Video: NBC’s ass-kissing of Obama too much even for Jon Stewart
posted at 5:35 pm on June 5, 2009 by Allahpundit
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This is kind of like Hannity goofing on someone for going easy on George W. Bush. The final line’s the keeper, though, so don’t quit on it before then. Maybe I’m just dizzy at the thought that media bias towards The One is now emanating such a stench that even the Daily Show can’t help choking on it, but is the backlash to Hopenchange finally afoot? For the first time, Rasmussen finds as many people strongly disapproving of his performance as strongly approving. (Thanks, GM!) The split on whether he’s an excellent/good leader or just a fair/poor one is also at its lowest level yet at 51/49. And now Stewart’s slapping people around for pitching softballs. What’s next? A mildly critical segment about The One on MSNBC?
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I haven’t read this yet but I just heard on the news the The Colbert Report is being taped in Iraq to be aired later. He is there as part of the USO. I don’t care how much an entertainer annoys me, if they go see the troops I give them a pass for life.
Cindy Munford on June 5, 2009 at 5:38 PM
The last line was Excellent.
therightscoop on June 5, 2009 at 5:41 PM
Iowahawk should be given a job on CC to mock Obama and the Media, he would get high ratings.
Did Stewart really not mock the Bowing part?
jp on June 5, 2009 at 5:41 PM
Cindy
Colbert is there for Colbert. Not the troops.
RobCon on June 5, 2009 at 5:41 PM
He can’t afford to do these very often…his leftard audience just can’t get into it. Laughs were weak through the entire thing.
AUINSC on June 5, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Done already. Rachel Maddow pointed out Obama’s unconstitutional plan to detain without cause.
Daggett on June 5, 2009 at 5:43 PM
I thought the segment before this was more post-worthy.
Nonfactor on June 5, 2009 at 5:43 PM
The last line was worth the watch
Ian on June 5, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Stewart goofing on Butt-kissing Brian Williams for this is essentially the same as Putzi Hanfstengel goofing on Goebbels
Janos Hunyadi on June 5, 2009 at 5:45 PM
All that goofy mugging by Stewart is just hard to take.
ddrintn on June 5, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Stewart’s just pissed that he can’t get his nose in there with them blocking the way.
Jim Treacher on June 5, 2009 at 5:46 PM
Not sure I’d place 5 guys greese where the son doesnt’ shine, but go for it Williams! if anything it’ll make for some good Lube
jp on June 5, 2009 at 5:46 PM
Imagine Rove saying ” I hate all of you….”
mankai on June 5, 2009 at 5:47 PM
I secretly wish that Rham was on our side.
myrenovations on June 5, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Inside the White House might be far more exciting if the public didn’t see him on TV every damn day.
baldilocks on June 5, 2009 at 5:50 PM
I don’t care, it more than most would do even for themselves.
Cindy Munford on June 5, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Can’t wait to get home to see this.
ladyingray on June 5, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Is it juist me, or did the air in that studio seem a bit…thick?
When he layed into Democrats and their lap dogs in the mainstream media, I swear you could hear a pin drop.
CHANGE?
Good Lt on June 5, 2009 at 5:51 PM
I’d say Stewart is more of a journalist than Williams.
Kini on June 5, 2009 at 5:52 PM
*just
Good Lt on June 5, 2009 at 5:52 PM
Great leaders go about their business with quiet determination. Less great leaders rely on having the public made aware daily that they are leaders.
coldwarrior on June 5, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Anyone else concerned that the Treasury Secretary cannot get in to see Obama?
I mean, Geithner sucks and all, but we are in the midst of an economic clusterfark and he is in charge of the economy.
myrenovations on June 5, 2009 at 5:53 PM
That is unbelievably harsh for the OKissArse Jon Stewart but then it wasn’t about O it was about Williams.
Question: When O makes fast food illegal, will O still eat cheeseburgers? I mean they are cholesterol bombs and cows apparently give off a lot of CO2 and thus are killing the planet (heh!) so why is PutzOTUS still eating them? Where is the green movement now and why hasn’t Jon Stewart riffed on that? Hmmmm? (I’ll bet you thought I couldn’t turn this back around to Jon Stewart!) I mean he’s capable of a lot of harsh sarcasm, why isn’t it go time?
RobCon: good point about Colbert being in Iraq for himself and not the troops. Where’s Gary Sinise when the troops need him.
Driefromseattle on June 5, 2009 at 5:54 PM
20 years ago I would have laughed at the thought, “comedy channel fake newsman more of a journalist than…“. Now, it gives pause — you might be right.
