Was Jon Stewart doing ‘Amos n Andy’ imitation of Herman Cain?
Jon Stewart and Fox News have been going back and forth the past few days ever since Stewart appeared on Chris Wallace’s show. How liberal is Jon Stewart? How conservative is Fox News?
Then Georgia presidential candidate Herman Cain took offense at a recent Stewart imitation of Cain. After Cain jokingly said he’d like bills to be only three pages long, Stewart mocked him via a voice somewhat like Cain’s and implied Cain does not like to read. Here’s the exact joke:
JON STEWART, HOST, “THE DAILY SHOW”: While Pawlenty attempts to get us to face the problem inside us, candidate Herman Cain offers real solutions to fictional issues.
HERMAN CAIN (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Don’t try to pass a 2,700-page bill. You and I didn’t have time to read it. We are too busy trying to live, send our kids to school. That’s why I’m going to only allow small bills, three pages. You will have time to read that one over the dinner table.
STEWART: Bills will be three pages. If I am president, treaties will have to fit on the back of a cereal box. From now on, the State of the Union address will be delivered in the form of a fortune cookie. I am Herman Cain, and I do not like to read.
And here is what Cain has to say with Juan Williams on Fox News:
WILLIAMS: Tell me what’s your beef with Jon Stewart.
CAIN: First of all, Jon Stewart is a comedian. I understand that. But when he starts to mock the three-page joke, him being a comedian, he ought to have known that that was a joke. But he took it seriously and then he started to stretch it out with all of the other stuff. Now, when he mocked me in the dialogue of the old “Amos and Andy”…
WILLIAMS: Dialect.
CAIN: Dialect of the old “Amos and Andy.” I think that was a bit much. But, you know, he is a comedian. I’m running for office. I’m a problem-solver.
WILLIAMS: You know, one of the things that drives conservatives crazy, Mr. Cain, is when liberals respond to any criticism by playing the race card.
CAIN: Right.
WILLIAMS: Are people going to say, “Hey, Herman Cain is now playing the race card on Jon Stewart”?
CAIN: I’m not playing the race card. Some people in the media are playing the race card. I didn’t complain. Look, the list of names that I have been called and the many times that people have tried to pull me into the race card game, I just have refused. I have got a long list of names in my radio studio where every name in the book they have called me. So I really am not overly — I’m not offended by what he was trying to do. He’s a comedian. I’m a problem-solver. So I wasn’t — I’m not the one playing that card. Some other people are playing that card. It’s not about color. I keep saying that. It’s about content of ideas and it is about character.
And here is Stewart defending himself on his own show last night by pulling the “I’m just a comedian who makes fun of everybody’s dialect” argument. It is actually funny to watch Stewart do mock accents of everyone from Dick Cheney to Pres. Obama:
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191 comments Add your comment
Steven Colbert
June 29th, 2011
2:26 pm
Really? Y’all republicans have nothing better to do than figure out if a comedian made a joke or not. How about letting partisan politics go, so that something actually gets accomplished!!!!
Brian
June 29th, 2011
2:32 pm
That’s racist. Wait, it was a liberal mocking a conservative. Never mind.
whocares
June 29th, 2011
2:34 pm
That was too funny!!!!
Seriously...
June 29th, 2011
2:35 pm
Republicans have such thin skin.
Jon Stewart
June 29th, 2011
2:37 pm
I second that Steven!!!!
Rival
June 29th, 2011
2:37 pm
Fox News is such a joke.
BFS
June 29th, 2011
2:38 pm
I am a huge Cain supporter, but he should not be surprised to be lampooned by Stewart. Have you heard him on Obama?
John
June 29th, 2011
2:42 pm
Herman Cain should be worried if John Stewart is NOT talking about him.
Philip
June 29th, 2011
2:42 pm
All you have to do is watch his show, last night he showed how he MOCKS everyone…from Obama to Bush…My favorites that he does are Liberman and Cheney.
gernblanski
June 29th, 2011
2:42 pm
You know why Stewart mocked him? Cain himself says he is a problem solver and not a comedian. Herman should have clarified his 3-page bill was not to solve an actual problem but was a joke. Its all in the delivery.
Frederick Ferguson
June 29th, 2011
2:43 pm
Herman Cain is one ignorant, bigoted, close-case clown who will NEVER be President of the United States.
Paul Cummings
June 29th, 2011
2:45 pm
I’m sorry but Sewart’s Amos and Andy dialect was racist.
jd
June 29th, 2011
2:47 pm
It was extremely racist, but as a liberal mocking a conservative and a southerner, he will never be called on it. By the way Rodney, it wasn’t one bit funny
wagwar
June 29th, 2011
2:49 pm
Fox’s proof of a liberal news bias: a comedian on Comedy Central
Sherman Cain
June 29th, 2011
2:49 pm
So Fox gets up in arms when Obama supporters play the “race card,” then turns around and plays the race card in defense of Tea Party darling Herman Cain. That seems pretty dumb to me.
Where was Fox when Stewart was trotting out a muppet to imitate Michael Steele? Where was Fox when said muppet was uttering things like “hipple-ty bipple” on the Daily Show?
From the persepective of a moderate, it seems that Fox is just trying to drum up drama in an attempt to continue the storyline that they’re merely victims of a liberal main-stream media.
By the way, how can the highest rated news network claim to not be part of the main-stream media. They would seem as main-stream as it gets.
Blog comments are retarded
June 29th, 2011
2:49 pm
I’m largely conservative but Stewart is funny. He always has been. He’s a liberal, sure. But he’ll point out dumb things that a liberal says too. Look, as of right now, Cain is my guy in 2012 but Stewart was right, that was a silly statement. Stewart didn’t say that Cain can’t read . . . that would have been offensive.
Rick B
June 29th, 2011
2:50 pm
If Jon Stewart (not his real name, btw, because he must be embarrassed by his Jewish heritage) were funny, then this would be a different story. He appeals to the stoners who have not the intelligence to get their news from any other source. But, hey, so long as the sheep will bleet for him, he may as well make a buck.
mister buzzy
June 29th, 2011
2:50 pm
Please. Stewart is an equal-opportunity offender. He is far more likely to adopt a self-effacing Brooklynese Jewish dialect. Everyone is fair game. Cain is a one trick pony Boortz-belt wannabe conservative. But hey, I think Obama is way too conservative and should never cave to moderates in his own party.
Prime Star
June 29th, 2011
2:51 pm
More important is the fact that Cain screwed employees out of tens of millions of dollars when he was at Aquila. Let him laugh that off. Cain is a yay-hoo appealing to the lowest common denominator, which pretty much describes the tea-tards.
Big Jim
June 29th, 2011
2:53 pm
Nothing racist about what Stewart said.I’ll give in if,and only if,conservatives can tell Fat-baugh or Insannity to stay completely away from their targets…..minorities.That means no more backing the guys who think the Obama “the magic negro” song (by Fat-baugh) was FUNNY!
left/right? i care
June 29th, 2011
2:57 pm
cain, cain go away, do not come again another day. finally, a true racial issue. hahaha. and….i say, get over it. comedians make fun of everyone. i did not see i did not hear it. but if stewart can do amos and andy, and a lot of Blacks cant even mimic them? let him do it. life is short. cain will not be prez and this “argument” is crazy. and which channel???? foxnews?? hahahaha
CmdrR
June 29th, 2011
2:58 pm
Is it really too much to focus on creating jobs, ending 3 wars, fixing education…
Oh, why bother? It’s gonna be a loooong summer. Who gets to ask Michelle Bachman, “Boxers or briefs?” or is that sexist?
mmm, mmm, mmm, Barack the LIAR Obama
June 29th, 2011
2:59 pm
Frederick Ferguson
You sir are a jackass. I am white and Herman Cain called me and we spoke over a half hour about my stage IV colon cancer – just like Herman had and beat.
