Quote:
|
Originally Posted by powerclown
Halx, I know about the guy. I think of him as Bill Mahrer Lite, a Howard Stern everything-I-don't-agree-with-is-repressive type; another of those strange tv mutants who call themselves politico-comedians. He tries to hide his liberal political agenda behind his comedy. Fine. He likes to criticize the US media, fine. Along with Michael Moore, I think he should be grateful he lives in country that so richly rewards him for his criticism. Send him to Mexico for a year, and as soon as someone steals his Porsche, and he can't get a Starbucks he'll want back into the bad old US-of-A. I think he has an overblown sense of self-importance, and I still think he made an ass of himself yesterday on CNN.
|
That statement couldn't be further from the truth. Bill Mahrer is an asshole compared to Jon Stewart, Howard Stern isn't even remotely like Jon. He doesn't call himself a politico-comedian, he doesn't have to, he was a fairly successful stand-up comic before getting on the Daily Show. He isn't full of himself, and he isn't Michael Moore. Just because he's voting for Kerry doesn't mean he's a bad person. Just because he knows political shows like Crossfire, the O'Reilly Factor, and almost every other show are completely worthless, and then goes on national television and says it doesn't make him a bad person, it just means he actually has the guts to stand up on national television and say what everyone knows.
It was obviously throughtout your posts in this entire topic you have no idea what you're talking about, because the Daily Show doesn't just have some of the funniest jokes of Bush on television, but the best (and sometimes it seems like the only) John Kerry jokes on television have been said by *GASP*
Jon Stewart. And he hasn't said them reluctently, or act like he's forced to say them, he enjoys doing it.
He's one of the few voices of reason on television. You should try listening to him before you make such baseless judgements.