Stewart v. Cramer

[Bob78164]

Oh . . . my . . . God.

I just saw Jon Stewart absolutely dismantle Jim Cramer. I know that the interview aired Thursday, but since I watch very little cable news or commentary, I hadn't heard about it before. The commentary in the blogosphere got my attention, though, so I watched the unedited interview via links on fivethirtyeight.com.

If that's what Stewart's show is like, I may need to start making time for it on my schedule. --Bob

[elwoodblues]

I watch The Daily Show fairly often, and this is not typical. He usually has an interview at the end of the show, but it is rarely as hard-hitting as this one. He mostly makes jokes about the news of the day from the liberal perspective. But he does occasionally make a joke about Obama, which is more than most of the late-night comics will do.

[Jeemie]

Stewart is pissed off at the way the media shilled for Wall Street and glorified the unadulterated gambling that was going on from the late 90s-early 2000s...at our expense.

I don't think I've ever seen him so angry.

And he PWNED Cramer. Absolutely PWNED him.

[Weyoun]

Stewart gets serious when he smells a danger to liberalism. It's too bad that he doesn't realize that anti-growth policies at this juncture are the last thing that liberalism needs.

[silverscreenselect]

It's too bad that he doesn't realize that anti-growth policies at this juncture are the last thing that liberalism needs.

Unfortunately, the last thing liberalism needs is what they have right now, a faux-liberal president who is in way over his head and whose failure will be trumpeted around by the right wing as a failure of liberalism in general.

[MarleysGh0st]

If that's what Stewart's show is like, I may need to start making time for it on my schedule. --Bob

This showdown was building all week, after Stewart ran a segment critical of CNBC, Cramer responded to Stewart (using various other shows as his forums), Stewart responded to that, until they got to this interview.

A cynical person might imagine that the two sides organized this whole spat as a cross-promotion, except that Cramer came out of it so much worse!

[Sir_Galahad]

It's too bad that he doesn't realize that anti-growth policies at this juncture are the last thing that liberalism needs.

Unfortunately, the last thing liberalism needs is what they have right now, a faux-liberal president who is in way over his head and whose failure will be trumpeted around by the right wing as a failure of liberalism in general.

Well put, SSS. I'm not liberal by any stretch. But, it seems to me that the last thing liberalism needs is a guy in the WH that has no clue as to what he is doing and pushing a far-left agenda that is actually goes against the grain of what the American general voting public believes. Unfortunately, by the time 2012 rolls around, I fear this country will not be your grandfather's country any longer and it will take many years to unravel what Obama has planned to implement. Just one man's opinion. The only Hope and Change I can look forward to now is 2010.

[Jeemie]

Stewart gets serious when he smells a danger to liberalism. It's too bad that he doesn't realize that anti-growth policies at this juncture are the last thing that liberalism needs.

This makes absolutely no sense.

How does the financial meltdown represent 'a danger to liberalism"?

[Weyoun]

Stewart gets serious when he smells a danger to liberalism. It's too bad that he doesn't realize that anti-growth policies at this juncture are the last thing that liberalism needs.

This makes absolutely no sense.

How does the financial meltdown represent 'a danger to liberalism"?

Sure, it can be played to give Obama more power. But if the economy really collapses, then it's going to be hard to pin this on Bush. And I've seen nothing in Obama to suggest he can Fireside Chat his way through this.

[Tocqueville3]

It's too bad that he doesn't realize that anti-growth policies at this juncture are the last thing that liberalism needs.

Unfortunately, the last thing liberalism needs is what they have right now, a faux-liberal president who is in way over his head and whose failure will be trumpeted around by the right wing as a failure of liberalism in general.

Barack Obama has no idea what he's doing. Half the time he looks like a deer in the headlights and the other half he's reading from a teleprompter. His incompetence really scares me.