Jon Stewart Takes On CNN Tea Party Debate

Huffington Post, Daily Show by Jon Stewart | Sep. 14, 2011 (Comedy News)
Reality Show Antics And A Rick Perry 'Beatdown'

(Video) Jon Stewart spent most of Tuesday night's "Daily Show" covering Monday's CNN Republican Presidential debate, including the pre-show grandstanding, the 'beatdown' frontrunner Rick Perry took from his fellow candidates and some of the Tea party audience's shocking reactions.

If you watched the debate yourself you might have noticed the unusual level of reality show-style antics at the top of the show, including a montage featuring candidate ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: Presidential Election 2012
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Sep 14, 2011 - 11:46 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review), Randy Morrow (review), Barry Grossheim (review)
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Sep 14, 2011 - 12:58 PM PDT

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Dwight Rousu
4.7
 by Dwight Rousu - Sep. 14, 2011

Captures well the toadying phony sensationalistic right wing super-patriotism of CNN and their new show "The Tea Party Pretenders."

Reminders of the song line -- Oh yes, I'm the great pretender.

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Randy Morrow
3.9
 by Randy Morrow - Sep. 14, 2011

“Perry’s already winning the race without making any sense,” Stewart said, using Perry’s statement that we should both bring the troops home and ... More »

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Barry Grossheim
4.1
 by Barry Grossheim - Sep. 15, 2011

Oh, this is just too funny!!

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