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  • I agree completely with this video. Wherever I end up, if politics are discussed it's always pretty shallow. I lean to the right, but I have a large amount of respect for a liberal who actually has some idea of what the problems are in this country and ideas for solutions, however idealistic and far-fetched as they may be.

    Jon Stewart is a piece of shit and was never even funny in his MTV days. Stephen Colbert's first year was good. Then he got himself an "agenda".

  • I realize this is an old video but I gotta know where MrDude is from. Being surrounded by people who's idea of a debate is, "Bush is a gay fag..." You are either surround by idiots or are in high school. While this is no space for a debate I would point out that the most immediate and obvious response to that conservative strawman would be, "..taken care of issues here?......New Orleans?" Debate can grow from there but come on, finding fault with Bush's tenur is shooting fish in a barrel.

  • Keith O... is your source... that mans whole idea of NEWS is to smear Bill Oreilly... and hte Fox news channel... and The COlbert Report and Steve Stwert... or what ever the name is.. is totally for pot smoking liberal college students to get their news form... by the way, most of those shows are simply comedy

  • Youtube sure has its share of pitiful crap on it.

  • there's being against bush. then there's being concerned about the welfare of the planet. wait they're the same. so many cool things. china is willing to reduce emissions. india was willing to reduce emissions. that is a lot of people. bush is going to drill for oil in the arctic. wait five years. there is some intense stuff the public hasn't been informed of yet. just wait.

  • I've never heard anyone say that about Bush as a criticism. Usually they say he is incompetent and based on everything he has done, he is.

  • thaks for wasting my time

  • I like the music. What is it?

  • You are. Out.

  • laaaame, why so many views? If you had ever picked up a newspaper in your life you would be able to pick out your grievous spelling errors.

  • Why do you people care about these labels? Conservative, Liberal, Dem, Rep...who gives a crap? This is how the powers that be control you...they divide you among all these "parties". It keeps us at each other's throats while they laugh all the way to the bank. These politicians don't care about you...just their corporate buddies. Stop caring about these corrupt power hungry sick f**ks.

  • one more thing- you didnt mention that the conservative was lying. i havent seen bush take care of any issues here. name one and ill take this back.

  • that is one of the facts that one could use to debate on...

  • and it sickens me that people like you are free to spout you crap all over the place. Ignorence is annoying but it gets me so angry that you think your right just because you heard something on TV and it's a popular idea at the moment.

  • I bet you have no real opinion of your own your just a crowd pleaser. And I'll give you one thing Bush did to start making things right he made it harder for stupid little teens, who want to skip school and do drugs and be deadbeats who weigh our nation down by depending on wellfare, by making them go to court and putting them in jail for bieng loosers who don't try.

  • I am guessing you skipped a lot of school. At least your English classes.

  • Also he is against abortions because believe it or not its murdering babies that would have been people just like you or me. So shut up you are just proving the guy who made the video right about wannabe liberals I can't believe you were that stupid.

  • sorry i had alot to say and not enough room to say it so i sent in pieces. I don't think your a bad person just don't talk polotics if you have know idea what you talking about polotics is boring shit but you look realy stupid if your wrong or ignorent

  • precisely. and you look really bad ranting and raving when you can't spell anything right.

  • also, there was no reason for us to be in iraq. the whole reason there are decisions to make about the troops is because bush wanted to go to war.

  • hmmm why did bush want to go to war? he felt like it?no he wanted oil?no he wanted to capture terrorist and liberate the people of iraq? ding ding ding. no reason to be in Iraq thats saying there was no reason to stop hitler. fool

  • guess you still believe it the easter bunny and santa?

  • this is so cheap

  • stephen colbert is a genius, and his show is news, it just comes with a bias, but if you can seperate fact from opinion then it is a source of news. im not saying it should be the only source, but it is a source.

  • what issues has bush handled i might ask?

  • you wanna hear my arguement against bush? i could go on forever but ill make it short since this cant be over 500 characters. bush is a moron and if u ever listen to him talk thats obvious. its not so much i have a problem with bush i have a problem with the fact that the average american today is afraid of intelligence and thats y morons are running our government. thats y they didnt want al gore. they were scared of how smart he was and they said he was talking down to them. thats my point

  • well moron if your so smart why not run for president, oh yeah thats right you dont have the education level of the people that do run for president. and Al Gore is not smart he is single minded and only cares about getting into power

  • Before we cast a stone at Stewart, Colbert, Bush or even the facist O'Reilly (hypocrisy of facist statement noted) we must educate ourselves on why we as a public have allowed our media, initially there to create government transparency, has now become the very vehicle through which our government deceives us. Goebbels would be proud.

