Hopefully you got a chance to watch the Best F&$#ing News Team...Ever! That name may have been meant as a joke, but certainly no MSM news team got to the heart of the Repug hypocrisy and evilness quite like the folks at the Daily Show. Last week they were absolutely brilliant all week.
They call themselves fake news, yet, here they are doing the job the MSM should be doing. If you didn't see some of it, let's take a stroll down memory lane.
I apologize up front for no transcripts, these tend to be very long. I will transcribe a highlight for each clip though.
September 2: They're Just Getting Started
Here, as only they can do, a subtle, yeah incredibly stinging contrast of the Republicans reaction to Hurrican Gustav as opposed to that of Hurrican Katrina:
BFNTE(Looking down on the Conventioneers at the Xcel Center): When you look down on the sea of white faces down there, you realize it is a whole different country invisible to most Americans who are unaware of the grinding prosperity just miles away from where they live.
September 3: Killing it!
Let's discuss George Bush, how Guantanomo is a where leaders are born, and what Fred Thompson and Joe Leiberman think is the real problem with this country....the Republicans?
JON STEWART: It was on to tonight's two real stars, Senators Foghorn Leghorn and Droopy Dog.
FRED THOMPSON: I say, I say...
FOGHORN LOEGHORN: I say, uh-huh-huh, I say...
JOE LEIBERMAN: I'll tell you what
DROOPY DOG: You know what
JOE LEIBERMAN: I appreciate it
DROOPY DOG: I'm happy
Watch as Karl Rove, Dick Morris, and Nancy Pfotenhauer debate Karl Rove, Dick Morris and Nancy Pfotenhauer with a commentary from One Heartbeat from the Presidency Sarah Palin.
JON STEWART(after showing Dick Morris debate himself): In Dick Morris' defense, he is a lying sack of shit.
September 4: Sarah Palin and Tall
Those darn Democrats and Barack Obama, they will DESTORY AMERICA!!
RUDI GUILIANI: He worked as a community organizer (laughs)... what?..
SARAH PALIN: In this world of threats and danger, it is not just a community and it doesn't just need an organizer...I guess a small twon mayor is kind of like a community organizer, except you have actual responsibilities.
JON STEWART: Yeah! So everyone out there trying to make a difference in their communities....FUCK YOU! You stupid asses! You jerk-offs! Know what you are? You know what you are, people? You know what you are?...settle down...You're a thousand point of bullshit!
Here Samantha Bee, mocks right to their faces, the Republican spin that they love teenage pregnancy and the "choice" Bristol Palin made.
YOUNG REPUBLICAN LADY: Well yes, it's but...I--I don't think...I don't think that the decision...I-I think it should be ... not... I think that the family decision would become as how....yes, ok...
September 5: JOHN MCCAIN '08!!!
Let's get right to it....McCain's acceptance Sp....Zzzzzzzzzzz..
JOHN MCCAIN: We have to change the way we do business in Washington...
JON STEWART: I think a remember another guy with a very similar message.
BARACK OBAMA: Change doesn't come from Washington, it comes to Washington
JON STEWART: No, no, No, no, not that guy
GEORGE W BUSH (circa 2000): I want to change the tone of Washington.
JON STEWART: That's the guy! That's the guy who wants to change the tone of Washington! How'd that work out? I'm sure that the change John McCian wants to bring is different from the change George Bush wanted to bring.
GEORGE W BUSH (circa 2000): I want to lead our nation toward a culture that values life.
JOHN MCCAIN: A culture of life.
GEORGE W BUSH (circa 2000): When a school district recieves federal funds to teach poor children, we expect them to learn.
JOHN MCCAIN: We need to shake up failed school beuracracies with competition....We believe in low taxes...
GEORGE W BUSH (circa 2000): So I will reduce tax rates...
JOHN MCCAIN: I'll ask Democrats and Independents to serve with me.
GEORGE W BUSH (circa 2000): I'll work with Republicans and Democrats to get things done.
JOHN MCCAIN: And I won't care who gets the credit.
GEORGE W BUSH (circa 2000): I don't deserve all the credit.
(simultaneously)
JOHN MCCAIN: I'm grateful to the President of the United States.
GEORGE W BUSH (circa 2000): I'm grateful to John McCain.
JON STEWART: Things are really going to be different now.
And of course, the Daily Show's own unique spin on McCain's impressive biography and rapid move from Maverick to right-wing placater.
NARRATOR: Everyone assumed this son and grandson of admirals would be a star at the naval academy. He showed them (video scroll of McCain at the bottom of his class).
In the interest of fair play (why, I dunno), but mostly because while I don't like Mike Huckabee's politics, I think he is very sincere in his beliefs and actually quite humurous. I can disagree with him, but I don't loathe him like every other Republican. Here is his interview tih Jon on Thursday, pretty funny:
MIKE HUCKABEE: Well they basically called and said 'We really don't want you to speak, but we feel obligated to give you a shot." So, uh, they told me I had a minute and a half and, uh....no, what happened is they call and they say, "We'd like you to speak" or at least act like they want you to speak. So they give you the night and then they change that four or five times, so that by the time you actually do speak you don't want to anymore. That's how it works, that's what happens when you are a loser.
JON STEWART: Stop it, you're not a loser!
MIKE HUCKABEE: Thank you.
JON STEWART: Romney! Romeny is a loser! You, you are not.
(Huckabee laughing)
There are many more videos, and I wish more and more folks could see them, because they are crushing to the Republicans and exposes them for what they are....liars, hypocrites, and extremist.
UPDATE (hat tip to chandu): Here is a link for
full episodes of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.