Political Discussions for "Adults"

music_collector · 08-03-2022, 01:08 PM

I'm guessing most of the Senate doesn't like him. How dare he make them do their jobs!

It is nice to see someone, anyone, holding a politician to account. There is not nearly enough of that happening north of the border.

Mindy · 08-03-2022, 01:17 PM

I love Jon Stewart also

ribbons · 08-03-2022, 01:58 PM

I love Jon Stewart too.

My friend since childhood, who was a rookie firefighter on 9/11, has brain cancer that has spread further post-surgery and has been traced back to his Ground Zero service. Jon Stewart's advocacy and personal outreach has meant so much to my friend and his family. I can't watch clips of Stewart these days without tearing-up.

The Batlord · 08-03-2022, 02:01 PM

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Jon Stewart is our best American.

I actually get a feeling of patriotic pride when I read about what he's doing and how hard he fights for people.

He's my hero.

I mean Jon Stewart is fine for a lib but he's kind of obsolete in a post-Trump world. He's not really fighting for the people since the only ones he seems to fight for are 9/11 first responders and vets. The healthcare discussion is bigger now and he's still a decade out of step with most of the rest of the Dems.

rubber soul · 08-03-2022, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I mean Jon Stewart is fine for a lib but he's kind of obsolete in a post-Trump world. He's not really fighting for the people since the only ones he seems to fight for are 9/11 first responders and vets. The healthcare discussion is bigger now and he's still a decade out of step with most of the rest of the Dems.

So what's wrong with that? If you get your megaphone out on every single issue out there you start to lose your effectiveness, so you pick and choose the issues that are most important to you. You want someone to speak out about healthcare, go to Bernie Sanders.

The Batlord · 08-03-2022, 02:15 PM

Just saying when you see the issues he's stamped his name on and the overblown reputation he has for having held the establishment to account he becomes less a figure of the people and more a figure for causes that make Democrats feel patriotic.

**Frownland** · 08-03-2022, 03:07 PM

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So what's wrong with that? If you get your megaphone out on every single issue out there you start to lose your effectiveness, so you pick and choose the issues that are most important to you. You want someone to speak out about healthcare, go to Bernie Sanders.

Socialism with the requirement that you be a murder slave for the state isn't as super awesome as a lot of people say it is.

**Exo** · 08-03-2022, 03:50 PM

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Just saying when you see the issues he's stamped his name on and the overblown reputation he has for having held the establishment to account he becomes less a figure of the people and more a figure for causes that make Democrats feel patriotic.

F*ck that sh*t. I don't care what effect he has on establishment dems. I think the work he does for vets and first responders is heroic only because the establishment politicians clearly don't give a f*ck about them. I'm not even someone who blindly supports vets and servicemen like cops and firemen automatically. It's just that the people who really suffered in those fields were hung out to dry and Stewart really went to bat for each an every one o them.

There was a small video of him embracing the wife of a sick vet from the recent firepits bill victory and Schumer is standing there like a f*cking creepy lurch and I couldn't have wanted that douche to be further away from two people.

The Batlord · 08-03-2022, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Exo

F*ck that sh*t. I don't care what effect he has on establishment dems. I think the work he does for vets and first responders is heroic only because the establishment politicians clearly don't give a f*ck about them. I'm not even someone who blindly supports vets and servicemen like cops and firemen automatically. It's just that the people who really suffered in those fields were hung out to dry and Stewart really went to bat for each an every one o them.

There was a small video of him embracing the wife of a sick vet from the recent firepits bill victory and Schumer is standing there like a f*cking creepy lurch and I couldn't have wanted that douche to be further away from two people.

I'm not specifying lawmakers here, Dem voters can jerk off to the military just as much as Republicans can, they just tend to do it differently. All y'all's responses are proof of that. I have nothing against 9/11 first responders but we do not have a draft and, while I can sympathize with soldiers' health concerns over burn pits, they chose to be there and fight a war they had no business fighting, often just for college money or free travel.

So while I don't want them deprived of healthcare I am not going to get teary-eyed at the thought of them getting preferential treatment over the millions of people who don't have any healthcare or comedians arguing their case in Congress. If Jon Stewart gets some people some healthcare then I'm glad, but calm down, dude.

**Exo** · 08-03-2022, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I'm not specifying lawmakers here, Dem voters can jerk off to the military just as much as Republicans can, they just tend to do it differently. All y'all's responses are proof of that. I have nothing against 9/11 first responders but we do not have a draft and, while I can sympathize with soldiers' health concerns over burn pits, they chose to be there and fight a war they had no business fighting, often just for college money or free travel.

So while I don't want them deprived of healthcare I am not going to get teary-eyed at the thought of them getting preferential treatment over the millions of people who don't have any healthcare or comedians arguing their case in Congress. If Jon Stewart gets some people some healthcare then I'm glad, but calm down, dude.

It's a step in the right direction. If this country can't be bothered to give healthcare to it's own government pawns, how the f*ck do you expect it to give it to shlubs like us?

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music_collector Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Canada Posts: 744	I'm guessing most of the Senate doesn't like him. How dare he make them do their jobs! It is nice to see someone, anyone, holding a politician to account. There is not nearly enough of that happening north of the border.

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ribbons Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,265	I love Jon Stewart too. My friend since childhood, who was a rookie firefighter on 9/11, has brain cancer that has spread further post-surgery and has been traced back to his Ground Zero service. Jon Stewart's advocacy and personal outreach has meant so much to my friend and his family. I can't watch clips of Stewart these days without tearing-up.