It’s not often that Jon Stewart is fazed by a politician’s sound bite, but fresh overtures of “bi-partisanship” from an emboldened GOP had him reeling on Wednesday night.
“Look, the Republicans had the Senate, governorships, and everything else,” the host of “The Daily Show” said, summing up the party’s midterm sweep. “I imagine the first order of business is ‘rightward ho!'”
But then came a series of clips of high-profile Republicans preaching the gospel of “bi-partisanship,” including Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
“Just because we have a two-party system doesn’t mean we have to be in perpetual conflict,” McConnell said in a clip from Wednesday.
Stewart looked dumbfounded. “Who the fuck are you people?” he asked to laughter from the audience.
“I gotta tell you, that sound bite would have been better not coming from the guy who for six years has been one of the sole owners and operators of this country’s Perpetual Conflictinators,” he added.
Watch below, courtesy of Comedy Central:
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Oh, so the man who couldn’t be bothered to find his polling place seems to be upset about the outcome?
You just have to parse it correctly. The GOP’s definition of “bipartisanship” consists of the Administration agreeing to whatever the GOP-controlled Congress wants, and never using the veto.
His sarcasm is directed at republican hypocrisy not the “outcome”. Do do you recall the day after the President’s was elected Mitch McConnell stated that his sole agenda was to make Obama a one term president.
He said at the start of Tuesday night’s show that he did vote and was trying (in that case unsuccessfully) to make a joke. He apologized for the statement and made clear he in no way was trying to make light of voting.