LastRick on June 5, 2009 at 5:55 PM
I thought meat (animal husbandry) was the biggest cause of global warming?
mankai on June 5, 2009 at 5:55 PM
The Obama worship aint over till the fat man’s leg stops tingling.
Chuck Schick on June 5, 2009 at 5:56 PM
The ignorant fools who watch Stewart will laugh at whatever he tells them to laugh at. I’d love to had been in studio when the cognitive dissonance set in.
“Duh…WHAT?”
csdeven on June 5, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Except he’s a comedian whose first job is to be funny, not to be partisan. Stewart makes fun of the media every day. Hannity just complains about biased coverage while providing his own biased coverage.
jonknee on June 5, 2009 at 5:57 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Geitner clearly has no power and knows he was picked solely as a bone to the rich white dopes who voted for Obama.
Speedwagon82 on June 5, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Geithner was waiting to meet with Rahm Emanuel.
jonknee on June 5, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Cindy,
I used to watch Colbert and thought he was pretty funny. However, I’ve learned that he’s a left wing and functions as Jon Stewart’s left arm. He will find a way to denigrate and humiliate our troops once the final edits are done and displayed on his “show”.
Let’s hope that Steven Colbert doesn’t ruin his career while trying to ruin the credibility of the USA for the benefit of Mister BHO.
Best regards,
Key West Reader on June 5, 2009 at 6:02 PM
I suppose the difference is that Hannity hosts an OPINION show. And he complains about NEWS show biases.
Scrappy on June 5, 2009 at 6:02 PM
LOL!
Caper29 on June 5, 2009 at 6:02 PM
That was my first thought as well. With the current economic crisis, it seems like the Treasury Secretary ought to get precedence over everybody but the Secretary of Oh-My-God-There-Are-Nukes-Headed-Straight-For-Us (or is that a Czar?). Geithner ought to be able to walk in on Obama when he’s sitting on the toilet if he has something important to say.
aero on June 5, 2009 at 6:03 PM
The last line…TIWYF!
ronsfi on June 5, 2009 at 6:04 PM
I liked the line from the guy on Hannity last night (can’t remember his name, but it’s Imus’s sidekick). He said that the Cairo speech was only interrupted one time when somebody yelled out, “I love you” and, it turns out, it was Brian Williams of NBC. I actually laughed at that line.
JohnInCA on June 5, 2009 at 6:04 PM
That’s pretty much what I said…
myrenovations on June 5, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Stewart is a useful idiot for the current regime. He sure worked hard enough to spew propaganda during the Bush presidency. He’s the progressive Tokyo Rose.
Hening on June 5, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Best closing line ever!!! :-D
LMAO, wow.
nickj116 on June 5, 2009 at 6:06 PM
How long did it take for you to figure out that Colbert actually makes fun of the GOP?
jonknee on June 5, 2009 at 6:07 PM
Nice try, but no cigar.
Hannity, whose show is opinion, not “objective jorunalism”, is complaining about those who claim to be “objective journalists” providing biased coverage. And you can’t prove his complaints to be wrong. There’s too much verified evidence for that to be in any doubt.
This afternoon I have been watching “journalist” Wolfie Blitzer kiss O’bama’s skinny ass for over 2 hours now. He’s as much of a joke as MS-DNC is.
Del Dolemonte on June 5, 2009 at 6:08 PM
might be??
ernesto on June 5, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Fear not. Stewart will now be a complete and utter dick for the next four weeks to make up for this moment of candor.
He didn’t even include the part where Brian Williams asked The ‘Bama about Conan replacing Leno, which is happening this week.
gridlock2 on June 5, 2009 at 6:10 PM
I know he’s a Lefty but he has said some things that make me think he realizes that what he does has meaning. If you are right and he is rude to our troops, it will be a very bad move for his career.
Cindy Munford on June 5, 2009 at 6:12 PM
No, you said you were concerned that he can’t get in to see Obama. While that may be the case, it wasn’t shown in the clip. Beyond that, it looked like he was stopping off without an appointment to ask a question and had to return later, that happens in every office every day.
Obama does have a daily economic briefing (performed by top level staff much like the President’s Daily Brief) which Geithner is surely frequently involved in.
jonknee on June 5, 2009 at 6:12 PM
THIS is the presidents car… and he will sit his skinny ass down here. Ohhhhhh. I feel a tingle up my leg….
I guess if NBC, the total butt kisser network, needs some payback for propagandizing and bamboozling the public that this guy deserves to be in the White House. Where’s the birth certificate?
Kuffar on June 5, 2009 at 6:14 PM
There has to be distance between the boss and the fall guy.
Cindy Munford on June 5, 2009 at 6:14 PM
jonknee on June 5, 2009 at 6:12 PM
Yeah, I’m saying that Obama isn’t really the brains in this administration.
