Jon on Bernie......Perfect!!!

[Logical]

[AuntPatsy]

1. Makes perfect sense as always..

[WillyT]

2. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

[JDPriestly]

3. K&R.

[Uncle Joe]

4. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Logical.

[Duval]

5. It is amazing how Stewart can succinctly get to the crux of the issue.

[Wounded Bear]

7. Good comedians have that ability...

It's what makes them what they are. Jon has long been one of the best.

[Kall]

6. Half-agree

I'm not sure who he means by "we". I think Bernie is doing so well because to voters, it *doesn't* come off as lunacy to them. Look at the man's trust/honesty poll responses, they're off the charts. I think lunacy is just what we've been fed for so long, that they just got accustomed to serving it and people have been waiting for authenticity all along.

And real lunacy is over in the Republican Party this year, and I expect that will be the public verdict in November.

[SammyWinstonJack]

8. Agreed.

[sammythecat]

10. I think he's talking about conservative-minded voters.

Republicans and, I'd say, Hillary supporters. Can't get more stage managed and focus group driven than she is

[Populist_Prole]

9. Perfect!

Perfect example of how we're being the frogs in a pot of water.

[cui bono]

11. It does not come across as lunacy.

I have to totally disagree with this statement. I know what he's trying to get at but he's accepting the premise that the MSM and Hillary and her supporters are pushing, that he's a crazy old man yelling at clouds.

That's bullshit.

He's coming across as real and caring about our country and its people.

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[draa]

12. I think you missed his point cui bono.

The way I took it was they've redefined reality and now people believe what those pricks believe in is the "new" normal. And that by default that makes Sanders look like the crazy one.

Or at least that's how I read it.

[cui bono]

24. I know what he's trying to say, I just don't think it worked.

Look at how many people it doesn't come across as lunacy to, so it doesn't land. Good comedy is rooted in truth and his whole premise is clearly not accurate.

And by putting it out there it reinforces the whole meme.

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[draa]

25. It'll be ok cui, Sanders personality can handle it I'm sure.

[LiberalLovinLug]

33. I think it works

Because it is more put out there as a reminder or inoculation for viewers of the MSM that are only casually politically minded. Bernie supporters know he is not crazy. Hillary supporters know he is not crazy (whether they want to admit it or not). And Trump/Cruz/Palin supporters....well they don't matter. Its the mildly aware majority that are susceptible to the MSM and their insinuations of the crazy, unelectable, socialist, Sanders...which will only increase as he gains in the race.

[TIME TO PANIC]

29. +1 n/t

[Kentonio]

13. Damn I wish Jon would return to the Daily Show.

[bigbrother05]

17. Think Jon left when he did knowing the election would give them material to build on

He could have stuck around with what he knew would be a goldmine of material, but his generous nature saw it as the best chance for the show to succeed without him. Trevor has done quite well, but if he had started during the slack period following an election cycle, it would have been much tougher and a less forgiving audience.

Jon wanted the show to last beyond himself and made a selfless decision. But don't you know he had to be jumping out of his skin with Palin endorsing Trump.

[Kentonio]

18. I just don't find Trevor very funny unfortunately.

Also the political stuff on the Daily Show now just feels like a hundred other comedy shows just pulling out moments for a cheap laugh. With Jon I always felt like there was an anger and frustration under the laughter that you could feel and share.

[sammythecat]

23. Yeah, I hear ya.

I think Jon Stewart is a very serious and compassionate person who also has a superb sense of humor.

[sammythecat]

22. That never occurred to me.

I think you're exactly right. How generous and smart. Not many successful celebrities, at all, would do that. But it's entirely believable to me now that Jon Stewart would think of that and then actually do it. Like I said, how generous and smart.

Thanks for posting that insight.

[kristopher]

40. I had a dream...

That he quit to make a movie. The movie is a documentary about the foolish way people behave in choosing their elected representative and, get this, he illustrates his point by joining with known Democrat Trump and documenting the behind the scenes orchestration involved in a "say anything to get a vote" campaign.

[bigwillq]

14. K and R (nt)

[colsohlibgal]

15. Truth Without A Doubt

We shall see how it all turns out but there is no doubt that the corporate democratic machine is close to full blown panic. I hope DWS has some anti anxiety medication.

Thank you Bernie and if you win the job here we go!

[kenfrequed]

16. Thank you Jon!

This cannot be said often enough.

[winterwar]

19. Yes

As usual, he is on point.

[raouldukelives]

20. K&R nt

[chervilant]

21. Thankfully, it's not lunacy to me,

and to hundreds of thousands of other voters who are increasingly eager to line up and vote for Bernie!

[Faux pas]

26. Kicketty Kickin'

[Ivan Kaputski]

27. Most excellent.

[EndElectoral]

28. K&R

[liberal_at_heart]

30. K&R

[libdem4life]

31. A good comedian is exceptionally bright...they have to take large issues, boil

them down to a concise few words...then make them humorous so that one laughs. It's brilliant.

In Medieval days, the Court Jester was just that. He played the Idiot so well that he could allow people to laugh at the King...sometimes, even the King himself.

[rhett o rick]

32. It's my opinion that those that support HRC do so because they choose the

perceived comfort of the strong authoritarian leadership of the Wealthy over actual freedom. They have shown that they are willing to give up their freedoms and liberties for the weak promise of security.

In the last 35 years the Wealthy 1% has been killing our loved ones in wars for profit, killing our children with poverty, locking up our loved ones for a fake war on drugs, shooting people of the 99% for being POC, looting our jobs, pensions, and health care, destroying our environment, not funding infrastructure upkeep, deregulating the banks (we lost 5 trillion to the 1% via the crash of 2008), strangling our free press buy purchasing all the major media outlets, etc.

Wake up and smell the class war. The Wealthy 1% (and yes HRC belongs) vs. the 99%. Support the 1% and watch poverty continue to climb.

[sorechasm]

39. Nice synopsis rhett!

Poverty will otherwise climb at the same rates that the sea levels and the mercury rises. I'm tired of being the frog in a slowly boiling globe of water. Let's hope we all hop (vote) together at once to get the hell out before this globe becomes a cauldron.

[pangaia]

34. Isn't that the frightening god awful truth.

[Initech]

35. I miss Jon Stewart!

[lordsummerisle]

36. k&r n/t

[azmom]

37. Love it

[JonLeibowitz]

38. Jon Leibowitz here. Ya'll are welcome. N/t