Jon Stewart nails it again - the GOP bogus gender card

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I'm not the biggest fan of The Politico, but Roger Simon has hit it out of the park with this one.

On behalf of the elite media, I would like to say we are very sorry.

We have asked questions this week that we should never have asked.

We have asked pathetic questions like: Who is Sarah Palin? What is her record? Where does she stand on the issues? And is she is qualified to be a heartbeat away from the presidency?

We have asked mean questions like: How well did John McCain know her before he selected her? How well did his campaign vet her? And was she his first choice?

Bad questions. Bad media. Bad.

Yikes.  And it only gets better from there.  Highly recommended. :)

"Why Martha!  Your Sunday chapel dress!"

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by: sput @ Thu Sep 04, 2008 at 11:37:06 AM CDT

Yes SPUT...

Thanks copied and sent off to others! Excellent.

This part even better!...

"I'm not a member of the permanent political establishment. And I've learned quickly, these past few days, that if you're not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone."
But where did we go wrong with Sarah Palin? Let me count the ways:??First, we should have stuck to the warm, human interest stuff like how she likes mooseburgers and hit an important free throw at her high school basketball tournament even though she had a stress fracture.??Second, we should have stuck to the press release stuff like how she opposed the Bridge to Nowhere (after she supported it).?

It's the Hammer of JUSTICE,
It's the Bell of FREEDOM,
It's the Song about LOVE between,
my Brothers and my Sisters
...All over this Land.

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by: Orion45 @ Thu Sep 04, 2008 at 14:17:09 PM CDT

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why the eff

does it take a fake news program to point out the obvious.  Tweety or Wolfie would never be so bold as to point out such obvious hypocrisy.  Why are segments like Stewart's off limits to the larger media?

Electricity's for light bulbs!

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by: n8nyc @ Thu Sep 04, 2008 at 11:51:45 AM CDT

If they had segments like this...

It could piss off an advertiser and cut into their revenue stream. Can't tell the truth if it's going to mess with the money.

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by: the.sue @ Thu Sep 04, 2008 at 11:56:51 AM CDT

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Once again...

Jon Stewart points out the failings and biases of the American Infotainment Industry. Television "News" and "journalism" from MSM are, by and large, dead in this country.

Now it's just pundits and, fortunately for them, a populace with a five-minute attention span that demands nothing but the quick kill or diefication before the infotainers move on to their next victim.

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by: the.sue @ Thu Sep 04, 2008 at 11:53:43 AM CDT

LOL

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by: juicyjuice @ Thu Sep 04, 2008 at 12:00:10 PM CDT

Darn, you beat me to it

He also nailed Newt Gringinch on the pro-choice wording of Palin's statment about Bristol's pregnancy.  

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by: deepa @ Thu Sep 04, 2008 at 13:24:00 PM CDT

Transperent

This was part of the whole strategy of choosing Palin. Anytime someone calls her out on her BS will be called a sexist. Fortunately the majority doesn't buy it. If McCain had chosen a male VP with Palin's credentials they both would have been crucified already.

Fetch my pearls, I need to clutch them!

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by: RainbowPhoenix @ Thu Sep 04, 2008 at 16:01:49 PM CDT

Thanks for the clip

Having no power for a week, or internet, and only a radio in the car...I missed so much, but that Jon Stewart bit was GREAT to see,

What have you done today, to make ya feel PROUD?


~Heather Small

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by: peteyPornpig @ Fri Sep 05, 2008 at 23:42:47 PM CDT