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bovine6

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2. Why is Jon Stewart (and for that matter, Colbert) so popular with Democrats???

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Wed Nov 6, 2024, 09:08 PM

Nov 6

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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Why is Jon Stewart (and for that matter, Colbert) so popular with Democrats??? bovine6 Nov 6 #2

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