ACAINFAN
June 29th, 2011
2:59 pm
Jon Stewart is not only a comedian, he is an arrogant, leftist idiot. He is not worth Herman Cain’s time. The only unfortunate part is that when Herman Cain makes a statement like the “three page” reference which pointed out that 2,000-3,000 page bills are rarely even read by those who vote on them, his words are twisted and mocked. Considering the fact that great documents like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are shorter than many of our current bills, criticism of our “long-on-words” but “short-on-common sense” politicians is valid.
Sherman Cain
June 29th, 2011
3:00 pm
Anyone else find it laughable that a “legitimate” news organization is picking a fight with a comedian?
Uncle Remus
June 29th, 2011
3:03 pm
Herman Caine deserves to be mocked. I thought the impression was spot on!!
Janney
June 29th, 2011
3:04 pm
Get over it, conservatives. If you would develop a sense of humor, your world view might change a bit.
ron banged
June 29th, 2011
3:05 pm
Yes Stewart and Colbert make fun of liberals. But the ration of lampooning of conservatives to liberals is 5 to 1, and on Colbert, if you don’t count his guests, who he treats with respect, it is 10 to 1. And it is not just the ratio but the tone. The mocking of the liberals is more cushioned and mild…the conservatives get the scathing, running joke, want-to-make-you-a-permanent-laughing-stock treatment. When a friend makes fun of you, they do it with a wink…Stewart and Colbert are never winking at the conservatives.
FWIW-Colbert is 50X funnier than Stewart. Stewart is an blowhard who has come to think of himself as a real intellectual, I get tired of his preaching. At least Colbert seems to still realize he is a comedian. Stewart is the left’s Rush Limbaugh…and I mean that in a bad way.
GA_Observer
June 29th, 2011
3:08 pm
Big Jim the Rush song was parody of an LA Times liberal article and precisely quotes the liberal author, David Ehrenstein. Do your context research. It’s hilarious in the way he intended is as a “tweak” to you stupid liberals who now use it to support your false thesis.
By contrast Jon Stewart has no depth to his schtick, it’s just mean. And if a conservative used the “Negro dialect” (Google this and Harry Reid) as a comedy prop they’d be out faster than Imus.
Ummmm
June 29th, 2011
3:10 pm
Personally, I would have found it more racist if Stewart DIDN’T make fun of Cain and the reasoning for being hands off was because Cain was black and Stewart didn’t want to seem racist. He’s an equal opportunity offender, and at least Cain understands that.
thomas
June 29th, 2011
3:13 pm
“Herman Cain is one ignorant, bigoted, close-case clown who will NEVER be President of the United States”
versus some blogger named fredrick ferguson who most likely has no control of any part of his life. too funny
scott oneill
June 29th, 2011
3:16 pm
Stewart is an idiot and one has to ask “why is this man even on tv”? His show is incredibly boring.
Dawgfan
June 29th, 2011
3:17 pm
If you listen to Herman Cain HE almost sounds like he’s imitating Amos and Andy. Is Herman Cain being racist?
John S
June 29th, 2011
3:17 pm
Enter your comments here
Dawgfan
June 29th, 2011
3:18 pm
When black comedians do their “white man voice” when they make fun of the fact white people can’t dance, is that being racist?
Oh wait, I remember, black people can’t be racist. Nevermind.
Southgate
June 29th, 2011
3:19 pm
Say what you will of TDS and Stewart but do not forget that he reaches younger voters in a way that the GOP only wishes they could..
radiowxman
June 29th, 2011
3:20 pm
Liberal (or one of the left’s sacred cows) makes inappropriate jokes or comments about minorities/women/homosexuals: “Oh, that was just a botched joke or misspoken reference. No big deal. You all read too much into it.”
Conservative makes same inappropriate joke: Racist/sexist/bigot/homophobe who should be stoned in public or just stripped his or her position. And we’ll still bring it up 6 years later.
TheTruthHurts
June 29th, 2011
3:22 pm
yes John Stewart is a Racist to say something like that about a black person ….What a RACIST!!!!!!!
whatdoiknow
June 29th, 2011
3:22 pm
Jon Stewart is a racist.
Alex
June 29th, 2011
3:26 pm
Of course he did. If a white conservative acted and said what he did about black politician, it would be all over the mainstream media, ie cbs abc nbc cnn and the print media calling for his resignation from the network. He would be called hate filled and a racist. So like Bernie suggested, Stewart, you are a racist. You like to hide behind your comedic cape. You’re a coward and you’re not funny at all. Never were on Mtv when I did watch you. Racist Bigot.
Sogooden
June 29th, 2011
3:28 pm
Oh please!!!!! I am Black and I thought it was funny. This is not a racial issue. Herman Cain’s an idiot, end of commentary.
JD
June 29th, 2011
3:29 pm
I thought Stewart mocking himself mocking all of the politicians last night was hilarious. Lierberman and Cheney were his best, but his New Yorker is funny too.
Dave R.
June 29th, 2011
3:31 pm
So Cain doesn’t like it when a comedian makes a joke about his joke? Talk about the pot calling the kettle black — oops, I guess that’s racist too.
Eric
June 29th, 2011
3:31 pm
Hey, Herman, do us all a favor and go back to running a pizza business. You deserve to be mocked!
Jason
June 29th, 2011
3:32 pm
Did he mock him? Of course. What kind of stupid headline is that. Is it a surprise? Of course not. Stewart is a staunch liberal and he hides behind his comdedian label which is a joke itself. Didn’t this happen last week? And you’re talking about it now? I guess the left media is feeling the heat from ignoring it, eh Rod?
Billy
June 29th, 2011
3:35 pm
“You like to hide behind your comedic cape.”
You mean just like how Fox hides behind their “News” cape. All of their shows focusing on John Stewart, on Comedy Central. They are a joke.
Bernie Goldberg called it an “Amos and Andy” routine. He played the race card. Love how conservatives are now experts on what is racist and what isnt. If his show is so incredibly boring, why are you watching?
Eric
June 29th, 2011
3:37 pm
Amen to Billy’s comment!
Katherine
June 29th, 2011
3:37 pm
i love how liberals come to the defense of a slimeball like stewart but if this was a white comedian mocking obama in 2008, they would be shunned and branded a racist and you know it. So most of you are a bunch of hypocrites. And his impersonation is not like cain so give it a rest and I never heard him immitate obama until AFTER this happened. Gee wonder why. I wish stewart would just go to his craphole and disappear.
Apropos
June 29th, 2011
3:37 pm
Don’t accuse only the GOP of partisan politics. The left is just as guilty as the right when it comes to partisan politics.
Libertarian
June 29th, 2011
3:38 pm
If you extremists would please actually WATCH and OBSERVE and LISTEN to the ENTIRE video, you will see that Herman Cain himself does that southern accent. So sorry if Herman Cain’s accent/presentation sounds Amos & Andy-ish. He used it before Jon Stewart did. The problem is, that once you are called a racist, there’s hardly anything you can do. Don’t buckle down, Stewart.
HENRY
June 29th, 2011
3:39 pm
JON STEWART IS AN ASS………….PERIOD
winston smith
June 29th, 2011
3:39 pm
radiowxman… nobody said it was botched. It wasn’t botched at all. Did you even watch the video of Stewart doing all his voices? Connies whine and moan about political correctness as long as it suits their needs. Stewart wasn’t even being mean spirited at all. There’s a difference between satire and a rant, and a lot of people miss that fine line.
And FREEDOM OF SPEECH means we can say whatever we want, you can respond however you want, and as long as the government doesn’t arrest anyone, it’s all fair game. But connies love to moan and whine… moan and whine… moan and whine…
Racist?no..
June 29th, 2011
3:43 pm
The issue isn’t whether the dialect is racist. It’s that Stewart – a comedian who takes serious issues and lampoons them – took a joke and lampooned it, as if it was a serious statement.
So his audience is laughing at Mr. Cain for being oh, so stupid, rather than laughing with Mr. Cain for making a joke in the first place. I like Jon Stewart, but lampoon comedy shouldn’t fake facts to make someone look silly. There are enough real, silly facts/subjects to lampoon, without stooping to this.
