That was great. You guys should also put on Olbermann’s segment last night where he mocked the Clinton campaign’s idea of what voters matter and which don’t. It was very enlightening.

Writers of The Half-Hour News Hour hang their heads in shame.

Politics really is only suitable for comedy.

There’s pandering and then there’s PANDERING.

It’s not like Obama or Clinton were SEEKING Rev Hagee’s endoresment or anything that extreme.

He pretty much nailed it, as usual. What I’ve been saying for weeks. She is literally McSame (Carbon Clinton?).

I’m afraid of what is going to happen if she is elected and the Clinton’s have to go about repaying $109 million worth of favors.

Hillary’s right. When it comes to the economy, don’t listen to economists with their elitist degrees.

Dan @ 5:

He pretty much nailed it, as usual. What I’ve been saying for weeks. She is literally McSame (Carbon Clinton?).

I’m afraid of what is going to happen if she is elected and the Clinton’s have to go about repaying $109 million worth of favors.

Exactly!!

As for Jon and TDS, another BRILLIANT segment! Thanks…

And let’s not forget Old Man McCain, Who Seeks a Three-Month Holiday on His Own Gas

http://satiricalpolitical.com/?p=1788

Jon Stewart opens “Panderer’s Box”

I’m sure Panderer does it all the time with just her fingers.

Penderer’s Box was opened when all 3 candidates appeared on pro wrestling last month, and they all said very dumb things.

Rusty Shackleford @ 2:

Writers of The Half-Hour News Hour hang their heads in shame.

As long as their heads are hanged somehow.

Rusty Shackleford @ 2:

Writers of The Half-Hour News Hour hang their heads in shame.

unfunny conservatives trying to be funny. that failure was funny in a cosmic sort of way.

It is driving me crazy to listen to the corporate media saying that Hillary is going to cut out the gas tax! How??? It will never pass the senate, Bush would never sign it, it is a dumb idea, we had our bridge collapse where I live because funds went elsewhere and they used bandages to “fix” the bridge, never mind the people that will be out of work ( even if there was a chance it could pass! ) Please someone besides me SCREAM to corporate media to ask some hard questions and quit saying ” Hillary is going to cut the price of gas” … It ain’t gonna happen folks and we ALL should know it!!!

and the hillary-accent…

she does realize that these events are filmed, yes?

i can’t support hillary… i just can’t do it and live with myself. i think so little of her and her campaign, there is no way i could lend my support to her candidacy

Rusty Shackleford @ 2:

Writers of The Half-Hour News Hour hang their heads in shame.

I never saw it, but I’m telling ya-that’s what makes left of center folks so funny. They make fun of those who are [ostensibly] their own, when they’re being asshats.
From what I’ve seen of right of center’s sense of humour, the would gnaw off a limb before poking fun at one of their own. And they make fun of the wrong things on the other side. Hence, not funny.

Samson- @ 14:

and the hillary-accent…

she does realize that these events are filmed, yes?

Yeah-I was very struck by the changing accent. Mine changes when I’m around people that talk a certain way-for a couple of months, at least. And I think it’s safe to assume she hasn’t been in one place for more than a few hours over the last 6 months or so.

miss_kitty @ 15:

Rusty Shackleford @ 2:

Writers of The Half-Hour News Hour hang their heads in shame.

I never saw it, but I’m telling ya-that’s what makes left of center folks so funny. They make fun of those who are [ostensibly] their own, when they’re being asshats.
From what I’ve seen of right of center’s sense of humour, the would gnaw off a limb before poking fun at one of their own. And they make fun of the wrong things on the other side. Hence, not funny.

If they had written this sketch it would have consisted of making fun of Hillary’s laugh and five minutes of Jeremiah Wright video.

miss_kitty @ 15:

Rusty Shackleford @ 2:

Writers of The Half-Hour News Hour hang their heads in shame.

I never saw it, but I’m telling ya-that’s what makes left of center folks so funny. They make fun of those who are [ostensibly] their own, when they’re being asshats.
From what I’ve seen of right of center’s sense of humour, the would gnaw off a limb before poking fun at one of their own. And they make fun of the wrong things on the other side. Hence, not funny.

MC ROVE!!!1

Samson- @ 14:

and the hillary-accent…

Yes, it was embarrassing to me watching Hillers do that.

My wife asked what did Jon mean by “Is she Madonna?”
Madonna was pandering to Britain when she first got married to Guy Ritchie. ok, I end my TMZ moment.

Hillary and McCain’s proposal is simply stupid. 18 cents? big deal! Wow! I save $30 a year. That, and with my rebate check, I’ll go buy a fur coat!

miss_kitty @ 15:

Rusty Shackleford @ 2:

Writers of The Half-Hour News Hour hang their heads in shame.

I never saw it, but I’m telling ya-that’s what makes left of center folks so funny. They make fun of those who are [ostensibly] their own, when they’re being asshats.
From what I’ve seen of right of center’s sense of humour, the would gnaw off a limb before poking fun at one of their own. And they make fun of the wrong things on the other side. Hence, not funny.

