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Jon Stewart Slams Pundits for OKing Torture, Attacking Wanda Sykes

Posted by Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet at 1:03 PM on May 12, 2009.


"Bad jokes and gay marriage are destroying this country, but torture can save it."

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Jon Stewart had some fun last night pointing out the ridiculousness of those pundits who think torture is OK, but that Wanda Sykes' Limbaugh joke went too far. Obviously "bad jokes and gay marriage are destroying this country, but torture can save it."

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Daily Show correspondent John Oliver also weighed in by defending Wanda Sykes' jokes with the same arguments that many conservative pundits use to defend torture (catch it on the flipside):

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RE: so funny
Posted by: willymack on May 13, 2009 10:46 AM   
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fox noise, of course.

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Everyone LAUGHED!
Posted by: weslen1 on May 12, 2009 9:56 PM   
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And Obama better not try to "apologize" either. There's NOTHING to apologize for and he doesn't need to send anyone else out to apologize FOR him. HE DID NOT INVITE HER and those who DID knew what they were going to get. Anyone with a brain knows the POINT was that hoping for this COUNTRY TO FAIL was the worst thing of all the trash Rush has been spewing for YEARS HIMSELF. AND, we all KNEW that after they ALL LAUGHED except Glenn Beck, that the SISSY BRIGADE would be out in full force CRYING.
If THEY can't take the heat, they need to get out of the kitchen. Bullies are the same all over the world but the G-NO-P has more of them in one group than any other place in the world.
Problem IS every time anyone gives IN to the BULLIES they are emboldened to BULLY even MORE. They condone law breaking, treason, torture, lying to start a war for profit, kissing the back sides of their pet donors, corruption, cover ups and every other dirty deal they can find. But ONE LONE WOMAN brings them to their KNEES. Over a JOKE. What a bunch of COWARDLY SISSIES. COWED BY A WOMAN! GET OVER IT!

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I thought she was funny
Posted by: Grandma Crabby on May 13, 2009 6:02 AM   
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I get SO TIRED of the news media blathering on trying to sound smart but really sounding like sore losers with bitter grapes. They make it sound Like Wanda Sikes is just SO over the line when what she says is based on more truth than 99% of what they say.

The Daily show folks nailed it. We can't poke fun at Rush Limpballs for saying treasonous things? They are so damned thin skinned, self righteous and whiny it makes me sick.

Granny's luv note to Jon Stewart Go get a chuckle!

Luv,
Granny

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» RE: I thought she was funny Posted by: willymack
It's a shame
Posted by: linecrosser on May 13, 2009 6:42 AM   
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Why is it that, the only place American's get the truth is from it's comedians. The MSM should be informing the public about all the lies and deception put out by the government, but sadly their a very big part of it. Why doesn't somebody just push the button, and bring this all to an end. I mean what is it were trying to save.

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» RE: It's a shame Posted by: willymack
RE: Female and Black
Posted by: dimityrose on May 13, 2009 7:18 AM   
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Could all the fuss be because Sykes is a woman and black??? Check out Robin Williams on utube "Obama" why not make an issue of this?? Great job Wanda.

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» RE: Female and Black and Posted by: jackyD
You know this country's media is scewed up
Posted by: Ellie1 on May 13, 2009 8:14 AM   
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because we get our news from comedy shows and our comedy from the news shows.

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