It makes me wonder why Jon Stewart chose to allow his audience to think Mr. Cain was making a serious statement, just so he could make him look silly. I admit that, for me, it appears Stewart was more interested in making a republican candidate look bad, than creating good comedy. But that can’t be true – Jon Stewart makes it clear he’s far superior to that kind of low-brow stunt.
Harris
June 29th, 2011
3:43 pm
Um Billy, it is news from 9 am until 8 pm. Then they have opinionated programs that discuss various things ranging from the economy to politics to entertainment events. Your comment is really dumb. What shows focus on Stewart? I’ve seen him mentioned on 3 shows over the past 10 days for about 5 minutes? Yes that is really focusing. Bernie, since you are a complete idiot, said he DOESN”T think stewart is racist but he decided he would ACT like a liberal does and just say yes he’s racist. It doesn’t surprise me you missed that part, being the typical dumb liberal idiot stereotype that is evident everywhere from Obuma getting elected in the first place. Nice change you voted for moron!!
TG
June 29th, 2011
3:43 pm
Sorry, fail. I didn’t see anything racist about his skit. (See the way Bill Maher ALWAYS pulls the “brotha” card when a Black is on his show. To me that’s borderline. But this Stewart thing is not even close.)
Folks, this is a non-story being hyped by FoxNews for one reason–Stewart continues to EMBARRAS S them! He EVISCERATED Bill O’Reilly on the whole Common non-story, and he played Chris Wallace a couple weeks ago like an old piano. They, being the juevinile, faux news organization they are, are known for doing tit-for-tat, so this is their M.O. They try to bury “enemies” whether a story has merit or not. This story, as Stewart shows in his montage, has no merit. I’m surprised so many folks continue to fall for Fox’s okeydoke.
TruthBe
June 29th, 2011
3:44 pm
Jon Stewart and the rest of the corrupt media only make fun of the republicans and never do the make fun of Obama and company. What if Stewart mocked obama the liberal media would attack Stwart. Obama is a stupid educated fool with NO idea in what he’s doing. Obama looks like a black version of a howdie dudie puppet. Soros being his puppet master.
Obama Bin Lyin
June 29th, 2011
3:46 pm
Godfather’s Pizza? I prefer deep dish Chicago style !
I look forward to my next appearance with Jon Stewart to discuss a little stimulus to stimulate the economy.
Dave in Marietta
June 29th, 2011
3:46 pm
And to think that the election is still 16 months away. Since I can’t hibernate until then, I am going to impose a personal news blackout and resurface on election day. I’m already tired of the bipartisan BS. And none of it ever changes my opinion.
Jon Stu Art Flushing
June 29th, 2011
3:46 pm
Hi! This is Jon Stewart. Aren’t I hilarious! I’m too smart to run for office, when I can poke fun of people who do. I fact, unlike Mr. Herman Cain, I don’t take anything seriously! Why’s he so upset, anyway? We have a black president. Ha, ha! Hey!
TG
June 29th, 2011
3:47 pm
P.S. Herman Cain’s “three page bill” spiel was not a “joke.” It was hyperbole. He meant it, but not to that degree. Basically he was just saying bills should be short enough so that the Congress folks WHO HAVE TO VOTE ON THEM, will actually get a chance to read them. That’s not a novel or contraversial idea. I think most would agree with that.
Cain should take this as a lesson. He needs to be more careful with his hyperbolic language, he continues to dig holes for himself. He was made a FOOL of on that last Republican debate when he tried to back out of his “I don’t feel comfortable around Muslims” statement. Instead of just saying, “I will take the war against radical Islam seriously,” he chose to by hyperbolic, thereby making himself look foolish. He needs to stop trying to grab headlines and be a serios person who THINKS before he speaks. Not that he has even an iota chance of winning, but in the process of running, he can at least be taken more seriously with less gaffes.
TG
June 29th, 2011
3:50 pm
TruthBe, Jon Stewart NEVER makes fun of Obama? Are you serious?
See, that’s why people like you lose credibility, even when you might have an important point to make. You don’t have to LIE to make your points!
Liberal in a Strange Land
June 29th, 2011
3:52 pm
I have lived in this conservative, sad state my whole life. Stewart is funny, bright, and has the wonderful ability to get under the skin of that other fake news organization, FOX news. I was curious as to how the AJC would cover the story – and I am very sad – there is no way an intelligent person could believe that Cain was not joking, he was serious and Stewart called him on it. Save your vote for Cain, he isn’t even a contender. I am praying for Michelle Bachman – and the Republicans are just dumb enough to pick her!!!
Ty
June 29th, 2011
3:53 pm
This people is why if I were China I would be asking for my money back..asap. How can a country with the problem we have spend this time on this foolishness. We have clearly had it too good for too long and only know how to be up in arms about meaningless issues. I am black and anyone black white or otherwise who calls this racist should no longer be allowed to vote because clearly you are an idiot!!!
COMEDY CENTRAL
June 29th, 2011
3:55 pm
political satire and lampooning has been far more aggressive and acrid in the 1800’s than anything Jon Stewart has ever said
Scooter
June 29th, 2011
3:55 pm
Since Stewart is not a conservative it was not racist.
Carter
June 29th, 2011
3:59 pm
When has he ever done Obama? Probably only in recent weeks since his bias and racism has been pointed out….finally.
Billy
June 29th, 2011
3:59 pm
“it is news from 9 am until 8 pm.” LOL!!
So Harris, you buy into the Fox propaganda marketing too, its called the Fox NEWS Channel.
Harris, did you watch the clip that is with this posting? Obviously not. You are good with the name calling. “dumb, liberal idiot….and moron.” Wow, good for you Mr. Conservative. What else you want to call me? You’re a great American. Try paying attention.
Mike
June 29th, 2011
3:59 pm
I’m sorry … but that wasn’t racist at all. herman cain talks just like that. I don’t think he was thinking of Amos and Andy while mocking him. He was trying to mimic his old school Hank Aaron type voice.
I’m black. Brother to the core. Born and raised in college park, GA. And I’d bet any of you $1000 bucks that Herman Cain says corch instead of coach.
tuno
June 29th, 2011
4:01 pm
Ever notice how everything that the far left kooks accuse the right of being are always flaws and traits of themselves? They project better than anyone.
O-me
June 29th, 2011
4:07 pm
MSNBC is such a joke! Best know as the hate channel.
Jon Cain
June 29th, 2011
4:08 pm
A bigger joke is that Herman Cain is running for president…that’s even funnier than his ‘three page bill’ .
Common sense
June 29th, 2011
4:09 pm
@ Mike,
Of course it wasn’t racist, that’s not the point. When 90% of the media is liberal and openly supports one form of twisted ideology to a fault by accusing any and everything a Conservative does/says as “racist,” it’s fair to point out actions and comments by the left that would far more warrant the racism charge, such as this so-called comedian and the thousands of other examples that the left have provided us with that media happily ignores. That’s the point.
Barack Hussein Obama
June 29th, 2011
4:09 pm
I am PRESIDENT of all 57 states !
fred
June 29th, 2011
4:09 pm
I’d take that bet Mike..just shows you don’t know your brother very well. Cain is one very smart man.
Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele
June 29th, 2011
4:11 pm
Bibblty there’s a lot of bibble going on in hibble. My main man Beef Stew was just making some jokes, no need to get all up in bibbles about it. Bibble?
Beef Stew lampoons everybibble on this great big bibble called Earth. He makes fun of MSNBC, CNN, and Fox Bibble. He’s made fun of Kerry-bibble, Bush-bibble, Obibble and now Herman Cain. He’s just a comedian y’all, doin what comedians do.
Fox Bibble has decided to let this little bibble get under their bobble and now we’ve got a whole bibble-ty bobble on our hands. Everybody bibble? You see, Fox Bibble gets ratings by fostering this false bibble that the mainstream media is all liberal-bibble. So then everything ever said by any poor bibble that in any way conflicts with the conservative viewpoint advanced by Fox Bibble is an attack on conservatives and evidence of liberally biased bibble. Fox Bibble is running with this bibble because they know that their viewers will get up in arms and watch more TV.
