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[–] 87 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I wish Stewart would run for office.

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  • [–] 95 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    I understand the urge but please stop electing people from TV.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    In most cases I agree. Stewart is not a political neophyte though. I mean it's not like he runs a reality show

    His humour requires wit, understanding and nuance. His product is much more intelligent and complex than say, a competition show where people compete for a " job" with some thinly veiled gangster.

    So basically he's waaaaaaay over qualified to be president.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago

    I listen to his podcast weekly. I haven't listened to the one from the OP, but in the past year I have become very disillusioned with Stewart.

    Every interview is an absolute softball "what's your favorite color" BS where each and every answer is a boot that is slobbered on with "BAM", and "BARS" and every misdirect and deflection by the guest is just accepted and the root of the few harder questions goes unanswered without protest outside of maybe the Christie interview.

    The Jeffries interview was absolutely embarrassing, for example.

    It's very different from Stewart 15+ years ago.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I was joking with my SO the other day about RuPaul running for president and we realised that since she's a reality TV host but also has a successful business that hasn't gone bankrupt and isn't obviously a Russian puppet, she's actually probably more qualified than the current sitting president for the job.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    thats how the US got in this predicament in the first place. elect a cunt who had a single line in home alone. I mean, Schwarzenegger was gov of Cali at some point and any german speaking mf could tell you that Arnold, while beloved and a huge teddy bear, was never the sharpest bulb in the shed.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    I think if Stewart won the white house and made Colbert his press secretary, and he played the character from the Colbert report and just framed everything Stewart did as the most hardcore American Conservative stance and talked about how Republicans need to get on Stewart's level, they could actually shift the Overton window.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    John Oliver over Stewart any day.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Oliver is not qualified.

    Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution sets three qualifications for holding the presidency. To serve as president, one must:

    • be a natural-born citizen of the United States;
    • be at least 35 years old;
    • be a resident in the United States for at least 14 years.
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  • [+] -25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    An Stewart really doesn't have the best interests of lower class.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Compared to who? Pelosi? Trump?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Compared to any of them. Sure he's better than the two you listed, Bernie is still better than all 3, as would AOC. John Stewart is a fun talk show host for some people, but he's still just a status quo neo-liberal with his interests aligning with the upper class.

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  • [+] -31 points 1 year ago

    Uhm no. He really fell from funny to bland in less than half a year for me.

    The guy struggled with the definition of fascism like 3 months ago.

    He and Colbert are white guy good guy optics dudes from television, I swear they are only 3 steps away from half of Trump’s cabinet if you put them near power.

    Being a bit funny, or having done the “save the 9/11 firefighters” skit doesn’t qualify you to lead a nation. Fck the TV personality cult.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Dude. What did he do to you to make you so irrational?

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    Are you kidding? People are literally alive that wouldn't have been because he fought tooth and nail to get those people health care.

    Are things only worth doing if they're "extreme" in your mind? Fucking brain rot.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I just backed up another person's example. I'm not going to waste my time listing all of his stances.

    Why would you watch him for 25 years if you hate him so much?

    I've been listening to his weekly podcast (it's good), and maybe it's a product of having longer conversations, but it is very clear to me that you're wrong.

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  • You're confusing him. It's not a big deal, he's some guy and we're just two people on the Internet, but he's a left populist, not a "both-sides-er." He's fed up with institutional politics becoming ineffective, not with people being too "left."

    I've been watching him since the beginning too, I wouldn't say that 10 years ago, but this is where he's at right now.

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