Papantonio: Stewart wants us to be Teletubbies and be Sweet?

[grendelcatt]

Remember, if your a teletubbie "Rev."Farwell will hate you...

[indyman77]

That is the ONLY thing that this Republicans can understand and respect, power and disrespect. That will get there attention! Non of these cowards would do that to a able body man one on one. They like to dress as Hitler and speak of segregation. How do Republicans respond to you not resisting. Ask that women under Rand Pauls feet. And they elected him! And they elected a man that likes to take his son and both of them dress as Hitler, and this was MONTHS b4 Halloween so dont fall for that.

[QuartuvLarry]

What, stupid? What is compromise to you? Giving dummycrats everything they want? That's not compromise, retard. That's subjection. And we absolutely won't compromise on global climate sham!

[mikepalomino]

Goddamn it Mike, you're brilliant, but stop using the term "Tea Bagger" - it's such a sophomoric term that is worn out. It was funny at first but not any more.

[QuartuvLarry]

@mikepalomino Plus, it means someone has to be the teabaggEE! Ha ha ha!

Well...I enjoyed raping leftist mouths with my nutsack while it lasted.

[sgarystewart]

This whole thing just proves Stewarts point, which is that we hear what we want to hear, and there are people who's livelihoods depend on riling up an audience. Olbermann had it about right in suspending his "Worst Person" segment, while taking legitimate umbrage at the perceived false equivalencies.

[GoldenSlumbers04]

Ironic... Jon Stewart's speech divided the progressive base. There's nothing wrong with what Papantonio and Ed Schultz do, and there's nothing wrong with what Stewart or Colbert do, they're both exposing untruths, just in different ways. But now we're arguing with each other because of that speech... kind of lame.

[Girlforaction]

Amen!!! Amen!!! Someone with some common sense. Go Mike.

[smedleylt]

Jon Stewart never said we should all hold hand and sing Kum-by-ya. What he did say was "We hear every damn day about how fragile our country is—on the brink of catastrophe—torn by polarizing hate and how it’s a shame that we can’t work together to get things done, but the truth is we do. We work together to get things done every damn day!"

He didn't say something naivete like "Let's all get along, kids, and be happy" he pointed out that in our overblown anger somehow we DO work it out.

[TheFrankFactor]

Democrats, Bringing and TeleTubby to a Gun Fight.

[steeev11]

Yeah, Papantonio, we should totally be meanie heads because they are. Grow up.

[exspyguy]

papsmear needs a new telepromptor

[annoloki]

I think you might've been missing his point. There's a big difference between not being pushed over, and sinking to the levels of your opponants. The solution to republicans not partaking in reasonable discourse is not to end reasonable discourse. The solution is for more reasonable people to become more active, and the message of the rally is that just because the extremists shout louder, doesn't mean they represent the masses, but moderates need to speak up to remind everyone they exist.

[NotJoe101]

@annoloki To compare MSNBC to Fox news was waY out of line & off base as was talking about Liberal Marxists.Gotta to be freaking kidding me ? Show me one real Marxist that isn`t a parodoy to the Hitler analogies.I think Stewart himself is caught in the media conflictanator.

[annoloki]

@NotJoe101 Who ever said that MSNBC was as bad as Fox News? Cuz Stewart never said that. But hey, why let facts get in the way of a good deflection from issues?

[dizzymasekela]

For the first time in a long time, Jon Stewart was dead wrong. And really fucking stupid.

[TresJolie7]

I love Stewart, but I'm with Papantonio and Olbermann on this one. I'm also pissed Jon put Joan Walsh in the montage with Glenn Beck. Are you kidding me? There is no comparison between the two.

[rjf7r]

The goal of the Republicans now and in the past 30 years has been to get and hold onto power on behalf of their sponsors. The end of democratic America is the only essential extremist Republican position. All the other extremist positions are mere tactics to assemble the necessary number of voters.

[saumacus]

Well said!

[nrf91]

'Jon Stewart 1964: let's just agree to disagree on this whole "civil rights" issue.'  - Tom Tomorrow on Twitter

'Jon Stewart 1861: the North and the South both make some pretty good points.' - Tom Tomorrow on Twitter

[mw2000]

Well said. Very, very well said. Stewart is full of nice idealism, but like a lot of liberals, he doesn't have a clue how people seem to work. You can be as friendly as you want, but that doesn't mean the other side is going to change. It's called real life. It doesn't work like a textbook says it should. When are liberals going to learn, while the carrot is nice, sometimes you need to use the fucking stick.

[Bigleg75]

I like Stewart, but Pap is nailing this one. Well said.

[seamoremonster]

Good on you Pap. It needs to be said.

[Aiden057]

Excellent Pap Attack, you really nailed it, Mike.

[tannersanta]

Papantonio hit the nail right on the had, like always.

[ankharris]

Perhaps Stewart's message was that it takes two to fight, but he neglected to say that liberals in congress haven't really been fighting. It's more like the Dems are just laying down on the sidewalk, knowing that there's no bipartisanship on the right, and letting them stomp on their head.

It may take two sides to fight, but it also takes two sides to be bipartisan, and one side just doesn't believe in that. Which side is that, eh?

[kingsdun]

I agree with Pap.

'Facts do have a liberal bias it seems, and we liberals should be aware of that and behave accordingly. We don't welcome gloating. '

Not a real quote. However that is the impression I got from this rally.

All I know is if I was provided an audience of this size I would have done my best to take advantage of it.

It makes me think that maybe he wasn't allowed to. Due to licensing arrangements and the fact that he has production companies to deal with. Re: Viacom.

[madamezora7]

I agree that the event was a little sophomoric, and why is it so fucking appealing to tell people "both sides are at fault" in EVERY situation? Sometimes, can't we just speak the truth, without worrying about who is offended? I hate the "big fat meanie" argument most of all, because it doesn't bother to address reality. Sometimes people are big fat meanies for very just reasons. I wish that content mattered more than form, because when form matters most, stupid people win.

[greenhell666]

good points

[7thDayAtheist]

Stewart said nothing of the sort. I usually have a lot of common ground with you guys, but you are off base on this one.