Video: Baruch Obama?

posted at 11:54 am on July 24, 2008 by Allahpundit

Not quite comedy gold, perhaps, but certainly comedy silver. Starts slow, as all Daily Show segments do, but the roundtable at the end makes it all worth it.

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A buddy who watches that show regularly insists those are “real” people (except the reporter, of course)

gmoonster on July 24, 2008 at 11:56 AM

Baruch Hiram Obamastein ’08!

MB007 on July 24, 2008 at 11:58 AM

hahahaa

becki51758 on July 24, 2008 at 12:02 PM

“and I like fried chicken..”

Oh my.

GoodBoy on July 24, 2008 at 12:03 PM

MB007, based on what we’ve seen so far from BHO, he will probably soon claim his Mom was half Jewish!

gmoonster on July 24, 2008 at 12:03 PM

MB007, based on what we’ve seen so far from BHO, he will probably soon claim his Mom was half Jewish!

gmoonster on July 24, 2008 at 12:03 PM

He’s not the gentile I used to know…

MB007 on July 24, 2008 at 12:05 PM

Barack “Yankel” Obama…hehe…

Anyone who’s been to Boca knows, this is pretty darned accurate.

JetBoy on July 24, 2008 at 12:06 PM

Ha ha, that was pretty good.

WisCon on July 24, 2008 at 12:12 PM

Is the Sophia from Golden Girls at 2:46?

null on July 24, 2008 at 12:24 PM

“and I like fried chicken..”

Oh my.

GoodBoy on July 24, 2008 at 12:03 PM

“I like a bagel and shmear”

My oh my.

ronsfi on July 24, 2008 at 12:24 PM

Like buttah…

Wyznowski on July 24, 2008 at 12:36 PM

null on July 24, 2008 at 12:24 PM

Nah, Sophia (Estelle Getty) died just a few days ago. Funny lady, RIP.

p40tiger on July 24, 2008 at 12:37 PM

Pretty funny. And the roundtable? Clearly receptive to change. I suggest the Obama team sink invest lots of campaign money there since none seemed to have particularly strong opinions either way. They look ripe for the convincing.

AnonymousDrivel on July 24, 2008 at 12:39 PM

Obama IS a farkakte mofo! They nailed it!

dm60462 on July 24, 2008 at 12:40 PM

Totally hilarious. Choosing the black correspondent was genius.

“Maybe in a hundred years kiddo.”

“Why does it matter if his name is Hussein on Yenkel?”

Wow…old people are awesome.

Dr. Manhattan on July 24, 2008 at 12:45 PM

Buffering…buffering…buffering….

Mike D. on July 24, 2008 at 12:46 PM

The guy that drops his food raising his hand to say he had been robbed by a black guy. Let’s look for common experiences. Ha.

Ferris on July 24, 2008 at 12:46 PM

Very funny stuff! The Daily Show gets it!

sabbott on July 24, 2008 at 12:52 PM

I would like to adopt the dark-skinned lady. So cute!

RushBaby on July 24, 2008 at 12:53 PM

Oh yeah, Ha. Ha. Ha. Real funny. Fvckin hilarious.

What’s wrong with you numbskulls?!?!?!?! Don’t you get it???

This is an anti-Jewish report if there ever was one!!!! Every fvckin’ stereotype was present. Old senile Jewish women. The constant banter. Fat old farts with alabaster skin. The typical Yiddish accent we always see in movies and television.

What if a Jewish reporter visited the hood and had a round table with a bunch of black gold-necklace-wearing tattooed homies???? Would that be funny too???

Jon Stewart and Comedy Central don’t have the guts to do that because then they’d be racists. Geez, the ball-less cowards that run that show are not really comic geniuses. They’re pvssies. And you people laugh at it. Pathetic.

Andy in Agoura Hills on July 24, 2008 at 1:01 PM

Probably.

null on July 24, 2008 at 1:05 PM

These are typical liberal Jews in south florida. They are all hardcore Wexler fans. It’s Wexler country baby!

Buchanan voters also.

roninacreage on July 24, 2008 at 1:06 PM

Funny, but somehow I think they might have missed a primary reason Jews who can remember WWII might not want to vote for Obama.

calbear on July 24, 2008 at 1:08 PM

Hey Andy, get a grip. It’s so funny because it’s true. I live in the area and see this crap on a daily basis.

roninacreage on July 24, 2008 at 1:08 PM

Agoura Hills:

What if a Jewish reporter visited the hood and had a round table with a bunch of black gold-necklace-wearing tattooed homies???? Would that be funny too???

Actually, yes.