Stewart is a funny man. He makes fun of people who deserve to get made fun of. Right now he’s bibbling on Fox News because they darn well deserve it. Bibble out y’all.
Ike
June 29th, 2011
4:11 pm
Cain is an intelligent person that has actually had a real job and been successful at it. Unlike the dumbo looking Odumba that has never had a real job and only disorganized communities.
The real joke is that this moron suckered millions of people into thinking he’s accomplished and competent while having zero work history.
Gary
June 29th, 2011
4:12 pm
It really is sad how many people seem to get their news and opinions from John Stewart.
Houckster
June 29th, 2011
4:13 pm
JASON writes: … Stewart is a staunch liberal and he hides behind his comdedian label which is a joke itself.
ME: Fox is an ultra conservative news outlet hiding behind a journalistic label. The comments on Fox were purposely geared towards having the viewer draw a specific conclusion. There is no relationship between Fox and responsible journalism.
O-me
June 29th, 2011
4:13 pm
The joke is in the White House… when not flying all over the world spending tax payers money.
m
June 29th, 2011
4:14 pm
Jon Stewart’s Lieberman impression is priceless.
The thing that is so hilarious about Fox News is that they treat Stewart and Colbert like they have legitimate news shows. They are political comedians! It’s just so sad that Fox News people pick fights with comedians.
Troglodyke
June 29th, 2011
4:14 pm
Liberal (or one of the left’s sacred cows) makes inappropriate jokes or comments about minorities/women/homosexuals: “Oh, that was just a botched joke or misspoken reference. No big deal. You all read too much into it.”
Conservative makes same inappropriate joke: Racist/sexist/bigot/homophobe who should be stoned in public or just stripped his or her position. And we’ll still bring it up 6 years later.
Oh, come ON. This could EASILY be flipped, and you know it! Conservatives take complete UMBRAGE at stuff “liberals” say, and ignore their own party’s skeletons.
BOTH mainstream parties do it. It’s stupid, but it’s politics.
And yes, Stewart does poke more at Republicans than Dems. But you have to admit: the poking he does is deserved. You may not think it’s funny (I do), but it’s not inaccurate.
I don’t think it’s much of a stretch to say that left-leaning individuals have better senses of humor than right-leaning individuals.
Farley
June 29th, 2011
4:14 pm
If Stewart really wanted comedy then he would play any of the hundreds of Youtube videos showing Obama attempting to complete a setence without his beloved teleprompter in his face. Now that is hilarious!!!!
Gary
June 29th, 2011
4:15 pm
Sarcasm is not political dialog. It is also lazy humor.
Bubba
June 29th, 2011
4:15 pm
Folks, you all need to take a chill pill and stop drinking the Fox coolaid! Pl go watch his clip from last night, and see for yourself, that he has mocked everybody!!!! Pl do not make an issue when there is none. He is a COMEDIAN, for crying out loud!
I'm Shocked
June 29th, 2011
4:16 pm
Why the hell should anyone “care about” OR “what” Jon Stewart says. Nuff Said.
who are you kidding?
June 29th, 2011
4:16 pm
Trog –
Are you serious? The left have been providing comedians with a gold mind of gaffes and follies for decades!!! But since most entertainers are liberal they refuse to tap into this winning lottery ticket.
Liberals say and do the most moronic things on the planet.
Jonesin
June 29th, 2011
4:18 pm
What really has Stewart pi$$ed is that Wallace nailed him on the head. Stewart doesn’t just want to be a comedian, he wants to influence ideologies and shape the political arena into his liking. That is what has Johnny boy’s panties in a wad.
Billy
June 29th, 2011
4:18 pm
Its really sad that people get their news and opions from FNC
As Chris Wallace said, we tell the other side. Not both sides….the other side. FOX isnt fair and balanced, they skew conservative on ALL of their shows, even the so-called news shows. Stewart calls them out and then get all in a little hissy fit.
What Houckster said.
Jennifer
June 29th, 2011
4:19 pm
Herman’s a terrific guy, but unfortunately now that he’s in the spotlight his warts are showing. CNN made him look really bad during an interview last night, all he kept saying was “:I don’t have a specific answer on that, I”ll get back to you”
Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele
June 29th, 2011
4:20 pm
Why are all you bibbles getting so bent out of bibble? My brother Beef Stew did Pizza Guy a favor.
Everybibble knows Herman Cain is just running so he can make more bibble with book deals and speaking engagements. Same goes for Newt Bibble, Michelle Bachbibble, and every other bibble in the Republican primary.
And to the bibbles lashing out on Beef Stew and the bibbles that watch his bibble every weeknight, you realize that his bibbles are consistantly more informed than the average Fox viewer? That’s some major bibble right there.
Bibble out y’all.
Al Gore
June 29th, 2011
4:21 pm
What’s the big deal?
Ever hear me do my Negro preacher routine when I speak before African-American audiences?
Even Hillary Clinton does it.
Then again, we are liberals and can get away with it.
Yo, Herman. You be all wet, bro !
peachtree st.
June 29th, 2011
4:21 pm
Stewart is just yet another hypocritical, gutless, self-loving liberal d-bag that has never once practiced what he preaches.
Wanda THE MOMMA
June 29th, 2011
4:23 pm
Are you people serious!! Jon Stewart mocks everyone there wasn’t anything racist in that bit and Fox must really be bored to waste so much time on a joke. Its Comedy Central not CNN or Fox News.. please we got bigger issues than this. But of course it got everyone’s attention for a moment away from the REAL ISSUES.. the Economy, the undeclared War..etc.. I could go on and on and last I am a black American woman.
Midori
June 29th, 2011
4:23 pm
just from reading these comments, I have to conclude that your conservatives are complete and utter idiots.
I sure hope none of you live near me.
NKExperience
June 29th, 2011
4:23 pm
“i love how liberals come to the defense of a slimeball like stewart but if this was a white comedian mocking obama in 2008, they would be shunned and branded a racist and you know it.”
Like…say…Fred Armison on Saturday Night Live, Katherine? I’d say most took that in the satircal vein in which it was intended.
Slammin' Salmone
June 29th, 2011
4:24 pm
Billy,
You are either mistaken or lying, probably the latter. Wallace said they “tell the other side” compared to MSNBC. Most informed, educated, sensible people took that as meaning the TRUTH when compared to such a disgusting, obvious propaganda wing of the far-left Neo-Comm movement.
Good day
Midori
June 29th, 2011
4:25 pm
before you nickpit and pound your chests in “triumph”, I see the typo I made (”your” instead of “you”)
O-me
June 29th, 2011
4:26 pm
Billy @4:18
Change the word Conservative to liberal and everything you said would be MSNBC…wake up and smell the coffee.
hahahahaha!!!!!
June 29th, 2011
4:26 pm
Conservatives are stupid yet the since liberal way that has been forced upon us for the past 4 years (since the kooks took over Congress in 2007) has done nothing but destroy this country?
my Lord Dems are frighteningly idiotic!!!!
Alice
June 29th, 2011
4:28 pm
Stewart is a pretentious d-bag and jerk to boot. I figured that out a long time ago. Now Stephen Colbert is comic genius. I love me some Stephen Colbert.
Corgie
June 29th, 2011
4:31 pm
If IQ tests were mandatory for voting privileges then the Dems would never win another election at any level, that includes local PTA’s.
voice of reason
June 29th, 2011
4:31 pm
Where do I start with this one??? Cain is offended by Jon Stewart’s joke which was a response to Cain’s joke. How ironic is that? Just like Cain was joking, Jon was joking so that should even out, right? A comedian’s job is to make fun of people. Show me a comedian that doesn’t incorporate stereotypes (racial, gender, regional, age, cultural etc) into their routine and I’ll show you a starving comedian. What makes it offensive is when a comedian targets one specific group.