  • I strongly agree that far too many people get their news from Stewart and Colbert but where else can you turn? 24 hour news networks polute the airwaves with sensationalist propaganda and refuse to give fair and balance coverage of the issues.

  • how about these: He refuses to enforce our law, he lets as many immigrants come in as humanly possible, he pushes for jewish (not american) foreign intrests, he pushes for laissez faire economy while pushing radically communist social policies, he's pushing to take away many freedoms in the name of 'the war on terror' - he's a traitor. Thats my argument against him.

  • This was poorly done. You are lacking facts.

  • which ones?

  • Honestly, the liberals are the only side that I have heard any facts from. There are a couple Conservatives that actually sound intelligent (not a lot), like Rudy Guilliani. I haven't heard a single conservative argument that makes sense.

    As for your assault on TDS and TCR, that is crap. Studies show ages 18-35 are actually more in touch with the news than average people. I watch CNN every day because of them.

  • What do you want to talk about? I would like to see if I can explain some of the conservative view points to yah.. I don't expect you to follow the conservative points but they are logical points, as are liberal views.

  • ho ho CNN the fair and equal news station, and you know what i think i havent heard a single liberal consversation that makes sense seems like they only criticise people and use silly topics to get into power i.e. global warming

  • sounds like freudian projection

  • You're dumb.

  • I think you are right that there are both ignorant conservatives and liberals. In my experience, but its mostly because of where I grew up, I am surrounded by more Ignrant Conservatives. For instance, "Bush should be elected because flip flops belong on the beach not the white house."

  • I don't think people realize that the shows are really satire instead of facts.

  • For god's sake, your grammar is atrocious. Anyone who says grammar or spelling don't matter is a liar, because people who don't bother to learn how to argue in their own language are just as bad as people who don't bother to learn any of the facts about what they're arguing.

  • Not to be picky, but since you are bitching about grammar, oughtn't it to be "says grammar or spelling doesn't matter"? If you'd said "grammar AND spelling", your tense of the verb to be would be correct. Also, you ought to have tried ending your sentence with "facts about which they're arguing" you know. Also, this movie is abysmal. Because all Liberals refuse to deal in facts, or whatsoever you claim. Your ignorance is laid bare by your own invective.

  • another thing is most other news programs aren't much better best example being fox news. they r a very conservative news station who blow thing out of perportion with their political stories. worst of all is o'reilly who refuses to c any other view but his own. he sometimes will make a good point but then go to the extreme with it, so it's not like the daily show and colbert report r the only ones to blame.

  • hmmmmmm not really, but that sure does remind me of CNN and MSNBC blowing things out of proportion and using their personal opinions about people and topics as news

  • true that they r liberal based meadia, however i think they r less extreme in general then fox news. when they debate stuff, they sometimes take a side that i support, but then they take it to the extreme, i just don't support that, whenever i visit the US i can't stand the news after bout 3 days, i like a lot of stuff bout the US (mostly the people) however by the end i am happy to go back home and listen to basically unbiased news. (srry bout all the commas)

  • i partially agree, ppl should get their info from differant sources and stuff, however the clips and stuff that john and colbert have r real, not made up so u do get real news with it.

  • you're right. there's a lot of kids claiming to be liberals because now it's the hip, cool thing to be.

    but as someone surrounded by conservatives, i guess i pay more attention to them. they gobble up whatever lies bush says. at least the wannabe liberals are on the right side, even if they're doing it without using their brain ;)

  • ^^ Rock on ....

  • I don't care if you're conservative, liberal, Republican, Democratic, Communist, Atheist or God's own personal messanger whatever. Just please for the sake of my boredom, know what you're talking about.

  • I'm sick of having conversations with people who have little to no idea what they are talking about. They ACT like they do. Even sometimes SEEM like they have READ something about the topic. But, alas, usually no. Then I'm stuck just smiling and nodding, becuase it's really hard to have an informed discussion with the uninformed. They've got the right idea, pay attention to politics, but they haven't learned that there is WORK INVOLVED TO THINK FOR YOURSELF!

  • I AGREE 100%. I too wish that people would do a little RESEARCH as to what they are talking about. It is just as important TO CHECK YOUR FACTS!

  • P.S. I doubt that the Butthole surfers would take kindly to the use

    of their music to promote what I think you are trying to.

  • there are many places you can go to hear left

    debate. FOX "news" is not one of them. Where

    you got the idea that liberals use or accept

    "gay" as an insult????