Plus, the group assembled didn’t look like they gave a flip what anyone else thought. The man whose comments were spliced together even knew how things were to be portrayed yet went with it anyway. They were going to have their say and to hell with what anyone else thought. I’m pretty certain they weren’t that concerned about sensibilities being offended. And good on ‘em for carrying on.

AnonymousDrivel on July 24, 2008 at 1:12 PM

“Andy in Agoura Hills”, not just “Agoura Hills”. I don’t know how that got clipped. My mistake.

AnonymousDrivel on July 24, 2008 at 1:14 PM

Oh yeah, Ha. Ha. Ha. Real funny. Fvckin hilarious.

What’s wrong with you numbskulls?!?!?!?! Don’t you get it???

This is an anti-Jewish report if there ever was one!!!! Every fvckin’ stereotype was present. Old senile Jewish women. The constant banter. Fat old farts with alabaster skin. The typical Yiddish accent we always see in movies and television.

What if a Jewish reporter visited the hood and had a round table with a bunch of black gold-necklace-wearing tattooed homies???? Would that be funny too???

Jon Stewart and Comedy Central don’t have the guts to do that because then they’d be racists. Geez, the ball-less cowards that run that show are not really comic geniuses. They’re pvssies. And you people laugh at it. Pathetic.

Andy in Agoura Hills on July 24, 2008 at 1:01 PM
You are an idiot and a half-wit, looking for something to complain about. There stereotypes were about Jews and black you stupid moron. Jon Stewart is a Jew as well, i’m sure he just wanted to make just look bad :rolleyes:

mainmann on July 24, 2008 at 1:20 PM

typo corrections: Andy in Agoura HillsYou are an idiot and a half-wit, looking for something to complain about. The stereotypes were about Jews and black you stupid moron. Jon Stewart is a Jew as well, i’m sure he just wanted to make Jews look bad :rolleyes

mainmann on July 24, 2008 at 1:21 PM

Buchanan voters also.

roninacreage on July 24, 2008 at 1:06 PM

Beautiful.

mikeyboss on July 24, 2008 at 2:08 PM

You are an idiot and a half-wit, looking for something to complain about. There stereotypes were about Jews and black you stupid moron. Jon Stewart is a Jew as well, i’m sure he just wanted to make just look bad :rolleyes:

mainmann on July 24, 2008 at 1:20 PM

Fvck off.

Andy in Agoura Hills on July 24, 2008 at 3:24 PM

See, they say vote for Obama or your racist..

Chakra Hammer on July 24, 2008 at 3:46 PM

Hmm. Seems like Andy missed his last appointment with Dr. Nuts.

Syd B. on July 24, 2008 at 3:50 PM

reminds me of Seinfeld’s Parents and the Costanza’s.. (on the show)

Chakra Hammer on July 24, 2008 at 3:51 PM

When Jonathon Lebowitz, er . . .”Jon Stewart” stops his self-hating Jewish ways and finally stops making fun of Jews, then it actually will be funny.

The fact is that most Jews will, indeed, be voting for Obama b/c they’d rather vote for an anti-Israel extreme liberal fraud before they’d ever vote Republican. If he made fun of that, instead of trying to repeat the canard that Jews–who’ve done more for Blacks than any other group, including giving their lives to March at Selma–are racist, then it might be funny. This is just silly and disgusting. And that woman who says Jews would never vote for a Black guy doesn’t know what she’s talking about. Jews would vote for a Black guy quicker than anyone else and much quicker than a Black would vote for a Jew–since we know anti-Semitism is highest in Blacks than any other group in America. The majority of the people will be voting Obama, not McCain–sadly.

But the point about the fried chicken is interesting, b/c Fuzzy Zoeller lost his endorsements for mentioning fried chicken, but Black people can make fun of Jewish or “white” food all they want with impunity. Why is there a double standard? Finally, Andy in Agoura is completely on the money. They’d never send Don Rickles to Harlem or Detroit and have him make fun of Blacks. Would never ever happen.

Debbie Schlussel on July 24, 2008 at 4:21 PM

The majority of the people will be voting Obama, not McCain–sadly.

Oops. I meant, “The majority of the people IN THAT COMEDY SKETCH will be voting Obama, not McCain-sadly.”

Debbie Schlussel on July 24, 2008 at 4:25 PM

One other thing: As a person who’s been on “The Daily Show,” I know for a fact that the majority of the people who write, produce, and otherwise run “The Daily Show” are liberal Jews. That’s why they enjoy making fun of Jews, unfairly, in a way they’d never ever do to Blacks, Muslims, etc. When they start picking on those groups with any degree of frequency similar to these stupid, self-hating, anti-Semitic sketches, then I’ll have less of a prob with this. Until then, Andy in Agoura Hills is right on. Those of you who think this is funny are agreeing with Jewish liberals who don’t agree with you on much of anything politically, and that should make you wonder why you like this video, unless you agree with their self-loathing view of the Jews.

