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This is not the end (Original Post) orangecrush Nov 2024 OP
For me, it is. Unfortunately I have nowhere else to go. N/t CousinIT Nov 2024 #1
We survived 8 years of GWB. orangecrush Nov 2024 #4
Look he's been president for 8 years now! LeftInTX Nov 2024 #5
Me too PatSeg Nov 2024 #6
Why is Jon Stewart (and for that matter, Colbert) so popular with Democrats??? bovine6 Nov 2024 #2
Welcome to DU orangecrush Nov 2024 #3
Thanks Jon PatSeg Nov 2024 #7

LeftInTX

(34,015 posts)
5. Look he's been president for 8 years now!
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 12:16 AM
Nov 2024

At least he's been running the country for 8 years. Now it will be 12. We will NEVER get rid of him. This country will never recover.

Don't get me started on the hopelessness that is Texas.

PatSeg

(52,173 posts)
6. Me too
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 12:26 AM
Nov 2024

It's been a rough year and I really don't know if I have another presidential election in my future. I think I've depleted all my "hope" resources. What happened yesterday was unthinkable and I can't see a way out of this nightmare.

I say that knowing that usually I can see a bigger picture and an optimistic path to a better outcome. I am quite confident that things will get much worse before they get better regardless of what we do and the worst part is feeling so totally helpless.

Like I said, this has been a rough year and I fought to stay alive to witness this nightmare.

bovine6

(49 posts)
2. Why is Jon Stewart (and for that matter, Colbert) so popular with Democrats???
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 09:08 PM
Nov 2024

I remember them both in hysterics ridiculing Obama and Democrats in general back in the day on their Comedy Central show.. They are mean-spirited, hack entertainers, at best.

It's like people who worship Oprah. WTF? She's an opportunist who made a fortune (and good for her on that, by the way!) but also gave us DR. OZ (you know, who almost won a Trump-approved Senate seat a couple of years back) and Dr. Phil among others.

Why do people so easily fall for con men? (And con women?) It's a major reason we lost.

Okay, my vitriol aside, what, specifically, is it about Jon Stewart which make him so special and influential? I'd like to be enlightened.

orangecrush

(28,339 posts)
3. Welcome to DU
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 10:49 PM
Nov 2024

In this case, he appealed to me by giving a positive message and encouragement when I felt like shit.

PatSeg

(52,173 posts)
7. Thanks Jon
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 12:34 AM
Nov 2024

But I'm afraid you also contributed to all of this. Your attacks on Joe Biden did not help. Biden helped to created the strongest economy in the world and brought about more progressive change than any president in my lifetime, yet all you did was attack him with your lazy, lame ageism jokes.

I used to love Jon Stewart and The Daily Show, but I won't watch that show anymore. Same with Stephen Colbert. The same old crappy, stale ageism jokes contributed to the situation we're in now. Some jokes cross the line for me. How far will you go to get a damn laugh? Assholes.

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