Having said that, if he intends to run for president, he can expect much worse things to be said of him during the campaign. Things that almost every man, woman and child will agree is racist or offensive. If he’s already complaining about offensive remarks by a comedian, it tells me he’s too thin-skinned to make it through the most grueling test in the world.
Say what you will about Obama, Bush, Clinton and any of their predecessors but they’re not men who complain about being made fun of.
Terry
June 29th, 2011
4:32 pm
Of course he did the Amos & Andy skit and he is a racist. If you can’t see it in the video you are blind & deaf.
But it is okay b/c he & tools like Bill Maher will never be called out about it from the circle of racist friends. They are
-White
-Liberal
-Jewish
-Northeastern
and part of “The Untouchables”
They only hang out w/ other rich, white liberals in the Hamptons. These people never associate with blacks.
John
June 29th, 2011
4:33 pm
@ voice of reason,
Will you please compile a complete list of all the “horrible, crude, offensive” things Obama had to endure by comedians during his campaign?
Thanks, we all look forward to your “list”
C Anthony
June 29th, 2011
4:34 pm
Midori..no one would wish to live by you DA.
BAXTER
June 29th, 2011
4:34 pm
Terry,
Ever notice that the states with the most blacks are conservative and the states with the least are generally blue?
Because just like you said, they never have to deal or associate with them.
jim
June 29th, 2011
4:35 pm
Sticks and stones, you liberal morons. When Jon Stewart gets called on the carpet, he’s just “being a comedian”. But the rest of his show is “real news”?! Give me a break. His show has always been a stage to bash republicans. But, always remember it’s on the COMEDY CHANNEL and can be somewhat amusing at times. His problem is he tries to be serious and gets defensive when not taken seriously. All you have to do is see how he reacts in interviews when criticized or worse criticizing a democrat. He looks like a baby, crying out “please take my politics seriously”. If you get your “news” from a comedy channel show, you are definitely an mtv generation illiterate. Johnny Carson wouldn’t act that way in interviews. Also, Jon Stewart wasn’t the original funnyman who got that show off and running.
Justin
June 29th, 2011
4:35 pm
It was a funny bit. Yes, he was mocking Cain, as he does to a lot of politicians. Only problem, if Stewart was a conservative and Cain a liberal, this would be front page on every newspaper and news show, no questions asked. Have no problem with Stewart’s humor–he’s one of the best satirists on TV–I do have a big problem with the liberal double standard on race.
Always Right
June 29th, 2011
4:36 pm
That Jon Stewart bit was so racist that no link is posted here because it would offend the sesibilities on anyone who saw and heard it.
fred
June 29th, 2011
4:38 pm
well said, Justin
Always Right
June 29th, 2011
4:38 pm
Racist bigoted ethnic jokes are okay so long as ones intent is to be funny. Strange new world.
Nate E
June 29th, 2011
4:38 pm
Let me get this straight… A fairly accurate impersonation of Cain is automatically racist? I would understand if Stewart overexaggerated with some sort of “ebonics” dialect, but this was seriously nothing.
FYI I also take issue with liberals who automatically pull the “race card” out on every issue.
neo
June 29th, 2011
4:40 pm
If the shoes were on the other feet (Stewart a repub and Cain a dem) this would be racist fodder for all media 24/7. This much is certain.
Terry
June 29th, 2011
4:40 pm
Baxter so true.
Look how much all the white liberals from Massachusetts hate blacks. They absolutely can’t stand them & are pretty forward about it.
Downtym
June 29th, 2011
4:40 pm
I always forget why I don’t read the comments and then I read the comments.
Justin
June 29th, 2011
4:40 pm
@John, thank you. I’ve never seen a president get such a pass in comedy–newspaper cartoons included–than our current president. They are most definitely afraid of being called racists. I would like to see those instances you ask for, too…And no, Stewart’s comments were not racist. They were quite funny and deserved. But, if some Fox pundit, Rush or some conservative comedian had said the same thing about a liberal, he’d be branded a racist in seconds.
Nick Wright
June 29th, 2011
4:41 pm
No, Jon Stewart was doing a Herman Cain impression of Herman Cain. This is as dumb as people fighting off criticism of Sarah Palin by calling it misogynistic.
jim
June 29th, 2011
4:42 pm
Hey Rodney, lose the hat. Great on the “Rat Pack”, not so good on you.
ron banged
June 29th, 2011
4:43 pm
Jonesis said “What really has Stewart pi$$ed is that Wallace nailed him on the head. Stewart doesn’t just want to be a comedian, he wants to influence ideologies and shape the political arena into his liking. That is what has Johnny boy’s panties in a wad.”
Yes, Stewart is a hubris filled failed comic. The whole Rally to Restore Sanity suffered because he wanted to make some grand point to prove his political manhood. Every time he does his little “giggling to himself, snickering into his sleeve, aren’t I so smart” routine I want to throw up. And he is a racist because he thinks Jewish intellectuals are the smartest people on the planet, everybody else is second rate and not one of the chosen people. You can tell every time he has someone Jewish on the show.
BIGGUNS
June 29th, 2011
4:45 pm
You know, I really hate this. Please add him to the list including Michael Jackson, OJ Simpson, Tiger Woods etc. etc. who live their life in a racial vacuum completely ABSENT of any black culture or people (including girlfriends), and then try to holler racism in the same damn society they are helping to perpetuate. Textbook definition of a “House N.-.I.-.G.-.G.-.E.-.R. Especially being a Republican “black”. Coonery is alive and well in GA !
Always Right
June 29th, 2011
4:46 pm
voice of reason
June 29th, 2011
4:31 pm
You obviously don’t know the difference between being humorous and being mean. Jon Stewart was being mean. He was crude and ignorant and should be required to apologize to keep his job. If you are a racist I can see how you might think his remarks were funny.
Barry Obama
June 29th, 2011
4:46 pm
Everybody is working. Your home values have increased. Gasoline is affordable. Our troops are home. Guantanomo Bay is closed.
Vote for Barry O in 2012 ! Change is good !
Big Jim
June 29th, 2011
4:46 pm
Godfather’s was crappy. Cain had a forgettable football career.
He’ll be forgotten soon enough. Bye,Herman.
The real question
June 29th, 2011
4:48 pm
What does Colbert think about all of this?
Justin
June 29th, 2011
4:49 pm
@Rodney, don’t listen to the haters. The hat is cool.
Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele
June 29th, 2011
4:50 pm
@BAXTER my bibble. You make a very astute bibble. But did you also notice that the conservative states are the ones where white bibbles tried to enslave black bibbles? They’re also the states that made black bibbles go to different bibbles and ride in the back of bibbles all so white bibbles could live in all-white neighborbibbles and go to all white schools.
For bibble my bibbles, Beef Stew made a bunch of good points about Fox Bibble. If you’d watch the show you’d see he also made good points about Anthony Weiner-bibble, CNBibbleC, MSNBibbleC, CNN, Obibble, Pelosi-bibble, George W Bibble (a.k.a. Wibble). He makes fun of Demobibbles and Republibibbles. Don’t get your bibbles all bent out of bibble when Beff Stew rags on your particular bibble.
Bibble out, y’all.
jim
June 29th, 2011
4:52 pm
We need more non-politically correct people out there. Grow some backbone cry-babies! Offend everyone. Who cares?! Actually offend everyone and you don’t have to worry about some crybaby calling you rascist. Well, yeah you do, because that’s the crybabies 1st defense for everything in life. Heck, it’s meaningless nowadays after “crying wolf” with that saying so much.
Billy
June 29th, 2011
4:52 pm
O-me.
Never said MSNBC was any different or better. This is a story about Fox News.
Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele
June 29th, 2011
4:54 pm
@Ron Banged… I think anti-semitism went out of bibble a long bibble ago. Ragging on Jews aint cool my bibble. We’re all bibbles on this great big bibble called Earth. Bibble?
