Comedy Central
Jon Stewart finds the Fox News coverage on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney hard to swallow.
By Craig Berman, NBC News contributor
If the Mitt Romney campaign hoped the leaked video of his ill-considered remarks at a May fundraiser would be a one-night story ? well, it was mistaken. But Fox News came away with as many woes as the candidate when Jon Stewart was done with his ?Daily Show? monologue Wednesday night.
The tape of Romney dismissing those who receive Federal subsidies as being unworthy of his attention was the gift that keeps on giving for Stewart, who rarely misses the chance to point out political ridiculousness when he sees it. The ?entitlement? debate, dismissing 47% of voters as moochers, was right up his ally.
?Entitled to food! Medicine! Roofs!? Stewart said, feigning outrage at those who would dare to hope for such luxuries. ?That?s the Republican candidate for the presidency seemingly characterizing a broad swath of Americans which would include veterans, the elderly, the working poor and much of the middle class as a bunch of freeloaders.?
But Stewart saved much of his venom for Fox News, which he called both the ?Romney campaign headquarters? and an impolite term for a mountain filled with the waste products of a male bovine -- ahem. Examining the ?fair and balanced? spin coming from the network?s ranks, Stewart noted that Fox first tried to dismiss the video because it came from the liberal Mother Jones magazine, via Jimmy Carter?s grandson.
(Warning: The following clip contains some profanity.)
?Oh my God! Your campaign got blown out by Jimmy Carter?s grandson! Oh, the Habitat for Humanity,? Stewart said. ?So word one from (expletive) Mountain is well yeah, he said it, but you only found out about it because of people we don?t like.?
That was only part of the Republican response, of course. The spin took some other turns, with some arguing that Romney was speaking truth, though not artfully, and further indicating it was a strategy that could win him the election.
?Let me sum up the message, if I may,? Stewart said. ?This inartfully stated dirty liberal smear ? is a truthful expression of Mitt Romney?s political philosophy, and it is a winner.?
That wasn?t all. He also noted the folks at Fox ?minimized the video because it was a distraction from the big issues people theoretically care more about and because of when it was taken ? in May of this year.
?May! Oh, that sounds like before June. Who even remembers May?? Stewart said. ?Grandfather, may I sit on your knee and hear you tell tales of what life was like way back in May???
If you followed the news, you know what happens next. A video of Obama talking about the redistribution of wealth was located and played, with all the usual commentary about how damaging it was. Of course, it was taken in 1998. When he was a State Senator from Illinois.
(Warning: The following clip contains some profanity.)
?So recorded videos are a distraction ? here?s one on Obama,? Stewart said.
And then came the big finish.
?The biggest problems with the denizens of (expletive) Mountain is? If they had success they built it. If they failed, the government ruined it for them. If they get a break they deserve it. If you get a break, it?s a handout and an entitlement. It?s a baffling, willfully blind cognitive dissonance.?
Looks like he gave Fox News? Bill O?Reilly some bulletin board material for when the two debate in October.
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