Sarcasm and inference… you might want to read up on them.
myrenovations on June 5, 2009 at 6:14 PM
troll, do your Brian Williams impression somewhere else…….
No one here needs another Obamoid explaining to us just how your master’s day unfolds–or your pitiful attempts at sarcasm
Janos Hunyadi on June 5, 2009 at 6:15 PM
Bernard McGerk (sic?)???
Cindy Munford on June 5, 2009 at 6:16 PM
Please. Brian Williams is a tool and I laughed several times while both watching the special and The Daily Show’s coverage.
jonknee on June 5, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Some liberal comedians have done the math and realized they can’t pretend there’s no humor in the obvious for a full 4 years.
econavenger on June 5, 2009 at 6:20 PM
As I’m guessing most of you didn’t watch, there’s also a nice scene of Hillary waiting to speak with Obama. Priceless. She looks as happy as you’d expect.
jonknee on June 5, 2009 at 6:21 PM
My thoughts exactly.
If you enjoyed that bit, you will also enjoy the part (not in this clip but from the special) where Obama walks into a room full of advisors to take burger orders, and Timmy gives him the dirtiest look evah (I assume they still had not met with him at that point)
Joe Caps on June 5, 2009 at 6:23 PM
This is off topic by Michelle Malkin on the double standard between Tiller’s widely discussed murder and the Long Akansas soldier murder by a jihadi (which got far less attention), but what is shocking is Andrew Sullivan agrees with Malkin and admits he might have missed the later issue.
Mr. Joe on June 5, 2009 at 6:25 PM
When does everybody eat lunch?
Joe Caps on June 5, 2009 at 6:29 PM
EXCELLENT!!
Gimme more!
Bicyea on June 5, 2009 at 6:32 PM
I believe this qualifies as “D*mned with faint praise.”
johnsteele on June 5, 2009 at 6:32 PM
FWIW, Conan actually took a dig at Olby’s kissing of Obama’s ass last night too.
RightWinged on June 5, 2009 at 6:34 PM
he’s not the kind of guy you want on your side.
Chaz706 on June 5, 2009 at 6:36 PM
Why not? He’s a smart ambitious guy who works all the time and gets things done. That’s exactly who you want on any side.
jonknee on June 5, 2009 at 6:38 PM
Normally I would agree – until someone like Kathy Griffin went there, then uses it to validate her lame attacks on Bush, Republicans and any one that dare questions her “patriotism” with her schtick by saying “I went there – wtf have you done” to any audience member who boo’s.
But you are a wise woman who clearly is a good thinker.
Odie1941 on June 5, 2009 at 6:40 PM
He’s not like he’s goofing on Obama, that would be worthwhile.
This wasn’t funny, either. Clearly his audience didn’t know what to make of it.
blue13326 on June 5, 2009 at 6:42 PM
That last line was indeed excellent. Also liked the “Cribs” reference.
And why do I get the feeling the audience would’ve been laughing MUCH harder were it a Republican in the White House?
madne0 on June 5, 2009 at 6:42 PM
That last line was indeed excellent. Also liked the “Cribs” reference.
And why do I get the feeling the audience would’ve been laughing MUCH harder were it a Republican in the White House?
Also, what the hell is “catsup”? I thought it was Ketchup? My non-American mind can’t grasp these intricacies!!1!
madne0 on June 5, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Oops, sorry about the double post…
madne0 on June 5, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Conan has smartly determined to stay to Letterman’s right.
econavenger on June 5, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Yeah, Colbert doesn’t care about the troops. Just ignore the hundreds of thousands he’s raised for the Yellow Ribbon fund or the IAVA or the Donor’s Choose group. Yup. Totally hates the troops.
SnarkVader on June 5, 2009 at 6:46 PM
When Jon Stewart starts attacking Obama then I’ll be surprised. Stewart has always despised the media, nothing new.
terryannonline on June 5, 2009 at 6:47 PM
yeah, the last line is excellent.
…but, hey, Brian…that burger, ketchup only, with fries was not from the President, bonehead…it was from the taxpayers.
I hope you choked on it.
ladyingray on June 5, 2009 at 6:51 PM
Clearly you don’t understand the difference between a journalist (I know, the lines are getting fuzzier) and a commentator. Hannity is biased, but he’s not a journalist and never pretends to be one. His show is an opinion show- HIS OPINION. NBC News is supposed to deliver…wait for it…wait for it…THE NEWS. See the difference?
alwaysright43 on June 5, 2009 at 6:56 PM
That’s the first actually funny thing to come from the Daily Show in almost a decade. The guy might be getting his mojo back…but I won’t count on it. I’m guessing its a one off.
t.ferg on June 5, 2009 at 6:58 PM
coldwarrior on June 5, 2009 at 5:53 PM
What was everyone suddenly talking about when NK set off a nuke? Obama’s SC nominee.