Debbie Schlussel on July 24, 2008 at 4:28 PM

See, they say vote for Obama or your racist..

Chakra Hammer on July 24, 2008 at 3:46 PM

The main point of the whole thing.

surrounded on July 24, 2008 at 5:19 PM

Except its “you’re“, not “your”.

surrounded on July 24, 2008 at 5:20 PM

“MB007, based on what we’ve seen so far from BHO, he will probably soon claim his Mom was half Jewish!”

Doesn’t everyone.

davod on July 24, 2008 at 5:34 PM

I have to admit I enjoyed these people so much – I don’t mind the “stereotyping” in this case maybe because I have so much affection for this particular stereotype – for this type of person. Older Jewish retirees (most any older people, really) just make me smile. And hey, nobody scripted them – they said what they thought. Good on ‘em.

But I would also LOVE to see the followup piece where the Jewish reporter interviews the homies. Definitely!

Rosmerta on July 24, 2008 at 6:32 PM

One other thing: As a person who’s been on “The Daily Show,” I know for a fact that the majority of the people who write, produce, and otherwise run “The Daily Show” are liberal Jews. That’s why they enjoy making fun of Jews, unfairly, in a way they’d never ever do to Blacks, Muslims, etc. When they start picking on those groups with any degree of frequency similar to these stupid, self-hating, anti-Semitic sketches, then I’ll have less of a prob with this. Until then, Andy in Agoura Hills is right on. Those of you who think this is funny are agreeing with Jewish liberals who don’t agree with you on much of anything politically, and that should make you wonder why you like this video, unless you agree with their self-loathing view of the Jews.

Debbie Schlussel on July 24, 2008 at 4:28 PM
Oh gee, look its Debbie Paranoid Schlussel Arbiter of All things Anti-Israeli. Everyone watch out for Debbie’s next article;
King Solomon Was Self Hating Jew – Planned To Destroy Bloodline With 500 Concubines

mainmann on July 24, 2008 at 6:44 PM

Oh gee, look its Debbie Paranoid Schlussel Arbiter of All things Anti-Israeli. Everyone watch out for Debbie’s next article;
“King Solomon Was Self Hating Jew – Planned To Destroy Bloodline With 500 Concubines“

mainmann on July 24, 2008 at 6:44 PM

Leave Debbie Schlussel alone! :D

Chakra Hammer on July 24, 2008 at 6:48 PM

This is an anti-Jewish report if there ever was one!!!! Every fvckin’ stereotype was present. Old senile Jewish women. The constant banter. Fat old farts with alabaster skin. The typical Yiddish accent we always see in movies and television. Andy in Agoura Hills on July 24, 2008 at 1:01 PM

Sorry Andy, but come to kiddush some time at a zillion shules–you’ll see these people. They were real, no question about it, and they had very diverse points of view. I’m going to assume you’re Jewish, which is why you’re so sensitive about this–unless you’re a lib, and this

Fvck off. Andy in Agoura Hills on July 24, 2008 at 3:24 PM

makes me higly supsicious that you are–at any rate, get comfortable with it. There are a lot of Jews like this out in the world. Go visit some Jewish home for the aged, and take your guitar or play some piano if you’re musically inclined, or just read some stories. You need to get out more.

smellthecoffee on July 25, 2008 at 12:27 AM

Sorry Andy, but come to kiddush some time at a zillion shules–you’ll see these people. They were real, no question about it, and they had very diverse points of view. I’m going to assume you’re Jewish, which is why you’re so sensitive about this–unless you’re a lib, and this

Not sure where you go to synagogue, but no-one at mine acts like this. The people in this video are idiots. And the fact remains that if Jews are so racist, why are they the ones funding and running the Obama campaign? Guess what religion David Axelrod (BHO’s campaign manager) is? His biggest donors?

As for the lib thing, you’re quite mistaken on that. Who do you think writes this show? Jewish liberals. They’re the ones who hate themselves. Why do they constantly do these comedy skits on The Daily Show about Jews when Jews are 2% of America? They have an obsession and it’s not a positive one.

Since polls show that the majority of college aged kids and those below thirty get their news from this crummy liberal show, it’s not just a joke.

Debbie Schlussel on July 25, 2008 at 10:20 AM