cynthia: Jon Stewart Slams Democrats For Failure To Counter ‘Team Bush’ Bin Laden Credit Offensive

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Jon Stewart was impressed with the elaborate heist former Bush administration officials were trying to pull off: stealing credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden away from the man who actually ordered the kill, President Obama. Stewart stated, ?of course to steal this much glory, you?d have to reassemble the whole team,? before a video spoof of the movie Ocean?s Eleven played, humorously titled ?Nine?s Eleven.?

Stewart showed various clips of Bush?s supporters continuing to practice their ?shock and awe? campaign, as all of them bombarded various political talk shows. Obama?s response of sending out the mild-mannered and eager to share the credit National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, was met with Stewart?s comic disapproval. Stewart was forced to be left wondering, ?why are we listening to the Bush administration people anyway, they didn?t get Bin Laden? and compared them to the Winklevoss twins who didn?t create Facebook but keep claiming they did.

Watch the clip from Comedy Central below:

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Edith Massey says:

May 11, 2011 at 1:26 am

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darladoon said:
in fact, bush dismantled the bin laden search, i think, in 2006 or 2008

it was in 2005 actually and you are right this is absolutely nothing like the moon landing. It would be like the moon landing if JFK had announced that we were ?going to the moon? and then discontinued NASA, so yeah if that is what these teabaggers meant then I guess they would be right.

Just a reminder the Taliban offered OBL to the Bush admin. 2 times and both times he refused.
damien says:

May 11, 2011 at 1:28 am

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WCinWI said:
These would be credible points if Obama hadn?t made the situation worse. How many jobs did he safeguard with the Stimulus package? Why did we need a lot of those projects? Still waiting for what research of X animal could do for X economy. Do explain that. :)

No, because I believe criticisms of Obama?s handling of the economy are legitimate (I believe I made that clear in my first post). My point is that conservatives want to jump on every Obama failure while assuming every Obama success was actually thanks to Bush.
grafxmail7 says:

May 11, 2011 at 1:29 am

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WCinWI said:
Drop it.

Bush and Obama are neocons. We get it. Now about that whole economy thing. How?s Obama gonna fix the debt?

You?re slurring you drunken Freeloader!!!

Go to bed already??
darladoon says:

May 11, 2011 at 1:29 am

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WCinWI said:
You didn?t understand his point. Revisit his point. :)

tell me his point
Yoda002 says:

May 11, 2011 at 1:34 am

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The Republicans have to go into full emergency mode to save Bush?s legacy. If they work this hard maybe they would?ve captured Bin Laden, but oh, thats right, Bush wasn?t really that concerned about Osama.
WCinWI says:

May 11, 2011 at 1:40 am

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damien said:
No, because I believe criticisms of Obama?s handling of the economy are legitimate (I believe I made that clear in my first post). My point is that conservatives want to jump on every Obama failure while assuming every Obama success was actually thanks to Bush.

That?s called politics. If we all weren?t complaining about the other side, this wouldn?t be a Republic.
Nacho says:

May 11, 2011 at 1:41 am

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So giving credit to Bush for our current economy is back on the table. I get it.

Thank you Bushers for putting our fiscal crisis back into perspective.
darladoon says:

May 11, 2011 at 1:42 am

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our ?liberal media? in action: wall-to-wall interviews with former bush officials, recycling discredited talking points, playing the victim, and forcing us all to vomit again.
WCinWI says:

May 11, 2011 at 1:42 am

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darladoon said:
tell me his point

That Eric emailed Mediaite a storyline about this Stewart clip so that Mediaite could run with it.

I don?t agree with it, but at least you could attack his basic premise. MM?s web hit numbers are going down. That?s already been evidenced with data. So his premise would be that they are looking at outside media (Huff Po, DKos, DUnderground, Mediaite, etc.) for more story hits. As I said, I don?t think that?s happening but that?s his point.
WCinWI says:

May 11, 2011 at 1:43 am

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darladoon said:
our ?liberal media? in action: wall-to-wall interviews with former bush officials, recycling discredited talking points, playing the victim, and forcing us all to vomit again.

There?s this thing called a remote or an on-off button. You choose to watch what you watch.
WCinWI says:

May 11, 2011 at 1:44 am

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darladoon said:
tell me his point

Think of it like when Mika from MJ gets DC talking points. He?s just saying the equivalent with Eric to Mediaite.

That?s more summed up.
damien says:

May 11, 2011 at 1:51 am

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WCinWI said:
That?s called politics. If we all weren?t complaining about the other side, this wouldn?t be a Republic.

