Jon Stewart Talks Sense
Jon Stewart opted out of his standard comedic opening last night - except for a short bit featuring John Oliver dressed in adult panda pajamas - in The Daily Show's first show since the shootings in Arizona on Saturday.
Jon Stewart Talks Sense
Dan DeLuca, Inquirer Music Critic
Jon Stewart opted out of his standard comedic opening last night - except for a short bit featuring John Oliver dressed in adult panda pajamas - in The Daily Show's first show since the shootings in Arizona on Saturday. As the founder of the Rally To Restore Sanity, Stewart certainly has the bona fides to shout "I told you so!" and blame overheated partisan discourse for the tragedy. Instead he was, well, reasonable in admitting that when it came to the question of whether "the toxic political climate" was responsible for the attack on Rep. Gabriel Giffords, the proper response was "I have no f----- idea." He did acknowledge that "it would be really nice if the ramblings of crazy people didn't resemble the way we talk to each other on TV," but chose to find something almost positive in the round-the-clock media reaction since Jared Loughner fired thirty rounds from his automatic pistol in Tucson. "At least we haven't lost the capacity to be horrified," the comedian said. Later on Comedy Central, Stephen Colbert was also very serious, then a little bit funny, on the subject.
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about time somebody said they have no idea - on a poll in another article on Philly.com the question was "was the shooting in Arizona politically motivated" only 6% clicked the "I'm not sure button". I find it strange that so many Philly residents know the shooter so well. It's ok to admit you don't know something people.
So like I said I don't know if the shooter did it due to some extreme agenda but the fact that this is all the people on each extreme want to talk about tells me I don't want to be aligned with them. It's ok to ignore the people on each extreme that pretend they know everything and want to get you all fired up.— Hunter S. T
Comment removed.- Stewart is a comedian.— Phillies2008WSChamps
- You ever seen the back of a 20 dollar bill.... on weed?— brmorgen81
- Told you so!— tomorner
- He may be a comedian but that does not mean everything has to be fuinny. He is right. We need to be horrififed otherwise we will end up like the suicide bombers and terrorists in the world. I am sure the pundits will use this as a way to lay blame. Perhaps we need to look at the gun culture we have created.— exphillyinvegas
Jon Stewart can be so on point, and insightful sometimes. However, he let's his left wing views override his sensibility, all too often.— dexter55- Comment removed.
- I think our culture has changed quite a bit in the last 200+ years. And (I hate to break it to you!) our views and usage of guns has changed as well. Or is the Ben Franklin actor at Independence Hall also carrying an assault rifle?....'cause I must have missed that. — SBL
- @dexter: Why do his views override his sensibilities? Because they aren't your views, they're deemed insensible?— SBL
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