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bovine6

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2. Why is Jon Stewart (and for that matter, Colbert) so popular with Democrats???
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 10:08 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.

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This is not the end [View all] 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
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