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Daily Show mocks Limbaugh, Beck claims that Sotomayor is a racist

July 17, 2009 9:02 am ET

From the July 16 edition of Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart:

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    • Author by nerzog (July 17, 2009 9:16 am ET)
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      I wish the MSM had the balls to take on these asshats the way Jon Stewart does.
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    • Author by Bad News (July 17, 2009 9:30 am ET)
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      I was with Jon Stewart until the last picture of Judge Sotomayor in gang tatoos.

      You should never mess with a woman's appearance.

      But yes it was rolling on the floor funny.


      Mr. News
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    • Author by epkklk851 (July 17, 2009 9:34 am ET)
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      This was funny! I loved the deliberate and instaneous distortion of everything that was being said about her and how an innocent remark can become twisted as soon as it is uttered. I think this is the most insightful piece I have seen done on Judge Sotomayor.
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    • Author by The_Cat (July 17, 2009 10:16 am ET)
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      Satire at it's finest. I'm with nerzog in wishing that more media outlets would hire writers with this kind of talent. Of course, talent costs money, and is one of the first things to go to help improve profits. Witness reality television.
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    • Author by dmhack (July 17, 2009 10:48 am ET)
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      On Comedy Central this is biting satire.
      On FNC this is investigative reporting.
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    • Author by Handsome Pete (July 17, 2009 12:12 pm ET)
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      It would probably help republicans case of making her out to be a racist (which I don't believe she is) if they didn't have their biggest racist commentators (Pat Buchannan, Rush Limbaugh) calling her racist, and one of their biggest racist senators (Jefferson Beauregard Sessions) questioning her. Their faux outrage would only ring more hollow if George Allen, Trent Lott, Jesse Helms and Strom Thurmond were up there with Sessions.
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      • Author by nerzog (July 17, 2009 12:42 pm ET)
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        I think they're doing it on purpose, partly as an inside joke, and partly to demonstrate just how stupid their base is. Rush does it all the time with his audience, and, since he's running the GOP now, I have no doubt that they're doing the same thing with their drooling constituents.

        They are gleefully demonstrating that, no matter how outrageous and dishonest they are, a certain percentage of Southern White Bigots will always support them.
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      • Author by nerzog (July 17, 2009 12:45 pm ET)
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        It sort of reminds me of a scene from Conan the Barbarian, where James Earl Jones demonstrates his power by having one of his acolytes jump to her death. He then turns to the Governor of California and says, "Now that's power, boy."

        The Republicans are showing Obama their brainless followers and proclaiming, "Now that's power, boy."
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