Mord on June 5, 2009 at 6:58 PM
This ass-kissing media whore, has more flip flops than The International House of Pancakes basic training !
Cybergeezer on June 5, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Don’t believe it. The only reason this bozo isn’t a$$kissing Bambi is because there is no room.
Blake on June 5, 2009 at 7:00 PM
He’s from Chicago.
He’d sell his grandmother down the Illinois River if he thought it’d make him richer.
And anyone he worked for wouldn’t be an exception either. Heck, if Rahm Emmanuel thought he could get elected POTUS by selling out on Obama, he’d do it in a heartbeat.
Chaz706 on June 5, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Well, it’s worse than that. I saw him in an interview and he said something to the effect of not wanting his young daughter to watch his show because he “lies for a living”. I am hoping that he is doing this because it is an opportunity to bring smiles and home to our folks and will keep that hope until he proves me wrong. I agree with you about Ms. Griffin. Obviously I don’t know her motives but visiting the troops shouldn’t be used as a shield for vile behavior.
Cindy Munford on June 5, 2009 at 7:05 PM
GE + NBC + Obama = The biggest scam ever to be ever be pulled on our country. Corruption at the highest levels. Using the environment as a weapon to economically rape us financially to third world status.
volsense on June 5, 2009 at 7:06 PM
…Except that he’s sacrificed any hope of being a comedian by being extremely left-wing partisan to suck up to his crowd.
He makes fun the media….so long as it’s Fox, or portraying something against a conservative (in which, he just chimes in, rather than mocking said media service).
This guy ceased being funny back on his MTV days. Although, I admit, I get a sick sense of joy watching him fumble and stutter whenever he speaks without some prep or without a writer. What a complete and utter tool.
CatsGodot on June 5, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Too soft. I expect more… and again it is not making fun of Obama at all… only NBC. Next step needs to be taken before minorities are truly equal… we have to be able to take for granted and mock them. Hey I’m willing to do my part.
petunia on June 5, 2009 at 7:09 PM
I thought it was funny.
Has anyone noticed those of us on the Right will laugh, (if truly funny), at the goofs us, and the Left becomes exercised someone goofs on them? I do not think the Left knows what real humor or satire is.
The male appendage joke was hysterical!
freeus on June 5, 2009 at 7:15 PM
I am sure the stock holders are wondering how come they are the only ones not benefiting.
Cindy Munford on June 5, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Can somebody post a link for Canadian viewers? These videos do not play outside the US.
Thanks
keep the change on June 5, 2009 at 7:27 PM
God, that was so disgraceful, I am gobsmacked at the vileness.
Unreal.
benrand on June 5, 2009 at 7:40 PM
I think it is so great that one of our esteemed Network News Anchors, allows himself to be Ron Jeremied by our political system.
It is amazing.
benrand on June 5, 2009 at 7:41 PM
“Welcome to Cribs”… Racist.
(Just doing my part to weaken the word’s meaning)
RalphyBoy on June 5, 2009 at 7:51 PM
Conan O’Brien made a joke about Keith Olbermann sucking up to Obama the other night. I don’t remember the joke but I do remember it was funny enough for a chuckle. Dead silence in the studio (I suspect the audience was confused as to whether or not the subject of the joke was Obama or Olbermann).
Blacklake on June 5, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Good observation…he’s not busting on Obama at all…he’s busting on NBC. I’ve yet to see any of these clowns find anything about Obama funny yet…the crapping on their competitors, not The One.
AUINSC on June 5, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in awhile.
scrubbiedude on June 5, 2009 at 8:18 PM
I foresee an IRS audit in Mr. Liebowitz’s future (that’s Jon’s real last name).
angryed on June 5, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Yes, but he’s also a small-minded thug who says and does mean-spirited things in pursuit of power for his side. I’d rather associate with righteous people, thanks.
massrighty on June 5, 2009 at 9:00 PM
It’s a perfect match: NBC gets to s*k the President’s c*k and Obama gets to have cameras trained on him all day to stroke that ego of his. At least that’s what I hear Michelle calls it.
Mallard T. Drake on June 5, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Oh man. That last line was worth the wait.
SilverStar830 on June 5, 2009 at 9:34 PM
I am left wondering what was actually covered by the *beep*, since John just kept his mouth wide open.
Count to 10 on June 5, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Excellent Post! Very accurate.
sheebe on June 5, 2009 at 10:28 PM
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