The situation that he's mentioning is the fact that Iraq and Pakistan are over a thousand kilometres apart, and are seperated by Iran of all places.

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I'd like to give him the benefit of the doubt, but he articulated that awfully well.

I like how John Stewart put it- "The Iraq-Pakistan border, also known as IRAN..."

"Would you mind if I fob off you question with some meaningless misspoken rhetoric so I can sling some mud at my opponent?"

oh Jon Stewart... how would I have survived this presidency without you

Wasn't hard for me. Jon Stewart is highly overrated.

Careful, I think you can get banned for that kind of radical extremism.

Stewart just surrounds himself with people more talented than him. That's it.

Actually, the thing I appreciate most about him is the fact that he's both a) very well informed and b) isn't answerable to a corporate master, since his show is a "fake" news show... he's got a lot of freedom to say the things that people would want to say themselves. (Such as asking John McCain after his speech at Bob Jones University if the "Straight Talk Express" had made a stop in Bullshit Town.) The humor is a value add to me.

I can respect that. But he's not funny. Not in the least.

*thought he was pretty funny in Half Baked*

"Is that a sniper in the bushes? I dunno, man. Wait...what? Red team go. Red team GO!"

Dude, you don't like ANYTHING.

I just don't talk too much about things I like, simply because other people on this forum usually have put it much better than my language challenged ass ever could.

Waaaaah

Tits or GTFO

I still can't believe that's censored, BTW.

My post was more hinting I'm way too good at batching, in case the one person who has never seen me post here before reads this.

I have to agree with IST on this. I don't think Jon Stewart is funny either. To be honest, I've disliked him since he was a VJ on MTV.

IMO that was the most out-of-place job evar.

Colbert rulz, though.

*dons WristStrong braclet and does backflips in space*

Didn't know he was a VJ.

I wonder how Colbert would have been as a VJ back in the '80s/90s...

There was a rofflicious video clip of Stewart that got a lot of airplay during the "who made Mike Huckabee" thing... yeah Stewart was pretty much a fish out of water

Oh, I did like Jon Stewart in The Faculty when he was stabbed in the eye by a pen.

Wanna see a magic trick?

I was watching Comedy Central a few weeks ago and an oooooold Jon Stewart stand-up special comes on. I mean old like he was making jokes about Barcelona Olympics. Anyway, he prefaced a bit of his by saying, "I don't usually make political jokes. I'm not really a very political guy."

16 years later it's the funniest part of the entire special.

And yes, is better.

You know... I thought that maybe people had actually replied to a political topic.

The people that agree with you have nothing to add.
The people that don't agree with you don't actually want to have this discussion.

I think you've forgotten what forum this is.

So how's that candidate who's a self acknowledged "non-expert" on the economy but apparent foreign policy wizard going for you RDD?

When interesting news comes up, we'll be sure to add.

its like LMH said, all of this is just partisan bickering anyway. do you really have to make a new thread every time Mccain does something you don't agree with?

Hey, maybe we should start two separate threads, one called "I hate McCain" and the other "I hate Obama."

I wonder which one would get more responses?
*Asks ST53 rhetorically*

Well, if people would stop going off on tangents, the threads wouldn't be so long. You're not actually claiming that the majority of any McCain thread is actual McCain discussion are you?

Although you do seem to be implying that thread length is in some way relevant to a judgment call of the candidate.

Generally it's more along the lines of "Here's another incredibly stupid thing he's said that defies the carefully cultivated media image of a straight shooting foreign affairs genius".

It doesn't really make sense to make it sound like I'm going "I disagree with McCain's statement that the country of Iran does not exist".

Maybe we could start threads called


Mistakes, misrepresentations and lies by John McCain
No jokes about things younger than him allowed


Mistakes, misrepresentations and lies by Barack Obama
No joke about Islamic Terrorists


Then we could leave it to merely factual statements related to their various positions and actions rather than rumours and innuendo.

You mean to say you disagree with him about the Iraq/Pakistan border?

Commie.

Probably not. Just every time he does something hilarious.




Wait, did someone say something about tangents?

That's totally relevant, Bewbs.

*implied nothing*

Not speaking for everyone, but if I didn't make tangential posts, I'd never have anything to say.

(What's that? That'd be a good thing?)

shhit like I'm embarrassed or something?

Anyways No Bounce for Obama from his overseas trip.

FWIW, Dukakis was up like 17 pts. in July, 1988...polls are teh suck.

When multiple topics are started on same person, the same day by the same poster though it would be easier to keep track of.



Well maybe we could get Obama to drive a tank/ride around (in) too.

FIXXXED

Like I couldn't just as easily post a Huffington Post poll that says the exact opposite.

Assuming either source is giving you an accurate depiction of public perception is


How is that a reason for not discussing the individual point of any single thread? There is no McCain discussion going on, good or bad.

There is no Obama discussion going on, either, FWIW. McCain topics just tend to, for whatever reason, be more prone to tangents.

one topic (for each canidate) to post all about keeps it nice and tidy, no matter how derailed it get at any given point. It's alot better than having multiple topics floating around doing the same thing, even if its weighs more on one canidate more than the other.

So you would discuss McCain's Border Mix-Up if it were in the same thread as the Vanity Fair Cover or the Ten McCain Gaffes, but not if it's an individual issue?

RDD isn't going to discuss Mccain screwing up. but I bet if I make a joke about Obamas stuttering problem...

I originally typed "tangenital" but then thought "No, that isn't right is it?"

A little MS Paint magic and...VOILA!

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