The reason the Republicans can put together a great comedy show is because they’re trying to defy simple comedy logic.

#1 - You have to laugh up, and not down. Meaning if you are rich, it’s not funny to laugh at the poor. But if you’re poor, it’s funny to laugh at the rich. Regardless of what McCain and Clinton says, the Republicans are the party of the Elitist and those on top financially and in terms of power. Therefore it’s funny to mock and laugh at them.

#2 - You have to be able to laugh at yourself. The Republicans are always angry and filled with hate. They take themselves too seriously and treat everything like a life and death situation. That’s why the fear card works with them. People on the left don’t can find the humor in tragedy and make lemonade out of lemons. That’s why most successful comedian historically have left-leaning ideals and principles. Dennis Miller was already struggling to be funny, but when he went over to the right after 9/11, his career just flat out died.

You can hire the best writers in Hollywood to write for Fox News, but 90% of their jokes will fall flat to the universal public because how can your project humor through the ideals of fear and hate?

miss_kitty @ 16:

Samson- @ 14:

and the hillary-accent…

she does realize that these events are filmed, yes?

Yeah-I was very struck by the changing accent. Mine changes when I’m around people that talk a certain way-for a couple of months, at least. And I think it’s safe to assume she hasn’t been in one place for more than a few hours over the last 6 months or so.

exactly, it is the definition of pandering, almost to the point of mocking. when she out-drawls a southerner, or out-’simple’-folk-talk rural indianians (is that right? indianians?), it is dangerously close to being insulting. ok, to be honest, it is insulting. insulting that she and her cadre of plotters assume that they can pretend she is the hometown girl, in every single hometown she visits.

and then there is bill…. can you say trainwreck?

So much for the “liberal” media.

Would you see right wingers make fun at the expense of their own.

I watched it last night…I was laughin my ass off whilst simultaneously shakin my head at Obama and Clinton…The Colbert report was friggin great too!

P.D. @ 20:

Hillary and McCain’s proposal is simply stupid. 18 cents? big deal! Wow! I save $30 a year. That, and with my rebate check, I’ll go buy a fur coat!

…or more gas.

I am curious if Hillary will think of leaving the Democratic party after August, like Joe Nomentum. She is clearly using Rethuglican tactics and espousing their idiocratic philosophy.

liberalHUSSEINmoderation @ 24:

I watched it last night…I was laughin my ass off whilst simultaneously shakin my head at Obama and Clinton…The Colbert report was friggin great too!

i think he’s being pretty flagrantly pro-obama. which is fine with me. he’s mocking hillary clinton but with obama he’s actually making fun of the double-standard — if he misses the basket, he’s a posing elitist, but if he makes the basket he’s an angry black militant. when all he’s actually doing is shooting baskets. shows he can’t win with the media double-standard.

and the gas-tax thing is a big loser for clinton, i like how he really sticks it to her on that but obama really comes off looking pretty clean in this.

Liberal, I’m about ready to do all my shopping on my bike. I have already limited my shopping and other errands to once a week. (Except running the kids around) I really think Americans better be prepared. They just will not be able to afford gas anymore. I hope they are ready. With neutered politicians willing to do nothing, we screwed.

mike @ 27:

liberalHUSSEINmoderation @ 24:

I watched it last night…I was laughin my ass off whilst simultaneously shakin my head at Obama and Clinton…The Colbert report was friggin great too!

i think he’s being pretty flagrantly pro-obama. which is fine with me. he’s mocking hillary clinton but with obama he’s actually making fun of the double-standard — if he misses the basket, he’s a posing elitist, but if he makes the basket he’s an angry black militant. when all he’s actually doing is shooting baskets. shows he can’t win with the media double-standard.

and the gas-tax thing is a big loser for clinton, i like how he really sticks it to her on that but obama really comes off looking pretty clean in this.

You’re right…he’s pretty much done everything but openly declare support for Obama, I think it’s only a matter time before he does.

P.D. @ 20:

Hillary and McCain’s proposal is simply stupid. 18 cents? big deal! Wow! I save $30 a year. That, and with my rebate check, I’ll go buy a fur coat!

You probably wouldn’t save anything. Demand will increase, supply is low already, and the oil companies will simply increase the price to what it was before the tax was cut.

Hillary is just a total embarrassment at this point. You expect this kind of thing from Republicans.

P.D. @ 28:

Liberal, I’m about ready to do all my shopping on my bike. I have already limited my shopping and other errands to once a week. (Except running the kids around) I really think Americans better be prepared. They just will not be able to afford gas anymore. I hope they are ready. With neutered politicians willing to do nothing, we screwed.

Indeed we are. Peak oil is still only a theory, yet we have gas prices through the roof while oil companies make record profits. Now it’s food shortages because crops are going to hybrid cars. How many people reading this use fuel from grown resources? It’s manufactured hype intended to part you from your money.

Watching politicians pander to voters makes me think they’re going to do the same to oil and other corporate interests. Not painting a hopeful picture…. Clinton is getting more terrifying by the day.

