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I am an old man.

Richard Day — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 22:06:48 +0000

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I am an old man.

I thought SNL was going downhill by 1980.

Well they survived.

We cannot predict who will tweek our imaginations.

I really did not think Oliver was that good, but his show is pretty damn good.

I recall so many let downs over the years, but I recall real geniuses coming to the fore.

Cable expanded the damn three channel medium.

All those old peeps on SNL on Saturday, almost made me cry. My god, the boomers are so goddamn old. hahahaah

After all these years, some sort of cable will provide us with a 'news show'.

The producers of the 'old' Stewart show might pick the wrong person (guy or gal) and the 'numbers game' will survive.

Jon did his job.

We shall see.

A healthier nation would not

Doctor Cleveland — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 20:04:46 +0000

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A healthier nation would not have any place for a Jon Stewart, because its politics and media would not give a Jon Stewart such an endless treasury of material.

Stewart's satire was a monument to how far our public life has drifted from any sense of reality, elementary logic, or shame.

And would like to have seen Stewart become irrelevant. But it's pretty clear that he's not.

I guess it depends on whose

Resistance — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 00:33:57 +0000

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I guess it depends on whose Kool - aid you drink.

The Democrats want the same money from the Rich donors, as does the other side, because both parties are at the trough.

Both sides take advantage of the common people.

The Democratic party promises to relieve the poor but they know exactly where their money comes from, to run a successful campaign

Promise the peasants everything to get elected and once in power serve "wealth and privilege"

Both sides do it, they are not stupid;...... the people are

Remove your blinders Pollyanna, you've drank the Koolaid and you have become blind.

In case it hasn't dawned on you;,the whole system is corrupt because of it's propensity for double- dealing, duplicity, treachery, betrayal, double-crossing, unfaithfulness, untrustworthiness, infidelity, bad faith, disloyalty, breach of trust, fraud, underhandedness, cheating, dishonesty, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, falseness.

At times you hear "Sorry" ..... after the crooks are caught.

Maybe you really are NAIVE and don't know "money talks"?

The people are thrown into a dark pit of despair and covered over until election time, after the election they are again thrown into the darkness, pulled out when it serves those in power.

It's a strategy that works; The Republicans blame the other side as does the Democrats blame the other side.

But who is really going to pay? The peasants; just as it has always been.

You are another victim of

NCD — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 20:46:53 +0000

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You are another victim of Both Siderism MSM BS.

Both sides do it, or "Both Siderism" is the guiding mantra of the beltway MSM. It's why Republicans are never held to account for anything.

It's why John Stewart wasn't overall all so great.....along with TV News in general as I pointed out......and why Oxy has a very good point above on the GOP being put back into control of Congress.

Driftglass Both Siderism:

There are times when both sides -- when many sides -- are wrong or mistaken or damnfool. However these are overwhelmingly outweighed by the many, many, many more times when the Right is clearly wrong and/or insane and/or actively destructive and/or acting in bad faith.

Which is why pundits and public intellectuals who use their positions of privilege and influence to deliberately cripple our ability to address national problems by reflexively responding to every Conservative atrocity with "Both Sides Do It"

Driftglass Both Siderism:

Both Siderism is uniformly everywhere. It's like the Beltway's own Iridium Layer.

It's continued existence is why it is impossible to have a reasonable debate about anything ever. It's constant maintenance is our media elite's prime directive.

Driftgalss Both Siderism:

The short history of modern American politics is as follows:

Conservatives poison the public well with paranoia, bigotry and plain bugfuck insanity while sabotaging the government on purpose to gain political and economic advantage.

Liberals point out that poisoning the public well and sabotaging the government are, y'know. bad things.

Centrists clutch their pearls until their palms bleed, and then blame their stigmata on both sides being equally unreasonable and mean.

Driftglass Both Siderism:

Once upon a time, the media could just snuggle up to the Bush Administration and be assured of being being kept well, but once the Bush Administration went tits up and a tidal wave of bloody reality made it impossible to continue to blame the bad news about Iraq on Bush-hating Dirty Hippies, the only coin of their realm became Both Siderism.

Why would you think Stewart

Resistance — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 18:47:40 +0000

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Why would you think Stewart had anything to do with

near take over of the country by Republicans.

I believe Stewart exposed both the two major parties as one and the same bird (vulture) , with a left and a right wing, both sides just as dumb as the other, with their ability to confuse the masses who are dumber than a box of rocks.

What I find ironic is the

Oxy Mora — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 17:46:32 +0000

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What I find ironic is the timing. One could say that Stewart laughed us all the way to a near take over of the country by Republicans. But we all know the pitfalls of correlational thinking.

Jon Stewart to replace Brian

Resistance — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 03:48:13 +0000

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Jon Stewart to replace Brian Williams ? NOW wouldn't that be a game changer and an arrow in our quiver?

Take over a major network. in prime time ?

NBC NIGHTLY NEWS with Jon Stewart ?

Colbert and Stewart were

NCD — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 02:01:30 +0000

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Colbert and Stewart were great at engaging those oriented towards getting political discussion on TV. The two comedians shows were especially popular for the younger ages who detected the hypocrisy of Fox News, CNN, Cramer or other parts of the MSM,

That success highlights the unfortunate fact our 24/7 news channels, much of the MSM itself, corporate executive news 'reporters', choice of and questioning of guests, the never in depth 24 hr. news cycles, are designed towards grabbing eyeball$, promoting beltway propaganda (maintaining access to power), and not rocking the corporate/political national boat.

People who do not watch TV News have been shown to be better informed on current events than those that do, overall we might be better off completely avoiding TV News. Until that happens, for many, a show like Stewart's will be missed.

What I noticed was young

trkingmomoe — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 19:25:40 +0000

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What I noticed was young people became interested in politics and news because of Comedy Network. It helped to get them engaged on the internet and they would comment on the shows in threads like on Reddit.

After Joh Oliver show on net neutrality and told all the internet commenters that they were practicing to write to the FCC and get those emails written and sent. We have him to thank for the current change of mind and classify internet as a Class II like telephone. FCC got hammered right after that with emails demanding net neutrality.

Slate is wrong because you want to influence the young to take a interest in voting. The Democratic Party needs them.