ludicrous he was caught being that naive.

"What do you mean?" I guess now he knows what he meant, huh?

[slipslidingaway]

24. Yes and wonder what he thinks of Boehner's word now :( n/t

[Enrique]

31. "I take Boehner at his word"

:dunce:

[Tatiana]

37. Completely embarassing. He should be ashamed of himself, but of course he's not.

I've lost count of how many times he's turned the other cheeck only to get slapped time and time again.

[StarsInHerHair]

64. yeah, "go get that guy in the bow tie to tell us the future"

[roguevalley]

76. fifteen year old girls are naive, not nearly fifty year old men who

want to lead great nations. naive doesn't apply to anyone over fifteen.

[Enrique]

30. Ambinder should be very proud of that question

it reveals so much. :thumbsup:

[slipslidingaway]

34. Yes it does. n/t

[woolldog]

38. ugh, the President is utterly incompetent

and hopelessly naive. :banghead:

[woo me with science]

48. No, he got called out setting up the land mines

so as to claim to have been taken hostage. He handed them this ammo knowingly.

He knew exactly what he was doing, even then.

[roguevalley]

77. this is the same president who told them point blank the lowest

level of action he would support. The lowest? WTF? I want to play poker with this chump.

[slipslidingaway]

62. He said years ago we needed to tackle the debt and entitlements would play a large role....

I would like to believe incompetent.

[dana_b]

53. good find

and scary as hell. It seems they played him well.

[slipslidingaway]

61. Thanks, but I followed Stewart's video to the 12/7/10 press conference...

:hi:

[chill_wind]

25. I admit I actually laughed aloud a couple times

at the more absurd aspects that accompanied this sad farce of a deal.

Jon nailed it hard. K & R.

[JoeyT]

26. Well it's funny when he plays the Republican's own words to make them look stupid.

But now that he's done it to Obama, looks like some have their knickers in a twist and are projecting again.

[QC]

28. All criticism of the government was supposed to stop at noon Eastern on Jan. 20, 2009. n/t

[Motown_Johnny]

27. He misrepresents Obama's statements, just watch the clip

it is all," We Should"... and "If you don't". Those clips don't have him saying "we will" or "we must".


But Jon is a comedian and this should be expected.

[dawg]

36. So we "should" but we "will" not.

I think I understand.

[Dr Fate]

58. Swing -Voters will parse the words and see the glaring differences.

So dont worry.

[slipslidingaway]

35. "...there was a moment when Democrats did have the leverage: December 2010...

The election was over. Nancy Pelosi was still speaker of the House. Harry Reid still had 59 Democrats in the Senate. The Bush tax cuts were expiring. And Democrats had a perfectly popular and intuitive position: Extend the cuts for the middle class but, in a time of deficits and sacrifice, sunset the cuts for the rich.

...But there was one thing the deal didn’t include, that many observers -- myself included -- said should have been there: an increase in the debt ceiling.

It seemed to fit. The deal was going to increase the deficit by almost a trillion dollars, so it was going to accelerate our collision with the debt ceiling. It was passed by an outgoing Congress, and it’s always easier for retiring legislators to take tough votes than it is for newly elected legislators to take them. And it would have headed off the awful choice that Democrats face this year: deep, sharp cuts that will slow the recovery, or a debt crisis that could plunge us back into recession..."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/what-democrats-did-wrong-on-the-debt-ceiling-in-2010/2011/07/11/gIQA3uWFbI_blog.html

[woolldog]

39. Let ALL the tax cuts expire.

I don't understand this obsession with only letting taxes increase for those making over 250k. Just let ALL the tax cuts expire. THEN if you want to lower taxes for people making under a certain amount work on that. Dems will then have a stronger bargaining position.

It will have little to no effecton the economy. Clinton raised taxes in a recession. It doesn't matter.

