Stewart Fillets McCain For Attacking Rand Paul: You ‘Stooped’ To Palin (VIDEO)

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After the temporary expiration of the NSA’s bulk data collection program, Jon Stewart on Monday couldn’t help but notice a lot of people on Capitol Hill were very angry with a certain Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY).

Through procedural manuevering, Paul managed to block key provisions of the Patriot Act from being renewed through the USA Freedom Act.

Colleagues such as Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) were frank in condemning Paul’s move as dangerous and unstatesmanlike.

“I’ve run for president twice, but I never would have stooped to something like this,” McCain said.

Stewart pounced.

“You’d only stoop to something like — this,” Stewart said, flashing a photo of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

Stewart was amazed that after seven years, John McCain still sets himself up for Palin jokes.

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  1. Avatar for pine pine says:

    “Stewart was amazed that after seven years, John McCain still sets himself up for Palin jokes.”

    I guess he (McCain) refuses to believe people are laughing at him and not with him.

  2. At one early point in 2002 or 2003, glad-handing McCain speculated that the war in Iraq should take about 3 weeks, not much longer. That was some 12 years ago.

    And he’s shocked for people to not agree with him?

  3. McCain didn’t have to stoop too far to pick Palin–he was already pretty low down to start with. The man is nothing short of contemptible, and that was true long before he elevated a brainless bimbo to be a vice-presidential candidate.

  4. It’s called “arrogance”, “self-deception”, “entitled”, “delusional”. This dying coward needs to go away. Like Obama, he humiliates himself every time he opens his mouth.

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