Thats the problem with America today. We’re all “bibble you” and “no, bibble you” but do we ever stop to figure out whats really going bibble? If we could just stop bibbling for one bibble and see that deep down we’re all the same bibbles. I think the world would be a better bibble for you and me and all the other bibbles that be bibbling out bibble.
Louis FaraKKKan
June 29th, 2011
4:57 pm
Jews have been mimicking Blacks since the days they sold us on the auction block !
David Dukes
June 29th, 2011
4:59 pm
I don’t see anything wrong with what Jon said.
Billy
June 29th, 2011
5:00 pm
“Most informed, educated, sensible people took that as meaning the TRUTH”
The truth according to FNC.
So now Im uninformed, and uneducated, and a liar. You so-called conservatives love to throw out the names.
Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele
June 29th, 2011
5:00 pm
@Louis: My bibble, I think the bibbles that were selling our ancestors at the auction bibble were Christian. After all, Jew-bibbles were’t welcome in the South for the longest time. It’s ok my bibble, there’s place in the Republican Bibble for every kind of bibble. Except gay-bibbles, Latino-bibbles, and bibbles that think the Constitution wasn’t written by my main bibble, baby Jesus.
voice of reason
June 29th, 2011
5:05 pm
@Always Right – I understand the difference between humor and mean spirited comments. I’ll give you examples.
Here’s an example of humor – I’ll make all bills less than 3 pages. The quality of the humor is debatable but it’s humor nonetheless. For an example of a mean-spirited comment, I’ll borrow directly from your words – “if you’re racist, then you might think it’s funny.”
You don’t have to agree with my sense of humor but it’s a stretch, at best, to conclude I’m a racist because I don’t find it funny. For the record, I’m black. Try again.
voice of reason
June 29th, 2011
5:09 pm
Oops, the last paragraph should have read:
You don’t have to agree with my sense of humor but it’s a stretch, at best, to conclude I’m racist because I don’t find it offensive. For the record, I’m black. Try again.
ron banged
June 29th, 2011
5:12 pm
@Michael Steele-You are making my point. When it comes to Jon Stewart and any other Jew he has on the show, they agree with each other that they are the brightest, funniest people on the planet. According to Stewart, all people are equal, except some are more equal than others. And the some that are more equal are Jews.
Confused
June 29th, 2011
5:14 pm
Every liberal I work with lives on Atlanta’s northside in lily white neighborhoods with low taxes, but they espouse high taxes, more government and diversity.
Typical liberals.
Historicus
June 29th, 2011
5:18 pm
Mr. Farakan is somewhat correct. It was Muslim Africans that sold captured Blacks into slavery, who were transported to the colonies by the Spanish and Portueguese, and sold on the auction block by Jewish merchants and investers to the planters that needed the cheap labor on the sugar and cotton plantations.
Ironically, slavery continues on the African continent this very day, courtesy of the Muslims.
mike smith
June 29th, 2011
5:19 pm
Just another scared and pitiful Liberal hating on conservative values. Herman would kick his butt in a debate about capitalism and free market enterprise but of course Stewart wouldn’t want that. He likes to hide behind the “comedian” facade!
get out much?
June 29th, 2011
5:20 pm
Makes you wonder who the bigger fool is: the fool or the one who argues with him.
Terry
June 29th, 2011
5:21 pm
Liberalism always comes first, not cultural heritage or background.
It still dumbfounds me why Jewish people vote liberal when that party is against their home country, against businesses which they heavily invest in and ran the segregated south during the 1960’s. Unreal.
aps
June 29th, 2011
5:26 pm
There is no one out there that actually knows what the definition of racism is any longer. No one listens to the “racist” label because the line has been so blurred. It’s a cry wolf thing now and people are tired of it.
Tell the truth
June 29th, 2011
5:32 pm
Poor Faux news and poor Herman Cain- put your big boy pants on pal. Deal with it. And you Faux news – you are already the biggest joke this side of El rushbo.
The Promised Land
June 29th, 2011
5:32 pm
Why Jews continue to support Democrats is beyond me.
Israel does not have a friend in the White House, and the anti-semitism spewing from the Hollywood left and liberal media is quite frightening.
Youknowitstrue
June 29th, 2011
5:32 pm
Stewart just needs to shut up already about politics and stick to comedy. As if his show wasn’t lame enough as it is. No one takes anything he says seriously anyway. And the ones that do need a reality check, seriously.
gm
June 29th, 2011
5:33 pm
John, has made fun of every one, rep as well as dem.
The person thats guilty of bias and anti American is Sean Hannity, night after night all he does is look for ways to discredit the office of the President.
This guy night after night shows you why he is a 3 times college drop out, the guy never gives his bigots audience facts, he never reports anything good that comes out of the Obama adminstration, he is the worst American in this country, of course next to the ex top 10 Dj rush the fat boss hog.
howard
June 29th, 2011
5:36 pm
I am a big Stewart fan…I listened to this show….his effort to mimic Cain was a bit “Amos and Andy” so in that way it was a bad Cain impression. However, all of his impressions are bad and therein lies the humor….like it or not. He is not a racist….just a bad impressionist…funny, but bad. Was it in good taste, probably not. Was it insulting…in this case I’d have to say maybe. Was it intended to be so…no.
Adam
June 29th, 2011
5:58 pm
THIS is the reason why Herman Cain has no shot of winning or even elevating his national profile to have a shot at winning another office one day. This episode indicates that he lacks a fundamental understanding of where this country is at in its dialogue on race and politics.
Regardless of whether you like his politics or not, has Obama ever, EVER accused anyone of being racially insensitive towards him? He hasn’t done it, not one time. Think about it, has Obama ever called anyone out and even intimated that their comments were even racially insensitive?
Whether you like him or not, objective observers of politics have to acknowledge that President Obama’s refusal to “play the race card” even when he would be justified in doing it, helped distinguish him from being a “black” candidate to just being a candidate.
If you want to be a “problem solver” Mr. Cain, then be a problem solver, you don’t need to lecture on racial insensitivity. If you ever want to be a serious candidate, PLENTY of people will do that for you. Juan Williams, Boortz, Hannity, Limbaugh… all of these people have vigorously defended conservatives who are people of color from racially insensitive/hypocritical comments from the left. They will support you too.
But, when you offer the criticism yourself (and, let’s not be naieve, no one believes you when you say, “I’m not playing the race card” when you’re accusing someone of acting like notorious racists) you don’t look like a serious candidate. You look like you (1) can’t take a joke and (2) are trying to interject a critique on race to elevate your national profile.
In other words, taking such offense to this, even though it may be unfair, makes you look like Al Sharpton, Jessie Jackson, other African American candidates who are not serious contenders.
Herman Cain, you just marginalized yourself. I hope you learn a lesson from this because I think your opinions would interject a fresh perspective in the national debate. But you won’t be around for very long if you keep this up.
Terry
June 29th, 2011
5:58 pm
Yea I see that the hypocite Stewart is ingnoring the flash mobs that the national media is also scared to touch.
Of course we know the reasons why. This stuff is totally out of control. This country is definitely at a crossroads.
It will not hit the media until one of the business owners pulls out a gun & starts shooting the criminals.
Barrett
June 29th, 2011
6:01 pm
“You know, I really hate this. Please add him to the list including Michael Jackson, OJ Simpson, Tiger Woods etc. etc. who live their life in a racial vacuum completely ABSENT of any black culture or people (including girlfriends), and then try to holler racism in the same damn society they are helping to perpetuate. Textbook definition of a “House N.-.I.-.G.-.G.-.E.-.R. Especially being a Republican “black”. Coonery is alive and well in GA !”
Yep. He is not a real black man. Obama is a real black man. Has a white mom and a communist father that left. Then was raised by more communist white people but he believes in handouts so he is a real black person…. Get a life man. Think outside the box. That’s whats wrong with our black community man. If we go to college we aren’t real black anymore. If we don’t talk with a slang we are “oreo’s”. This is why most black families stay in poverty. This big cycle of handouts. I have been made fun of my whole life because I don’t wear my pants around my ankles(that started in prison to show who the “girlfriends” were). But keep on supporting this president and be opposed to anyone that is black and doesn’t fit the mold… you’ll stay right were you are.