[slipslidingaway]

59. Totally agree and the Dems could have pushed this before the Bush tax cuts ...

expired. And then if they did not do that then raise the debt ceiling at the same time you adding to the debt, instead we get talk of them needing to have some responsibility.

:(

[roguevalley]

78. those cuts should have been halted Jan. 19, 2009. He cut

WIC. He has no heart.

[Overseas]

41. I agree. We wanted REVENUE. At least we would get some revenue.

Even if the cuts were too savage and would actually hurt our economy, at least we would break that dumb Republican dogma of the moment.

Excellent video really helps with my despair. That Boehner moment is amazing.

[Mimosa]

45. Was Boehner having an orgasmic release?

That was STRANGE. More than a sigh. Eeeeek.

[roguevalley]

79. he's an alcoholic exhaling after holding it together as long as he

could. Notice he never speaks for more than ten seconds.

[bvar22]

42. Jon Stewart was brilliant, as usual.

I will be adding this clip to my file of "Keepers".

Everyone SHOULD watch this piece.
Especially notable was the section where that kid in the bow tie (Ambinder?, Harry Potter?) laid out EXACTLY what was going to happen. Watch that section closely, and see how nervous Obama was at having this exposed in DECEMBER!!!
I want THAT kid to run for President in 2012.

Thom Hartmann was playing the audio from that press conference yesterday afternoon.
It IS very damning,
and supports those who believe that this entire episode was a SET UP.


As Jon Stewart pointed out,
this is ALL you need to know:
No tax increases for the wealthy.
Massive spending cuts.

K&R


Who will STAND and FIGHT for THIS American Majority?
You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their speeches.

[Mimosa]

44. Stewart nailed it.

Have to laugh to keep from crying! :7

The short clip from December 2010 is amazing. Watch:

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/jon-stewart-slaps-down-obama-for-debt-deal-youre-not-pinning-this-turd-on-us/

[woo me with science]

47. Colbert was great, too. nt

[Canuckistanian]

50. Who WAS that "Bow-Tie Boy" anyways?

Get him in the White House, STAT!

[slipslidingaway]

60. Marc Ambinder - or do not call on him again :) n/t

[StarsInHerHair]

63. yup, I agree with Jon

[ejbr]

67. k & r n/t

[MissDeeds]

69. K&R

[Melissa G]

73. Just sent this video as the RSVP to a OFA house party request n/t

[swilton]

75. good for you!

[Melissa G]

86. I hope others do, too.

It's good when the complaints come from those of us who previously worked, organized and donated.

[provis99]

80. this is an idiotic right wing site.

Claims to confront the "liberal bias" in the media. Unrec for using a shitty source.

[blank space]

82. The following video I think explains everything

that Obama says....ENJOY Obama discussing his policies, his presentation methods, his game plan and of course he DIABOLICAL game of chess..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBj6PonX14A

[Vinnie From Indy]

85. just sent clip to my entire email group and urged them to send along to their email list

Let's get this thing to go viral baby!

cheers!

[Better Believe It]

87. Should this also be locked as personally "insulting" to President Obama?

I don't think it is.

[grahamhgreen]

90. Uhhhhhhhhhhhh

No

[earcandle]

91. I want to thank Jon Stewart for his intelligence, sanity, and ability to communicate ambiguity in a

Directly Fresh way!

Can any of you do that?  

This is so important because this video allows me to be gotten
and able to decompress. 

I am saved!  I can't thank him and Democratic Underground for
the link enough.

Want a tip on a cool album.. Artist is local: Ruby Howl Title:
Heaven Hides There Too
Playing now on Ear Candle Radio.  Enjoy, comrades.

[blackspade]

93. Awesome. Can't rec enough.

[JonLP24]

97. The clip of Boehner is one of the funniest things I've seen in awhile

:kick:

[Ganja Ninja]

99. This is exactly why we need to dump Obama and find another Democrat to run in 2012

He looks absolutely foolish in this video and there is no sign that he's learned anything from the experience.