...Then, he disses Rachel

[librechik]

Curse you Jon Stewart!

[JI7]

1. what did he say ?

[Contrary1]

4. The truth.

That neither party should be politicizing this disaster.

[JI7]

7. how did Rachel politicize it ?

[tallahasseedem]

2. Because heaven forbid...

Jon actually say something about Rachel. Both sides are fair game.

[gateley]

6. That's true, but I think in Rachel's case it might be unwarranted. She's pretty

much telling it like it is, not spinning it to make the Republicans look bad.

[WCGreen]

8. It was warranted but a real stretch....

I think Jon wanted to make the digs at the right somehow more legitimate by highlighting Maddows basically innocuous comment...

[gateley]

10. What comment? (I didn't see the show) Thanks. nt

[WCGreen]

14. Rachel was explaining how the Obama initiatives were responsible

for the quick response to the earthquake...

[SemiCharmedQuark]

3. Erm, can you be more specific? I won't see it until tomorrow.

[librechik]

11. he showed a clip of Rachel describing what the USAID does and how Obama has changed its mission

not a bad thing to talk about on a political show (which also has no access to fresh footage from Haiti, like everybody else!)

But apparently it seemed insensitive to Jon to critique USAID rather than stay on the heartbreaking subject of the calamity.

I found it a welcome relief, but who the hell am I?

[JI7]

12. really , that's what he had a problem with and thought was political ?

i hate it when people feel the need to be "fair" by doing this. i would rather him just make fun of how some dem/libs may look.

[Johonny]

5. The audience non-reaction tells you all you need to know

it wasn't funny material. Jon hasn't had a good liberal criticism comedy writer in a while now. Just another swing and a miss for the show. Probably shouldn't have ended the bit with it since it was the weakest material in the bit. Oh well Jason picked the show back up after the break.

[librechik]

9. I think he's under pressure to broaden his targets. And they always seem like a stretch.

embarrassing--a bit beneath his usual high standard

[Johonny]

15. IDK

They use to be able to pull off liberal material. I think his writers have changed or something. It just comes off as preachy now. I don't even get what was in that clip that was funny. What's inappropriate about explaining how Obama targeted disaster relief as a prime agency that need reform or that a natural disaster was a good time to discus that reform. When's a good time if not now? In the clip the reform was even shown as successful or good, just that it was an area of need. So the whole comment by Jon fell totally flat.

[apocalypsehow]

13. Both observations were spot-on. Well done, Jon Stewart! n/t.

[Berry Cool]

16. I thought it was too much of a stretch.

It's like, every once in a while he has to use MSNBC, and particularly Keith or Rachel, as his punching bags to prove how "fair and balanced" he is. Ugh.