Cain is able
June 29th, 2011
6:02 pm
I like them both.
Cain is able
June 29th, 2011
6:08 pm
I keep trying to tell my liberal friends that Fox news is not that bad, but this is making me look bad. A whole news channel attacking Jon Stewart seems more silly than anything Stewart has ever said.
Cain is able
June 29th, 2011
6:09 pm
I want to see H.Cain on the Stewart show!
sldkfjslk
June 29th, 2011
6:18 pm
Herman Cain can’t even solve the problem of making a decent tasting pizza.
do-dah do-dah
June 29th, 2011
6:19 pm
You want to make a bet on what % Cain will gather from you Republicans and tea partiers?? So proud that you guys are coming into the 21st century with a person of color running for Prez under your banner- right? He will never top 10 % folks.
Huh?
June 29th, 2011
6:21 pm
There is no way that FOX can actually be this dense….it’s a comedy show…..just like their news division.
Terry in Iowa
June 29th, 2011
6:33 pm
Jon’s really gotten to the Regressives here. It’s kind of fun to watch them foam at the mouth. The Daily Show is outstanding and usually hilarious and they target anyone who gives them ammunition: Regressives, Liberals, Progressives, Conservatives, Libertarians, etc… even not politicians. Jon’s especially good a self deprecating humor.
The one really good thing about TDS is they do their homework, yes it’s often exaggerated (that’s often what makes satire funny), but they are experts at shining the light on what passes for news, be it FOX, MSNBC, CNN or anyone else.
You regressives need to lighten up. If you pull your head out of the and get past your ignorant arrogance you’ll find it is pretty funny stuff.
John K
June 29th, 2011
6:34 pm
Love it. Of course Stewart did nothing of the sort. But good to see Cain take a page out Palin’s playbook and whine about any form of criticism.
Former RNC Chairman, Michael Steele
June 29th, 2011
6:35 pm
Hi there my bibbles. Why are we continuing to quibble and bibble with one another. Why should it be Beef Stew’s fault that Pizza Guy can’t take a joke? If Cain-bibble wants to get his bibbles in a bibble, let him go cry like a baby in the bibble.
Seeing some of the anti-semetic comments on here makes me a sad bibble. I thought Atlanta was past the days of Leo Frank, I guess not. Let’s all be good boys and bibbles and try to get along with one abibble.
I love all my fellow bibbles be they republibibbles or demobibbles. Let’s all bibble our bibbles together and quit with the bibbling and the babbling.
Bibble out, y’all.
gm
June 29th, 2011
6:36 pm
Sorry uncle Cain it is not going to work: hypocrites of the tea pary movement will never accept you, oh they may brag for a minute because they have made you there black mascot, but you will never be as good as Romey or Bauchman, you will remain in the back seat.
All the rest of you Cains out there can never change the fact Obama was the first to be elected, and it came on the Dem party watch., your party will never elect a black conservatives no matter how he pretends he is one of them, at least Obama is not trying to be accepted by the good old white boys that ruining our country, why do you think that hate him, wake up toms.
LJ
June 29th, 2011
6:53 pm
GM, good old white boys ruining our country??? Who passed the stimulus package that now has more people unemployed than when it was passed? What great liberal leader said we have to pass this healthcare bill so we can see whats in it?? Wasn’t that the great Nancy Pelosi?? I’m pretty sure Obama told someone who was complaining about gas prices to buy a more fuel efficient car. Obama just agreed to release some of the oil from the reserves after oil prices drop and oil factories are reducing their volume to 50% becuase of the surplus of oil. Sounds like the Dems in charge really know what’s going on with our country
Art
June 29th, 2011
6:54 pm
There enough people in this world trying to divide us and eradicate our way of life without us doing it to ourselves.
Art
June 29th, 2011
6:55 pm
And before I get eaten alive… I meant to say, “There are enough people…”
This is Mrs. Norman Maine
June 29th, 2011
6:55 pm
Don’t even try it Hermie! You and Juan are the last people to complain. #whatacoupladamnhypocrites#
Terry
June 29th, 2011
7:00 pm
gm
Without a doubt the Dumbest Post of The Year.
You don’t know me or about other Tea Partier’s.
We don’t care about color, unlike your side.
We care about fiscal issues. The govt has to balance their books just like we have to at home.
It’s not rocket science.
BTW, try to go to the store, car dealership or any retail place tomorrow & try to purchase something that you don’t have the cash to cover. You will go home empty.
Ramzad
June 29th, 2011
7:23 pm
Herman Cain is a fraud. I hope the Tea Party invite him to tea and then lynch him when he gets out of his car.
Mr. Smarty Pants by Gum
June 29th, 2011
7:24 pm
John Stewart is not, nor has he ever, been funny. Seriously folks you must be very easily amused or high or both.
Big L
June 29th, 2011
7:25 pm
People hate Herman Cain because he doesn’t fall in line when it comes to politics. Being black, he must be an Uncle Tom because he doesn’t lick liberal boots. Why is it when you believe people should work for what they get instead of waiting for it at the mail box on the frost of the month, you ar automatically racist? The party that wants people to be open minded sure hates it when the built in voting base uses their own for something other than furthering the moocher agenda. In his current form and abilitiy, Herman Cain is twice as qualified as the man in the white house now, and this Honkey is gonna vote for him til he can’t anymore.
Not An American
June 29th, 2011
8:12 pm
I find it funny how the conservative slanted posts are struggling to find ground to stand on to continue their attacks on Jon.
There’s a reason why there are no conservative comedians (good ones anyways), to be a comedian you have to be informed and you have to critically think. Those two things are crucial to setting up a joke and to have to audience follow you along for it. The other important thing for most comics is the ability for the comics to be able to laugh at themselves, as well as the audience be able to laugh at themselves. A good example is Russel Peters who can get almost any ethnic and cultural group to go along with a laugh at pretty much at their expense (in a non-racist way) That I have to say non-racist is because people who take themselves too seriously cannot laugh at a joke.
With all that in mind, conservatives have nothing but a smug sense of superiority in which the only laughs they can get are at the expense of others; or in other words standing on top, pointing fingers at everyone else, whist spitting on them. A “We are right, everyone else is stupid” mentality. Such is the reason why the sentiment of most heavy right leaning posts seek to demean and degrade the target of their ire.
BTW, Obama has been the target of comedic jokes on his ineptitude, lack of drive and momentum; but you’d have to watch ‘liberal’ comedians to hear them. Though if you’re a heavily right leaning conservative, you wouldn’t tune in to those anyways; you’d be too busy listening to the right-wing pundits talking about how he’s destroying the country. Hyperbole is another tool of a comedian, but how do you do a hyperbole of the talking points on the right? It just doesn’t work.
Peg
June 29th, 2011
8:22 pm
One thing is very clear, from reading all these comments. At least half of the conservative commenters commenting on this story (dismissing the ones who insist on commenting on Obama’s policies instead of Cain or Stewart) did not bother to even watch the video the story is referencing. For people to say things like “He never does this to Obama etc” when Stewart is RIGHT THERE in front of you, doing the same thing to Obama (and Kennedy, Kerry, etc etc) just reveals a level of ignorance that you should be ashamed of. At least watch the video before making a comment about it.
RGB
June 29th, 2011
8:25 pm
Right On Big L @7:25PM.
Shut this blog down as you’ve said it all and you’ve said it Right.
Jim's friend
June 29th, 2011
8:40 pm
I thought this bit was the funniest so far this year on this show or on any other..
Sonny
June 29th, 2011
10:20 pm
I would vote for Mr. Cain in a heartbeat. My earlier comment would maybe be something John Stewart would use? I knew it would not work here, no other comment necessary.
