Jon Stewart was not impressed by Democrats who are avoiding guilt-by-association with President Barack Obama as they try to squeak through tight midterm races.
The host of “The Daily Show” on Tuesday took aim at Democratic Kentucky Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes, who has been widely panned for refusing to say whether she voted for the President in 2008.
“‘President Who?'” Stewart joked.
Next he rolled a clip of Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR), who was recently asked if he approved of Obama’s handling of Ebola in the U.S. Pryor bites his lip and appears to stall for a long period.
“You’re acting like she found your porn,” Stewart said.
Last came Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK), who recently said that “the President isn’t relevant, he’s gone in two years.” That baffled Stewart.
“Two years?! He only had a four year term!” he said. “Eh, the rest of the Super Bowl isn’t relevant, it’s gonna be gone in two quarters.”
Watch the clip below, courtesy of Comedy Central:
Oh what I would give for some more Dems like Warren and Sanders, who are willing to stand up and be proud of being true blue liberals. Most of the Dem politicians are their own worst enemies. They allow the damn media to scare them into acting like idiots, because instead of just running on some facts and statistics, and the populist issues that poll after poll show are winners, they pull stupid crap like this.
This President had the worst problems to deal with when he came into office since FDR, and the FACTS show he has been a huge success at turning things around, and if the Dems had any spines, they would be screaming those facts, instead of running from them, and allowing their opponents and our corporate media to create a false reality. Most of the Dem politicians are the skinny kid getting sand kicked in their faces, and they are too afraid to fight back, while the CONS are the school yard bullies that keep getting away with their crap.
The Dems will whine about the media lies, and then do nothing but perpetuate those lies with crap like this. This is why some people say that there is no difference between the two parties. On one hand they are wrong, because there is a huge difference between the policies of the two parties, but they are right that neither one of the two parties has any principles they will stand on.
If you damn spineless Dems had spent the last 6 years, standing up and shouting about the false caricature that you have allowed the media to portray of this President, then you would not now have to keep being portrayed as the fools that you all are allowing yourselves to look like.
You’re completely 100% wrong. It isn’t the Dems being spineless, it’s progressives like you talking smack about Dems who are the spineless ones.
Democrats can’t do a thing right now because they don’t have a majority in the government to do so. What do you expect Democrats to do at this point when the GOP has enough sway in the Senate to filibuster any legislation, and another filibuster in the form of a GOP House majority?
As for Warren and Sanders, they are irrelevant right now. Why are they irrelevant? Because they don’t have a majority in either chamber to pass legislation. By attacking Democrats as weak and spineless, you actually make it more likely that the GOP wins the Senate, and thus, Warren and Sanders have less power and influence to get things accomplished in the Senate. Progressives like you are Democrats’ worst enemies. Time to play politics smarter, not harder.
Oh please idiot, this has nothing to do with voting majorities, and if you could comprehend what you read, you might see that in my comment. This has to do with the CONS always using a megaphone to get their lies out there, while the spineless Dems sit there and allow it. As you can see from my comment, I did say this President has been very successful, and most intelligent people know that he didn’t do it alone.
I am far from the only Dem around that is sick and tired of my party allowing the right’s lies to go on and on. If you can’t see who is responsible for that happening, then you are one of the blind Dems, that the trolls talk about, because you refuse to see that the Dems can’t blame anyone but themselves for allowing the false narrative the right has created, which by the way IS the reason for this President’s low approval ratings, NOT FACTS. I am 58, and have voted for the Dems, and volunteered for Dems, and donated to Dems since I was 18, so how dare you tell me that I am not a liberal. Now go take a reading comprehension class.
When people are polled on Obama’s policies, they approve (see, individual aspects of PPACA and foreign policy). But all they hear about on the news is bungled Obamacare website, Obama’s a weak world leader, can’t manage the economy, mom jeans, dictator, etc. The Dems need to do a better job of putting their policies on the ballot and defending why they’re good ideas.
The “cons” as you call them use a “megaphone” to diminish turnout. That’s their only strategy, diminishing turnout, and you are helping the GOP in their efforts by saying essentially the exact same thing that they’re saying: Democrats suck!
The key to winning is getting non traditional voters to show up and support Democrats. When said voters hear from the right wing that Democrats suck, and they hear it from the “Democratic base” as well, why would they show up and vote?
And you’re acting as if “The Dems” are some void out there. It’s not “the Dems” parading this rhetoric about “Dems are spineless” equating to “Democrats suck,” it’s the unicorn progressives such as yourself that allow yourself to be intimidated by GOP rhetoric. Instead of working against the GOP, you work against Democrats. That’s the bottom line.