Jon Stewart Awards Obama "Dick Move of the Week"

Last night on "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart unveiled a new feature: The "Dick Move of the Week" (presumably a recurring segment). "As the race wears on, you're going to start to see the campaigns behaving a little bit more aggressively, trying to score points on the other guy," said Stewart. "But there is a very fine line between an aggressive move and what Beltway insiders refer to as — a bit of a dick move." See why the Obama campaign got the nod below:

It's the second time that Stewart has implied that Obama was a dick — the first was on March 3, 2008, when, in a rundown of candidate swipes at each other, he observed that Obama "seems like he might be kind of a dicky boyfriend." Watch it below:



Note that March 3rd was the night before Super Tuesday II — and also the night that Stewart hosted Clinton for an interview live via satellite. Coincidence? Or yet another example of the comedy conspiracy against Barack Obama? Debate and discuss in the comment sections below — feel free to post links to your favorite totally biased "Daily Show" and "SNL" segments so we can all watch and decide for ourselves.

Related:
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Pro-Clinton? 'SNL' Says You're Joking [NYT]
Hillary Clinton on the Daily Show [HuffPo]
Obama on Daily Show: "Judgment is Everything" [The Swamp]

Background:
Hillary's Cameo on SNL
SNL's Campaign Trail: Fauxbama, Huckabee, And Tina Fey Endorsing Clinton
SNL Shows Blatant Anti-Spitzer Bias, Endorses Obama
SNL Spoofs Clinton Tax Returns, Mocks Media
Andy Borowitz: Saturday Night Live Abandons Comedy Format to Focus on Endorsements

Comments

[BenTrem]

Yanked

I traced the video back to its original location on the Daily Show site [1] and ... guess what's there ... "We're sorry but this video is not available".

Some sort of self-censorship?

[1] - http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=165746&title=dick-move-of-the-week

[DrGobyOn]

FYI - the video IS there...

[PollyTics]

I don't get it, I love Jon Stewart but this segment? Not so much.

To me Obama's move sounds like a shrewd political maneuver, hardly something to qualify as dickish. Now if you want to go into dick-land, let us discuss how Hillary's "people" are going after fictitious meanings of badly phrased comments, UNLIKE comments of her own which have been proven to be LIES.

Odd how things rock back and forth...

[transendentilist]

Examples please?

[tastycake3]

I have noticed this kind of bias before and tune off the show when i see it. I think that is the only way to stop this type of thing. Stewart from getting away with his smear of Obama. He is however not alone and it is rampant in the news media as well as the comic venue. I feel everything Obama says is fair game for them but God help us if Clinton says anything wrong they wont report it and find it ok to let her slide. She has become the darling of the talking heads both comics as well as (I use this word lightly) serious reporters.

[sliderossian]

DISCLAIMER: (at this point), I'm for Obama.

Stewart is a comedian. A real good'n.

He makes fun of everybody, but especially people who take themselves too seriously.

Lighten up, people, the attention on Obama is not bad. It would be worse if Stewart, et al., ignored him. He can take it, his policies can take it, and we can laugh along (if I may paraphrase Liberace) all the way to the White House.

By the way, I think it's ironic that the person Stewart pokes at the most blisteringly is the only candidate he's longtime friends with (look up Stewart's bio on Wikipedia), I trust him to not let loyalty to Hillary Clinton (??!!?) or anybody else get in the way of a good joke.

[tandrmcdonald]

Interesting.
My cable service censored part of my post on one of their forums because I used the name Dick in reference to the vice-president. I replied that maybe they were looking for obscenities just a bit too vigorously. I also reminded them that the VP's name was not bleep Cheney. Now, here we have Jon Stewart using the same word in the sense I assume my letter was wrongly censored for.
Maybe I'm just surprised that my cable service hasn't censored HuffPo's use of the same word in the lower case genital euphemistic sense. Then again, maybe I'm not.
Gramma Rose

[americansfordemocracy]

Obama people very often (mostly on these blogs) cannot accept opinions, comments, humor or any type of debate about him. The messenger is always ridiculed as being a racist, called obnoxious remarks, or they take other types of personal attacks. Often, without discussing the "issue" of the remark, or debating it, a "one up on you" tactic is used, such as "well you are biased" or "well look what the other candidate did" or will just argue with non seculars. This cult like response is similar to scientologists and radical islamic extremist muslims (example: Kill the Danish cartoonists. Zalman Rushdi must die attitude).

I have been a democrat all my voting years and will go with whomever the nominee is, but those BO extremists are a hazard to democracy, and are frankly alienating me from my political party. They are on the level of right wing neocons, rove tactics, fascists, jihadists, or whatever you call it, those people that want to take your speech away, or your vote, or your right to openly debate and question, they are all the same. If you respect your opinion, then respect mine. I have not seen this degree of lack of respect for other people in any recent primary and I have seen many.

Give Obama some respect, respect his contenders, and do not degrade the democratic party. Remember that JFK did not have a lock on his candidacy until the actual convention, and the party grew stonger, not weaker.

[IndependentPAVoter]

Im an Obama supporter but I totally agree with you for the most part. We must not take everything Obama says as gospel. But the reality is that most of the things that Sen Obama is questioned on have nothing to do with the presidency and while in politics its "fair game" most of us are tired of hearing about all the extra's. You see when the attacks are personal the supporters tend to react irrationally as if they themselves were attacked. Thats the power of inspiration down mistake it for cult-like, dont fear it, its change. I wish Bush was able to connect with Americans like that.