Youknowitstrue
June 29th, 2011
11:07 pm
Stewart is the perfect example of the left wing media bias in this country. Everyone time I accidentally come across his program, he’s ripping on Fox News and the GOP. Not once have I heard him rip on or even impersonate Obama, which is suprising given how much of a joke Obama is. A few things come to mind, such as:
-Being the first President to require a teleprompter to be able to get through a press conference
-Inviting a rap-artist that celebrated killing cops to the White House
-Criticizing a State Law that he admitted he never even read
-Making a joke at the expense of the special olympics
-Stating that there were 57 states in the United States
-Mispronouncing the Marine Corps as if it were the Marine Corpse
-Feeling the need to apologize for our country’s ‘arrogance’
-Doubling the National Debt, which took more than 2 centuries to accumulate
-Joining Mexico in suing Arizona to force the State to allow Illegal Immigration
-Putting 87,000 workers out of work by using a forged document to place a moratorium for offshore oil drilling on BP, which had one of the best safety records of any in the industry prior to the oil spill
-Reducing theretirement plan holdings of GM stock by 90% and giving unions a majority stake in GM
-Spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to take the first lady to a play in NYC
And the list goes on and on.
Come on Obama voters admit it, this man is a complete fraud and you know it. Just give this man four more years and watch the country our patriotic founding fathers worked so hard to build become what Greece is today.
SavannahS
June 29th, 2011
11:09 pm
Fox News had all their program leads complaining about Jon Stewart. It’s interesting to see how all the mouth pieces speak as one voice. They were all on message. This appears to be the result of several days of FOX trying to decide how to respond to Chris Wallace’s interview of Stewart. They still have not responded though to being called out on a long list of inaccurate (trying to be kind here) reports they have run as fact.
gerev
June 30th, 2011
12:36 am
When Chris Wallace first made the “Amos n Andy” suggestion two weeks ago – Stewart should have looked at his watch and said, “Gee Chris – less than a minute and your already playing the race card.” This isn’t about racism – it’s all about FOX getting even for Wallace giving Stewart a chance to expose their “other side” of the news. FOX would rather talk about anything other than Stewart/Wallace – so they go whole hog on Stewart being a racist liberal disguised as a comic.
Lloyd C
June 30th, 2011
12:58 am
These extremist conservatives are just keyboard warriors
no transparency
no accountability
no responsibility
just fatrolls and a keyboard. no muscles or guts.
LOLZ.
conservatives are crybabies.
first. anything they don’t agree with they call ‘liberal elitist’
second. anything they do agree with they consider “morally fair and balanced”
if anyone mocks fox news, it’s ‘they’re all against us”
LOLZ bunch of crybaby conservatives!
phil
June 30th, 2011
6:21 am
I don’t recall this it’s comedy deal from lib’s with Don Imus.
Rick B
June 30th, 2011
9:26 am
When I smoked dope 30 years ago in college, Jon Stewart would have appealed to me, too. Now (and not due to college) I am more enlightened, and am amazed at the bias, and what liberals like Stewart are allowed to get away with. To you conservatives trying to convince the liberals that they are ignorant and shallow-minded: reminds me of the old joke of trying to teach a pig to sing…just don’t do it.
Former RNC Chairman, Michael Steele
June 30th, 2011
11:30 am
What’s with all my fellow Republicans getting all personal when attacking Beef Stew and the bibbles that watch his show? Can we please criticize the program without resorting to name calling and claiming that the viewers smoke dope?
Listen, let’s just be good boys and bibbles and realize that there’s a lot more important bibbles going on in this great big bibble called America, baby.
Why are people criticizing Obibble? He didn’t have anything to do with this bibble last I checked. So lets keep the discussion on the matter at hand, that Hermain Cain is a big ol bibble with nothing better to do than waste time and other people’s money in an effort to get him a better book deal, more radio syndication, and higher speakers fees. It’s all a bunch of bibble, ya bibble?
I remember when libralbibbles used to attack George W Bibble. I always said “you may not like the bibble, but you should respect the office of President of the United States.” Can’t we all just heed those words and try to be more civil bibbles?
Bibble out, y’all
Troglodyke
June 30th, 2011
12:12 pm
Liberals say and do the most moronic things on the planet.
SERIOUSLY?
Have you ever listened to Bachmann and Palin, for starters?
SheeshLouise
June 30th, 2011
12:34 pm
But Herman Cain DOES speak with that ol’ slave twang, and that’s something that irks me about him…and I am Black! “Hyah WE doin’ suh?” “We’z awlright today boss?’ Yessah, THAT’S Herman! And he loves being that way to keep his listenership entertained and feeling unthreatened.
left/right? i care
June 30th, 2011
12:53 pm
dawgfan, which way are you going? ummmm, yeah–it is funny when comedians like bruce bruce do “white voices”, he was paid well on “triple x, American”–(something close) when he was riding in the cheese truck and the good guys came to steal the guns that were being transported. and yes of course Blacks can be racist- but…. who is racist MORE–that is the question. and no–i cannot answer it, i do not know the answer, but i know that the matter is tiresome. if it is funny, laugh. if it is stupid, dont. if it offends someone, apologize. but, life is short, keep living, daggggg.
Big Tee
June 30th, 2011
1:50 pm
Enough with the hypocrisy already! I get sick and tired of ‘conservative’ (aka redneck/right-wing reactionary) bloggers criticizing Jon Stewart for making fun of Herman ‘Whiner’ Cain and then say if a conservative radio/TV host did likewise to an African-American they’d calling for his/her head. Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck, Boortz, O’Reilly and Ann Coulter have criticized, mocked and otherwise made disparaging remarks about minorities and they still have their radio/TV shows. The problem these crazy right-wingers have is they are happy to criticize, skewer and lampoon their opponents and ‘enemies’ but when they are the ones on the receiving end they whine and complain worse than a spoiled brat.
Edmonds
June 30th, 2011
4:28 pm
Jon, grow up!!!! You may think you are funny, but it would seem to me that you use your show to advance your liberal bias. Not funny Jon.
Satire anyone
June 30th, 2011
7:02 pm
John Stewart is like Rush Limbaugh both deal with political satire in their own unique way !
Tracey
July 1st, 2011
11:43 am
Rick B “He appeals to the stoners who have not the intelligence to get their news from any other source”
Um, his audience rates pretty high in education and money. Keep repeating O’Reilly’s cutesy nicknames for any liberal, leftist, Democrat, Jon Stewart viewer. It’s adorable!
Biggie Boortz
July 1st, 2011
6:53 pm
I LOVE that Flava Cain!
Jim
July 3rd, 2011
3:55 pm
I wonder how much money and free publicity Herman Cainis going to make off of this fake controversy.Or maybe this is just a job interview for FOX “news” … Haven’t we seen this before hmmmmm
eric
July 4th, 2011
1:18 pm
Wow! Did folks actually listen to the bit John Stewart actually did? Nowl, I just watched a bit of an Amos and Andy episode and the only similarity is that Stewart used a gruff sounding voice, could have been a Louis Armstrong voice, but not as gruff. It sounded a little more gruff than Mr. Cain’s own voice. I have a radio show and I commented on how the 3 page idea was a dumb idea. Does that make me a racist? Mr. Cain says that anyone who took his 3 page idea seriously was dumb because they did not get that he was joking. So the comedian Stewart made fun of the politician’s “joke” and it is racist. Before you start shouting that he only attacks conservatives and only does voices for Conservatives, watch the clip above or maybe watch 1 or 2 episodes. The guy skewers everyone. Yes, he is a liberal and he does not try to hide that, but he tries to attack hypocrisy and dumb ideas regardless of what political flavor they are.
Bottom line, if you are a politician, make sure you have a good comedic writer on staff, so your jokes are actually funny. Everyone else, take a chill pill and listen to the whole story.
http://www.canigetawordin.com
nutcracka
July 5th, 2011
3:49 am
I have no comments regarding the incident.
However, I see that Cain said to Williams, “…he mocked me in the dialogue of the old “Amos and Andy”…
And Williams corrected him… “Dialect.”
I thought that was funny. But I have a strange sense of humor.