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Stewart: Romney Endorsers Need to 'Fake It Better'

'Daily Show' host runs down candidate's tepid endorsements

(Newser) - Back in January, John McCain kicked off the big-name endorsements of Mitt Romney … by accidentally promising that "President Obama," rather than "President Romney," would turn the country around—and the endorsements haven't gotten much better since then, Jon Stewart explained last night. Other Republican...

Stewart Flips Out Over Chair Interview

Lawrence O'Donnell bit leaves 'Daily Show' host in stitches

(Newser) - After watching Lawrence O'Donnell angrily interview an empty chair Monday night after George Zimmerman's lawyer bolted from the interview, Jon Stewart could barely contain his glee. "He's grilling the chair! No, the chair doesn't have medical records to show you, it's a chair!"...

John Oliver Visits Africa for &#39;Epic&#39; UNESCO Segment
 John Oliver Visits Africa for 
 'Epic' UNESCO Segment 
The Daily Show
Mar 16, 2012 10:30 AM CDT

John Oliver Visits Africa for 'Epic' UNESCO Segment

He ridicules US decision to cut off funds

(Newser) - The Daily Show made the rare decision to forego a guest last night in favor of a John Oliver piece that, according to Jon Stewart, was "so epic that it could not be contained." Oliver looked into the US move to cut off funding to UNESCO , the UN'...

Stewart, Colbert Spank Limbaugh

Neither host happy with Rush's comments on Sandra Fluke

(Newser) - Jon Stewart worked himself up to a fever pitch last night over the Rush Limbaugh/Sandra Fluke controversy, wondering how exactly Limbaugh got "from 'young woman trying to get a private institution to cover contraception' to 'prostitution slut having constant sexy-sex on my dime.'" But, Stewart...

Jon Stewart: Virginia Bill Turns Women Into Popsicles

He sets his sights on transvaginal ultrasounds

(Newser) - A Virginia Democratic delegate told the Richmond Times-Dispatch yesterday that he thought his Republican counterparts are "probably trying to figure out a way to get [ the abortion bill brouhaha ] off the front pages." Good luck with that. Jon Stewart last night was the latest to pile...

Stewart Floored By Fox's Rape Apologist

Daily Show host mocks Liz Trotta, Rick Santorum for views on women in combat

(Newser) - Jon Stewart celebrated Valentine's Day last night by gleefully ripping into people who have a problem with the Pentagon's new policies on women in combat. He took some brief shots at Rick Santorum ("What a surprise, Prudence von StickUpHisAss has some concerns!") but saved his...

Stewart: Really? Santorum's the Frontrunner?

'Daily Show' host also baffled over contraception controversy

(Newser) - Jon Stewart took a week off from the Daily Show , and in that time, the nation managed to hand Rick Santorum three primary victories . "What the hell, America?" Stewart asked last night. "I leave you alone for one week. One week!" And it wasn't just Santorum'...

Stewart Rips Mitt&#39;s Tax Rate
 Stewart Rips 
 Mitt's Tax Rate 
'THE DAILY SHOW'
Jan 25, 2012 11:19 AM CST

Stewart Rips Mitt's Tax Rate

Poor people need better lobbyists: host

(Newser) - Jon Stewart ripped into Mitt Romney's tax return last night, and Elizabeth Warren showed up later to hammer home the point. "How can you justify making more in one day than the median American family makes in a year, while paying an effective tax rate of the guy...

Jon Stewart: Real Star of SC Debate Was...

...the audience, declares the 'Daily Show' host

(Newser) - Sure, the pundits may have deemed Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich the winners of Monday's South Carolina debate, but Jon Stewart thinks the audience was the "real star." After all, we're talking about a group of people who booed when Ron Paul mentioned the Golden Rule,...

Jon Stewart Wastes PAC Dough on Mario Batali

Super PAC also funds an ad urging South Carolina to vote for ... Herman Cain

(Newser) - Maybe giving Jon Stewart control of his super PAC wasn't Stephen Colbert's brightest move. On the Daily Show last night, Stewart confessed that he wasn't sure what to do with his newfound anonymously donated cash. "I'm just out here like a cartoon hobo that won...

