Jon Stewart on Tuesday officially dubbed the Republican race for the White House the “Road Back To Your Own House.”
“You know at the beginning of the season of that ‘Big Brother’ show, before they vote all the crazy people out who you know are never gonna win?” the host of “The Daily Show” began. “That’s where we’re at in the Republican presidential race.”
Stewart started with former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, who on Monday launched her candidacy, “apparently from inside a mesothelioma lawsuit ad.”
Next up was Dr. Ben Carson, the former neurosurgeon and present conservative darling who has made headlines for his theories on homosexuality, multiple Nazi Germany references, and his kind word for the Islamic State terror group.
Stewart had fun with Carson’s bizarre musical overture that proceeded his announcement on Monday, before cutting to a post-announcement interview in which the freshly minted candidate talked politics over lunch.
“Obama, you’ve referred to him as a psychopath. What did you mean by that?” CNN’s John Harwood asked.
“I said he reminds you of a psychopath,” Carson said, tucking into his meal and refusing eye contact with Harwood.
Stewart mugged for the camera. “That is possibly the most inflammatory thing anyone has ever said while not looking up from a salad.”
Finally, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R), who during his announcement speech on Tuesday boasted of his history with guns.
“I got my first BB gun at age gun at age 5,” Huckabee said, “and I never thought about using a firearm to murder someone.”
“That may be the lowest bar a candidate has ever set for their presidential qualifications,” Stewart said.
Watch the clip, courtesy of Comedy Central:
Carson and Fiorina seem to be thinking that being disdainful and snotty with the “liberal media” is a way to build their base. “Look how I stood up to those gotcha questions !”
I can see it now.
Vote Fiorina: She’ll Do To The USA What She Did To HP.
Basically, she sure looks like the Mitt Romney of 2016. Just not as attractive. Which is weird to say.
Ben Carson
“prison turns you gay”
comparisons of the US to Nazi Germany
Obamacare is a kin to slavery
GOP Clown car gets a little bit more crowded.
GOP politics is a Clown Car, is full of the crazy. This is what they are. There is no getting around it, no pretending they can somehow side step it and come out responsible and sane. After many cycles of the crazy it is baked in. The GOP has destroyed themselves as a political party.
…Crazies running for GOTP pres nomination is brought to you , in part, from RonnieReagan’s emptying of mental institutions.
Buy guns .
Run for President of these UnTiedStates of Amurrika!