Summary
Jon Stewart slammed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for supporting a GOP funding bill after initially opposing it.
On The Daily Show, Stewart mocked Schumer for surrendering leverage without gaining anything in return, joking that he “got some cheese.”
He criticized Schumer’s strategy of waiting for Trump’s popularity to drop, calling it delusional.
Stewart argued Democrats avoid proposing real alternatives by pretending Republicans will compromise. He warned their approval rating is dangerously low, making their approach politically ineffective and out of touch.
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I mean, this was actually on-point. it was pretty vicious, and deservedly so.
Jon Stewart Knocks Dems’ Lack of Vision In Countering The Trump Agenda | The Daily Show
sorry for the YouTube link, could not find it elsewhere.
edit: CW - animated intense mortal kombat violence at the very, very end of the video. the daily show was not playing around on this one.
Highly paid, neo-liberal consultants that lost them multiple elections told Democratic leadership to become more Republican and that’s just what the Democratic leadership did by voting with Republicans.
It’s almost like they’d rather continue to talk to consultants than their own constituents post-Hilary and when your ideas are only to position yourself against the other guy, well you don’t have very many ideas at all. At least you still get to feel morally superior and continue building your own careerist resume. Democratic leadership don’t care about anyone but themselves and it shows. These people don’t work for you.
The real takeaway is that the country is burning and our politicians are yucking it up together in a gym. We’re 100% in the ivory tower phase. They are removed from it therefore they don’t care enough to do anything but the same old same old.
We need to bring the issues to them in creative ways so that they feel the “impact” of our anger.
Can we start using “Vichy” to describe any Democrats who collaborate with the fascists?
Jon Stewart slammed Vichy Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer…
Stewart argued Vichy Democrats avoid proposing real alternatives by pretending Republicans will compromise.
I don’t believe it applies to the entire party. There were Democrats (mostly in the House) who are actually opposing the fascists. The problem is that none of them are in leadership and the Vichy leadership is actively fighting the few Democrats who are trying to oppose the fascists rather than fighting the fascists.
I feel like neither of these are good. Like if I called you a troglodyte. Do you really care. It almost makes me look dumber for not having the social awareness to make a decent burn. Remember you’re trying to find something that makes them mad, not something that lubes up the dicks of the lefty beside you. Both is preferred but at a minimum you need something that actually gets their attention. Anything that anyone needs context or prior information is not good. Look at every single one the republicans used. Everybody understood it immediately. Some were legit catchy like Reeeeeeeeeeeeee super effective.
Calling anyone a Rosenstrasse or Reichsdeutsch is just head up our own asses level of stupidity. It lacks any kind of punch. Avoid 10 cent words. Use stuff that a grade 3 student would understand.
It was always a charade, they just don’t feel like they have to keep it up anymore.