Hypocritical GOP Wages Class Warfare on Romney
Hypocritical GOP Wages Class Warfare on Romney
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Jan 10, 2012 8:48 AM CST

Hypocritical GOP Wages Class Warfare on Romney

They're the 99%... of the 1%: Jon Stewart

(Newser) - The Republican presidential candidates can all agree on one thing: There is no place for class warfare or class resentment in the GOP ... except with regard to Mitt Romney. Yes, when it comes to that rich jerk, the other candidates are, one might say, resentful of his vast wealth. "...

Stewart Stages 'Intervention' to Save GOP From Newt

Daily Show host thinks Republicans have a bad addiction

(Newser) - It's not every week you find Jon Stewart and the National Review reading from the same page. The Daily Show host, echoing the conservative magazine , urged the GOP to step away from Newt Gingrich. "Chasing the Reagan has led Republicans to the basement of a broken-down abandoned drug...

Stewart: TLC's Muslim Show 'Most Boring' Ever

There's nothing controversial about 'All-American Muslim'

(Newser) - A completely baffled Jon Stewart took to the airwaves last night to weigh in on the controversy over TLC's All American Muslim. It appears the Florida Family Association—which pushed Lowe's to pull its ads from the program —is unhappy with the show because it doesn't ...

Daily Show: Romney Like the 'Man Who Fired Your Dad'

Money is his Achilles heel, John Oliver explains

(Newser) - Mitt Romney's $10,000 bet was such a big deal, John Oliver explained last night on the Daily Show , because it "feeds into the pre-existing narrative about Mitt Romney being an out-of-touch multi-millionaire." Every candidate has an Achilles heel, Oliver said, and money is Mitt's: "...

Jon Stewart: Trump Debate Will Be Best Ever

Gingrich: Other candidates are afraid of Trump

(Newser) - It looks like Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum might be the only candidates taking part in the GOP debate Donald Trump is hosting , but Jon Stewart thinks it could still be the greatest debate ever. Even "regular Republicans, the ones we used to hate, are downright scared," the...

'Daily Show' Video: Jon Stewart Is Going to Miss Herman Cain
 Stewart Is Really 
 Going to Miss Cain 
THE DAILY SHOW
Dec 6, 2011 6:18 AM CST

Stewart Is Really Going to Miss Cain

They were a match made in heaven, 'Daily Show' host explains

(Newser) - Herman Cain is "a man who believes it's appropriate to refer to a former Soviet satellite as ' Uz-beki-beki-stan-stan ,' and has never met a question he couldn't answer with '9-9-9,'" Jon Stewart reminisced last night. "I host a comedy program and don'...

Stewart to Fox: Leave Thanksgiving Alone

Obama's address didn't need to include 'God'

(Newser) - If you’re not a Fox News fan, you may have missed the "uproar” President Obama’s Thanksgiving address caused—numerous Fox hosts were outraged that the president didn’t mention God. Well, Jon Stewart is outraged over the outrage. “If I recall my grade school pageants correctly,...

Teacher Airs Daily Show in Class, Gets Suspended

Mayor of Eureka, Illinois, insists it's not just about politics

(Newser) - Note to teachers: It may not be the best idea to broadcast clips from the Daily Show to your high school students, particularly if you live in a central Illinois town the mayor describes as "very conservative." Said mayor, an uncle to one of the students in Rhett...

Surprise! Occupy Has Class Divisions, Too: Daily Show

Zuccotti Park had own 'ghetto': Samantha Bee

(Newser) - Just like the society it criticizes, Occupy Wall Street suffers class divisions of its own, and none other than the Daily Show investigated the depths of it on the day protesters were booted from Zuccotti Park—even uncovering divisions in the layout of the park. With its drum circles and...

Jon Stewart on Jerry Sandusky's Interview With Bob Costas: You Can't Even Lie Emphatically
 Sandusky 'Can't Even 
 Lie Emphatically' 
'THE DAILY SHOW'
Nov 16, 2011 9:04 AM CST

Sandusky 'Can't Even Lie Emphatically'

For a defensive coordinator, his defense sucks

(Newser) - Were you blown away by Jerry Sandusky’s excruciatingly awkward phone interview with Bob Costas ? So was Jon Stewart. “I’m no lawyer,” he said on the Daily Show last night, “but it seems to me that when you’re accused of one of the most...

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