[IndependentPAVoter]

Oh and I thought the segment was hilarious.

[Jjc2006]

Excellent. I really do not get the American Idol mentality here. I don't think Senator Clinton is perfect, nor is Senator Obama. Both have strong points and weak points. Both are playing a political game. While I am supporting Senator Clinton, I have said from day one I will support whomever the democratic nominee is.
But to come here and have to listen to lies and spins that come right out of the Rove playbook, the 15 year narrative of the right wing, is disconcerting.
Obama supporters need to get off their pedestal of self importance. Senator Obama is a candidate, not a god. Senator Clinton is a candidate, not the devil incarnate. This arrogance of superiority comes not from Senator Obama who simply made an error in how he spoke about others; it comes from the bloggers, many of whom are elitist.

[canadianlibrarian]

I agree. It is shocking to read the stats on how many Obama supporters would vote for McCain rather than Clinton (25%). That indicates to me a cultish attachment to one man and a real lack of committment to solving the problems America has found itself in after 2 Republican terms.

[POINT84]

Im surprised by Obama supporters on here (relax- I'm one too) I thought it was pretty funny actually

[Marlyn]

Just another example of how the MSM is in the tank for Clinton v. McCain.

[tandrmcdonald]

Note to Marlyn;
Don't watch much NBC or MSNBC coverage, do you? They savage Clinton at every opportunity. The only program on MSNBC I watch anymore is Keith Olbermann.
Gramma Rose

[ljsfolly]

I once watched Jon Stewert and laughed at his jokes. Since he had Hillary on and has made little comments not really positive toward anyone but Hillary I no longer find him funny. He made a decision and he will live with it and I am truly sorry he is willing to bring his choice to his show and comedy. Had he chosen to remain neutral and balanced in his actions and show I might feel differently. I no longer care if I ever watch his or Colbert no matter what awards come about. You reap what you sow and his show can die off......

[Chris7982]

Jon used to be funny and we all loved him prior to him hosting the EMMY!!! Eversince it seems like he is out to get OBama....I did not think he was racial but I am startinf to think so...we no longer watch his show and his ratings will plummet like his jokes!!!! SNL has started to be too ingrained in the primaries and that is a loser too!!!

[foreverleft]

Dave Matthews is a supporter of Obama and thus was the very reason for the concert in the first place.

The Clinton campaign errored for holding a rally when thousands of free tickets had been distributed for an event that conflicted with their own.

[tbone99]

hey we need more positive undercutting.

[Ashall]

I guess it takes a "dick" to know a "dick" - right?

[Raymondf]

Sure does, I think These two videos help the neo-cons(i love that word) better than any video I have ever seen. What an idiot, if this was supposed to help the dems.

[Mysticalsister]

Really? THIS helps the neo-cons? Not Rev Wright? Not the fact that Obama's been in the Senate less than 3 years. You're telling me that John Stewart's joke is more damaging to Obama than the fact that he made a man who spouts "God Damn America," in CHURCH, his campaign spiritual advisor?!!! People pay no attention to what's behind the curtain. I'm sure it's all going to work out just fine and we'll have President Obama and lolly-pops and kittens in America.

[millions]

Not this time, Ashall. John Stewart's been fighting the good fight on TV for a long time. Even as someone who has been supporting Senator Obama during these primaries, I'm not going to complain about this bit. The Daily Show doesn't give any politician a free pass, and they've got a point here: it's not the proudest move that's been made by Senator Obama's supporters (but it's not a big deal either). The SNL stuff favoring Senator Clinton, on the other hand--which is neither funny nor justifiable--is pretty objectionable.

[thegirlnextdoor]

OK - so the videos don't play? And the link to find more videos at Comedy Central does not link? What's up?

[Peteo]

Q: How many Obama supporters does it take to change a light bulb ?

A: THAT'S NOT FUNNY !!!

[tbone99]

If Obama gets elected, will John and Colbert have to go off the air cuz Obana supporters won't watch a show that pokes fun at the President?

[didimus]

Now, now. Obama needs our love and support. Hey, we can't let him think we're all bitter just because we can't pay the bills. Let's give him a pass, OK? Follow the lead of every white guy in America. They think he's just dreamy!

[SEQUOIABISON]

I give Stewart the Bar Mitzvah Boy Circumcision Award for sheer stupidity and chutzpah.

[guajiro]

Geeeez!! How about a "Dick move of the week" for the media??? Obama's statements came out more than a week ago and all of a sudden, in a coordinated effort, all on the same day, CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, FOX, ALL the media paint Obama's statements in a negative light. Bookstores like Hastings, Nobles, and others, have their shelves full with best-sellers from authors addressing the pain rural Americans are going through due to outsourcing, loss of good paying manufacturing jobs, and now it's a sin for Obama to call it like he sees it? From the posts at Huffpo and other sites, it looks like most people aren't being fooled anymore. It's good to see people stick together on the Internet, especially in light of the coordinated effort put out by the owners of the media to attempt to ostracize Obama.

[Raymondf]

We haven't gotten to the general election yet wait until it's Obama and McCain,or Hillary and McCain, and we will see how much rev. wright, downgradeing penn. voters he's just a suit. and as for hillary, wait until bosnia comes back to bite her, and she needs to keep Billy at home because he is hurting rather than helping.