  • I think it's funny that you mention that you are surrounded by "wannabe liberals" and you hardly ever see "wannabe conservatives". For me the exact opposite is true, I rarely see a well informed conservative. Your argument was constructed well enough to tell me that you're not a complete idiot, however you don't seem to understand that Stewart and Colbert's shows are satyrical, if everyone took them at base value it would be helping conservativism out not hurting it.

  • Satyrical! YOU GET IT TOO! - I THOUGHT no one else got! Colbert especially! :)

  • what do you have against twinkies?

  • They know what they did.

  • In regard to the liberal nonsense - political orientation has nothing to do with criticism.

    Also, Stephen tells you where to look, not what to see.

    Dear sir, man, dude, mister, what a shallow thing you are.

  • That was idiotic. You're going to be embarrassed when you're older and think back on this. Stay in school, kiddo.

  • I don't see how anyone could be offended by this.

  • If you want me to take you seriously learn how to spell argument. Colbert and Stewart are COMEDY SHOWS, not political commentary. It's obvious to me you're in high school.

  • is that really all you've got? You come to the table with a typo?

  • Retarded generalisations. Bush is clearly an idiot and a puppet, tireless research is not required, conservative or liberal what more facts do you need to "diss" him.

  • Actually if you think about it, Bill Colbert represents the conservative side of politics... so why have him in this video??? haha

  • I'm pretty Ankient was being sarcastic. If he wasn't, well, he'd be wrong.

  • ...WTF?? The entire video is about checking the facts. I don't recall the "twinky statement" ever being said on the two shows. Not only are you stupid, but you are a loud mouth.

  • uh, i just think colbert and stuart should be left out of this argument.

  • You're probably right.

  • okay stewart and colbert are frikin gods but they are COMEDY gods. oh and facts have shown that people who watch stewart and colbert are actually more informed on the world today than the dudes who watch fox news

  • get a blog

  • haha! true.

  • "Artists use lies to tell the truth....

    Politicians use truth to tell the lie."

  • I think using the terms "liberal" and "conservative" in the way this video does demonstraits and extremely simplistic world veiw. Everyone I know is "liberal" on some issues and "conservative" on others. If the west is going to move foward we are going to have to do away with this tribal bullshit.

  • The people I refer to are fully bias.

  • however "biased" the people you are taking about may be, you are still helping to foster false and distructive idea's about politics.

  • These 2 shows, like them or not, educate the retarded masses about political process, and hypocrisy. The main-stream media would have you believe that britney spears' divorce proceedings is more important than this year's elections.

    Show me ANYONE that is doing more for the country right now on television than those 2 men, or shut up and go away.

  • I can see what you mean, but they still shouldn't be someone's only news source.

  • Hey, it's a step up from before... Imagine a world without them... those people who's only news source is those shows would be getting their information from E!news daily, or EXTRA! or something of that nature. Jon Stewart has argued on several occasions in favor of what you're saying. He's well aware that his show is a satire. Just look up his trip to crossfire on here... He's actually for the most part agreeing with you.

  • cool. I haven't gotten to read thier article in rolling stone yet.

  • There's such a thing as politics? I've heard rumors but I've been too cought up in weather K-fed and Britney are going to share custody or not. Plus, how can I be expected to watch the news when Flava Flav still hasn't found his true love-slut?

  • fucktard

  • how intelligent of you.

  • Excuse me but what is your definition of a "wannabe liberal?" are you referring to the high school/college kids who smoke weed? what is so "wannabe liberal about them?"

  • somebody who states a liberal arguement, but can't base it off of any facts. same with a wannabe conservative.

  • story of my life...

  • I think that you will find that the ones that watch Stewart/Colbert are extremely well read, have many sources for their news because they know Fox, CNN etc are crap and that is why they love TDS and TCR. I worry about those that watch Fox without questioning anything and thing the Hannity is honest.

  • I worry about anyone who gets thier news source from just one place.

  • I agree. Though the Daily Show and the Colbert Report aren't actual news programs, they do make you question what is going on in the government. The problem is some people become obsessed with these shows and say that they're real news programs.

  • i think these shows are great sources of current events... seriously!

  • they might be, but they shouldn't be your only sources. that's all I was trying to say.

  • I like that your video wassn't total fluff you had nan idea and I do sort of agree with it. I feel the majority of people AND politicians don't base arguments in facts.

    However, I think there is a very interesting point in both shows mentioned. They tend to take away the dramatic sheen and allow us to on some level see the politics for the shit they are

  • Wow, look at all the retards downvoting this just because they disagree.

  • what can you do?

  • MrDudeManGuyMan, why do you hate America?

    (You should also learn how to spell "argument".)

  • when did he say he hated america...?

  • He didn't, it's a joke...