26 suvro

Hillary’s calling for a Windfall tax on gas profits both to help cover the cost of a summer moratorium on federal gas taxes, as well, as to curb some of the excessive profits.

Hillary’s health plan would cover children and ADULTS, while Obama is generally using her health plan, but to cover children only.

That to you sounds like a republican?

as usual, Jon is spot on.

Listening to Hillary, she sounds just like a Republican! Siding with McCain against Obama. Using Rovian tactics, and of course, her extreme rhetoric. She may think it appeals to the Independants. But it really backfired. Shame is, I don’t think she knows it.

Ace @ 33:

as usual, Jon is spot on.

He better have the spot looked at

Make sure it’s benign.

I just saw on the financial channel, crude will be $200 by the end of the year. I guess we all have to get horses or mopeds. How much does it cost to feed a horse?

oh, she knows what she is doing…
http://www.coxandforkum.com/ar.....king-X.gif

37 blue balls

Have you tried wearing boxers?

What nobody says about the gas tax scheme is that it would put around 300,000 highway and maintenance employees out of work (not to mention the continued decline in infrastructure).

Really - do Hillary or McCain really understand what taxes pay for?

Neo people are not funny because they fit in with everyone else like a square peg in a round hole. They have always been outsiders to be made fun of because of the way they think and act, which answers the question of why they hate everyone and everything. Spoiled little rich brats who have to have their way at any cost! to yesbad@11 Hang-em high!

yep, ysbaddaden, still there.

Brendan @ 31:

P.D. @ 28:

Liberal, I’m about ready to do all my shopping on my bike. I have already limited my shopping and other errands to once a week. (Except running the kids around) I really think Americans better be prepared. They just will not be able to afford gas anymore. I hope they are ready. With neutered politicians willing to do nothing, we screwed.

Indeed we are. Peak oil is still only a theory, yet we have gas prices through the roof while oil companies make record profits. Now it’s food shortages because crops are going to hybrid cars. How many people reading this use fuel from grown resources? It’s manufactured hype intended to part you from your money.

Watching politicians pander to voters makes me think they’re going to do the same to oil and other corporate interests. Not painting a hopeful picture…. Clinton is getting more terrifying by the day.

We will wind up with Clinton or McCain and the corporate elites will exhale a sigh of relief.

Gays will continue to be bashed and gay marriage prevented…and the fundies will exhale a sigh of relief.

The black man will have been stopped and the xenophobes and rednecks will exhale a sigh of relief.

Samson- @ 22:

miss_kitty @ 16:

Samson- @ 14:

and the hillary-accent…

she does realize that these events are filmed, yes?

Yeah-I was very struck by the changing accent. Mine changes when I’m around people that talk a certain way-for a couple of months, at least. And I think it’s safe to assume she hasn’t been in one place for more than a few hours over the last 6 months or so.

exactly, it is the definition of pandering, almost to the point of mocking. when she out-drawls a southerner, or out-’simple’-folk-talk rural indianians (is that right? indianians?), it is dangerously close to being insulting. ok, to be honest, it is insulting. insulting that she and her cadre of plotters assume that they can pretend she is the hometown girl, in every single hometown she visits.

and then there is bill…. can you say trainwreck?

As a reformed hoosier, I can tell you that her folksy Arkansan accent does not sound much like a southern Indiana accent, so it definitely sounds like someone who’s simply posing. Very weak.

to yesbad@38 Man your wit is sure rollin today, you made me fall out of my chair, thanks ! ceo.

All politicians pander,left, right and middle. Clinton does it. Obama does it. McCain does it. You were expecting something else in a presidential election?

Peter G @ 45:

All politicians pander,left, right and middle. Clinton does it. Obama does it. McCain does it. You were expecting something else in a presidential election?

True, but as in “Spaceballs”, there’s pandering and then there’s “ludicrous pandering”. HRC has achieved the latter (McLame was there in 2000).

CEO,citizens,eyes,open @ 44:

to yesbad@38 Man your wit is sure rollin today, you made me fall out of my chair, thanks ! ceo.

I wish I was a ceo

Making 800 times the income of my lowest worker.

liberalHUSSEINmoderation @ 29:

mike @ 27:

liberalHUSSEINmoderation @ 24:

I watched it last night…I was laughin my ass off whilst simultaneously shakin my head at Obama and Clinton…The Colbert report was friggin great too!

i think he’s being pretty flagrantly pro-obama. which is fine with me. he’s mocking hillary clinton but with obama he’s actually making fun of the double-standard — if he misses the basket, he’s a posing elitist, but if he makes the basket he’s an angry black militant. when all he’s actually doing is shooting baskets. shows he can’t win with the media double-standard.

and the gas-tax thing is a big loser for clinton, i like how he really sticks it to her on that but obama really comes off looking pretty clean in this.

You’re right…he’s pretty much done everything but openly declare support for Obama, I think it’s only a matter time before he does.

it’s kind-of his schtick to never support a candidate outright, but it’s always been clear to me what his opinion on just about any issue is, you just have to read between the lines. being pro-obama myself, it’s hard for me to mind.