Actually, it?s called hypocrisy, and blaming it on the Republic is no defence.
darladoon says:

May 11, 2011 at 1:55 am

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WCinWI said:
That Eric emailed Mediaite a storyline about this Stewart clip so that Mediaite could run with it.

I don?t agree with it, but at least you could attack his basic premise. MM?s web hit numbers are going down. That?s already been evidenced with data. So his premise would be that they are looking at outside media (Huff Po, DKos, DUnderground, Mediaite, etc.) for more story hits. As I said, I don?t think that?s happening but that?s his point.

i just don?t understand how that would help MM, that?s all

for eric, sending a story to mediaite takes 4 seconds, and is not controversial if MM?s numbers are down

so??whether eric sent the story or not seems like a waste of brain effort
darladoon says:

May 11, 2011 at 1:56 am

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like i said, stewart?s critique speaks for itself, whether or not MM?s hits are down
darladoon says:

May 11, 2011 at 2:01 am

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WCinWI said:
There?s this thing called a remote or an on-off button. You choose to watch what you watch.

there?s also this thing called ?the internets?, and whether you have a remote or on-off button makes little difference
in this place called ?the internets?

because things just appear on your screen, these things called ?headlines?

and obviously, with so many headlines, public opinion is shaped

people start to ask ?gee, maybe cheney was right. he?s on television right now saying so?
insideguy says:

May 11, 2011 at 2:03 am

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Yoda2002 lol yea and what legacy does Bush really have to defend? I mean im trying to think of one thing he did right in his administration. I do have a theory on one thing but its really long and convoluted plus history is gonna have to be the judge on my bizarre theory lol. The righties like to say HE KEPT US SAFE after 9-11 ahhhh but not before 9-11.
ndanielson says:

May 11, 2011 at 2:08 am

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How else should liberals react? 0bama taught Osama what a Paper Tiger is all about.
ndanielson says:

May 11, 2011 at 2:11 am

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insideguy said:
Yoda2002 lol yea and what legacy does Bush really have to defend? I mean im trying to think of one thing he did right in his administration. I do have a theory on one thing but its really long and convoluted plus history is gonna have to be the judge on my bizarre theory lol. The righties like to say HE KEPT US SAFE after 9-11 ahhhh but not before 9-11.

Guantanamo, his tax cuts, and the Patriot Act all seem to be paying big dividends for your boy, don?t they? No one will ever be hurt, or saved in America by mean ol? waterboarding ever again though.
insideguy says:

May 11, 2011 at 2:11 am

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Man ndanielson your like Karl Rove I cant get away from you and your stupid ignorant.
grafxmail7 says:

May 11, 2011 at 2:15 am

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ndanielson said:
How else should liberals react? 0bama taught Osama what a Paper Tiger is all about.

This CLOWN has 2 daughters in the Military yet he?s on here ranting about their Boss all the time.

He?s obviously the father who is the drunken embarrassment!!!

Go to sleep you old disgrace of a man!!!
dougx says:

May 11, 2011 at 2:15 am

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I can?t think of any president that would not have ordered the hit, upon being given the information by the CIA and military, that OBL was under surveillance. That?s the bottom line. So please, let?s cut the bull that it was a gutsy decision, in fact it was the only decision that could be made.
ndanielson says:

May 11, 2011 at 2:15 am

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insideguy said:
Man ndanielson your like Karl Rove I cant get away from you and your stupid ignorant.

Ever heard the theme from MASH?
ndanielson says:

May 11, 2011 at 2:17 am

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dougx said:
I can?t think of any president that would not have ordered the hit, upon being given the information by the CIA and military, that OBL was under surveillance. That?s the bottom line. So please, let?s cut the bull that it was a gutsy decision, in fact it was the only decision that could be made.

I can name two for absolute certainty, BJ Clinton, and Jimmy Carter.
insideguy says:

May 11, 2011 at 2:18 am

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Yes and I agree please kill yourself. If you guys want to see what ndanielson is all about go to the hannity against the rapper common thread. He reveals his full intellectual capacity over there.
grafxmail7 says:

May 11, 2011 at 2:19 am

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dougx said:
I can?t think of any president that would not have ordered the hit, upon being given the information by the CIA and military, that OBL was under surveillance. That?s the bottom line. So please, let?s cut the bull that it was a gutsy decision, in fact it was the only decision that could be made.

Bush didn?t do it in Tora Bora?..and they had information that OBL was there.

Why does is burn you Righties up so bad that Obama got OBL. It doesn?t really work with your ?Righties are more Patriotic than Lefties? crap you always seem to be rolling out.