  • I guess Americans base their opinions only on these shows because the rest of their media is worthless. Or maybe they're too lazy to do research or to watch something they consider boring and not entertaining.

  • people who base their opinions about those 2 shows are retarded people.

    you REALY don't understand the fuck steven colbert is talking about.

  • exactly

  • thank you.

  • honestly, its embarrassing how dumb you are. i dont think either of any two sides would want your commentary

  • cause they don't want to hear the truth. I'm glad neither side wants it because I'm critisizing both.

  • I agree with you that you should always support your arguements and that saying someone should die or someone is gay is just ignorant.. I hope that you can help alot of people around you be more knowing because alot of the world consider America ignorant/stupid and fat.. and i know thats not true :)

    America is a beautiful country and it shouldnt be divided by the freedoms that makes it beautiful.. btw im Australian :)

  • You rock so hard.

  • Well the end of your vid was good coz it didnt make you sound like a total jackass..

    Second off.. comedy and humour is ALL subjective so anything you think about TDS and TCR's humour or satire goes out the window.. As for your comments on wannabe liberals.. Well as someone from another country i can honestly say without bias that America seems so obsessed with labels. Opinions need to be labelled because labels give the other side something to work with. (cont')

  • gotcha.

  • What a nice collection of comments. =P It was a good video and good message. Bravo.

  • gracias

  • Here's a real argument then: Bush turns repetition of half-truths and tautologies into the basis for his leadership. His surrogates exploit the media by implications, straw men, and misleading statistics. Once his establishment built this foundation of systematic deception, they used this to justify both a rollback of consumer and civil rights and a very questionable war. Because I watched TDS before the war, I understood Bush's rhetoric game.

  • bravo

  • Oh yeah nevermind it says that at the end, heh.

  • Isn't that the butthole surfers?

  • yup

  • 6,661 views!

  • work on your spelling

  • I know, I know...

  • Thats cool, i might of gotten carried away, just being in the middle is tough seeing how fucked up the two sides are

  • P.s Last shit i'm gonna waste on you asshole, the Daily show and Colbert Report, aren't REAL NEWS!! they're on comedy central thats why they're exagerated and funny, if you want to critizise the media attack actual media dipshit.

  • I'm fully aware of that. I just don't think some of thier viewers do.

  • Do you really want to know why there are more lib wannabes than conservatives? cuz its hard to be on the same boat as the worst president in history, no one ever said bush is a fag who shoves twinkies up your ass, which i think falls under your category from the movie about making up arguments without proof, i could say bill o riley says hillary clinton is a lesbian, and i'm not gonna give you any proof, same thing jackass. Like colbert says, i just nailed you!!

  • shocker. Some idiot who wants to believe he knows what he's talking about says something to the tune of, "owned" at the end. Run along to your shepherd.

  • Dude don't be a retard

  • this should be interesting...

  • 6,274 views!

  • Yea, because I thought it was Stephen Colbert saying something... the tags are kinda misleading.

  • sorry.

  • Your "argument" is incredibly weak. You are just building a strawman and knocking him down.

  • it's not an arguement, it's an observation.

  • Based on your logic, I think I'll attack all of the hosts and writers of late-night broadcast TV comedy shows. After all, don't they tell the news in a slanted, humorous tone? Hell--why not get rid of all comedians right now! We can't have people regurgitating current events beside comedy! 'Tis an abomination!!

  • I wasn't talking about the comedians. I was talking about a certain group of thier viewers.

    p.s. I really like your user name. Ska rules.

  • You actually do make a great point. A lot of people say things without really dealing with the issues. I'm a Democrat and I've seen dumb comments on both sides. I think that part of it is ignorance and part is sadly, brainwashing with stereotypes by educated people. No one says more of these comments than educated Ann Coulter. That's the sad part.

  • thanks.

  • If you want debates with people who actually understand current events, you need to act like you can handle them. "Watch the fucking video" doesn't work. It makes you look like you have a lot of growing up to do. You may run into fewer problems with unintelligent debates if you appear to be capable of understanding those debates. This makes you seem childish and not worth the time it would take to explain things to you. Next time, try a video that seems like it's made by an educated adult.

  • I was lazy when I uploaded it. I dont know what you'd want me to say instead. sorry.

  • You're presenting charicatures of both parties. This would be fine if you weren't also trying to portray yourself as a moral authority for both parties. I don't seen any particularly compelling argument in your video, and the music gets on my nerves.

    Please don't post anymore shit like this.

  • I look around me, I describe what I see. If you don't like it, don't watch my videos. bye.

  • yeah right...idiot. keep telling yourself that.

  • telling myself what?

