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Originally Posted by Telluride
It's actually pretty easy to make fun of Obama as well as his supporters.
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The problem is that the interview with Cramer wasn't comedy. It was a political grilling. If that's what Stewart wants to do with his show, good for him. But if that's how he wants to run his show, I'd just rather he not use "I host a comedy show!" as a defense against criticism.
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Maybe I should have qualified my statement as "make fun in a funny way." You have to be unbelievably partisan to think that Obama lends itself to the same sort of mockery that Bush "Fool me once" did. Maybe you think that "Obama the magic negro" or pictures of watermelons and fried chicken in the white house are funny as hell, but whatever shortcomings Obama might have, he simply does not put his foot in his mouth as often as his predecessor.
And you simply ignored every other point made. While he is clearly a liberal, Stewart has made fun of several top democrats, most notably John Kerry. Hell, he first gained notoriety making fun of Clinton (which is another one who is easy to make fun of).
There was very little that was "political grilling" in Cramer's interview, if you actually watched. Very little was related, if at all, to policy or politics. It was mostly about poor journalism and unethical practices of reporters. And a lot of it was funny, and it was all in a context in which Cramer had been made fun of in previous programs, defended himself in other media, and then was asked in to debate that.
Finally, I find it funny when republicans start with this sort of "affirmative action for conservatives in the entertainment media" rants. Apparently the free market isn't efficient there, and producers should keep giving Ben Stein, Dennis Miller and the makers of "An American Carol" more money they will never see again.