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  • Nice logic- not. Potty mouth, you definitely sound like a wannabe conservative to me; and harping on wannabe liberals for saying derogatory statements, in a fake conversation, then calling them dumbasses? Bush's decisions have personally affected my life in a negative way. I have reasons for hating him; why do you like him? Stick to what you know, which is obviously not politics or how to form a sound argument.

  • you idiot. I never said I liked Bush. Did you even watch the whole video? The only reason I made the video is because Im a liberal and it was embarrassing that everytime I tried to have a political debate, some uninformed, outdated, shmuck(I love that word) would try to talk about something he didnt know about. Potty mouth? Excuse me for speaking the way I want to.

    btw, The convo was just supposed to be an example. Don't get your panties in a bunch.

  • 5,227 views!

  • Sorry, I have to split the comment in two.

    But I found it interesting that wannabe conservatives were created? Is it because people take the Colbert Report seriously? Good video, and good points! Your summation of the end result of people who don't really take the time is really good. :D

  • Thanks. That means a lot. I really tried to say something with this video.

  • It's not really that true that people who do only get their news from The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are wannabes. I only have local news and the only deeper view I get into politics that I get is, "Oh, well George Bush got a new cook for the White House" I grew up with BBC and when I moved here, I get my local news stations which are crap.

  • that's true. I meant the people that have the resources, but refuse to use them. (other news programs, newspapers, libraries, etc.) To be honest, I hadnt really thought about that logic, so I didnt feel the need to elaborate. If there is any thing I've learned from making this video, it's "always be specific." thank you.

  • I watched the whole video. Good video. Nice music. Atleast by creating more wannabe liberals, stewart/colbert have balanced out the formerly majority wannabe conservatives.

    You can't get rid of Bush by educating the masses. They are too ignorant. But you CAN get rid of Bush by making the masses think its the cool thing to do.

  • exactly. thanks for getting it.

  • hehe ur definition of liberal wannabes, is actually the definition for conservatives and republicans... how funny! =)

    lots of views, but have a look at the rating ;)

  • wow. great retarded generalization.

  • A weak and shallow glimpse at what Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart do on their shows. No, they don't host debate shows and as such, their comedy can be juvenile. But you absolutely cannot completely disregard the fact that 80% of their "disses" are based in fact and well crafted. Just because they're a phenomenon doesn't mean their following is entirely comprised of "sheep" and just because you try so desperately to run against the grain doesn't make you any better than any one of us.

  • Um, If you actually watch the movie, I believe I called the show, "brilliant". I never said all Colbert and Stewart watchers were sheep. The point of the film was that no one should have just one news source.

  • Hey, by the way, viewers of The Daily Show were not only found to be better educated, but also more informed about what is going on in the world than viewers of channels such as Fox News, as well as shows like The O'Reilly Factor. In fact, it was found that many viewers of The O'Reilly Factor and Fox News believe that we found WMD's. Just some info for ya.

    P.S. Stewart and Colbert rock.

  • I have read the study. I thought it was cool.

    p.s. yes, very much so.

  • I agree that people shouldn't use The Daily Show and The Colbert Report as their only source of news (and most don't). But people also shouldn't use Fox News as their only source of info. either (and many do).

  • of course. I didnt get too deep, but my point was no one should just have one news source.

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  • funny, if colbert's show sucks so bad, how come he has millions of viewers, and you have 4k, and one fav. i think you might need a reality check.

  • I didnt EVER say his show sucked. In fact, I believe I said his show was brilliant. I defy you to say where I said that. Dont ever misquote me again. I suggest you watch the whole movie.

  • Defensive much?

  • Im not defensive,I just didnt want him misquoting me.

  • thanks for that nugget. you've taught me that you know a lot of "wannabe" liberals and don't much care for jon stewart's comedy. maybe you should look up some of YOUR facts before you cry desperately out into the pundit-ethos for someone to give a rat's ass about your nowhere opinion. if you don't have any real thoughts on politics yourself, don't pretend to know what's best for people to think.

  • I dont see why I cant just talk about what I see everyday.

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  • You're right in that both Stewart and Colbert would be the first to point out that their show is NOT the news. It's satire. Comic relief. Get facts from numerous reliable sources, then laugh at the hilarity thereof coutesy of the Daily Show and Colbert Report!

    (4375 views!)

  • thanks for the update, bro....or sis...

  • 4,274 views! FUCK YEAH!

  • Um, it's spelled "argument". Also, the apostrophe goes in the middle of "I'm", and after the 'n' in "aren't" (not after the 'e'), as well as in "can't", "won't", and "didn't". I still totally care about your opinion, though, and I LOVE the Butthole Surfers! Way to go!