Jon Stewart Clarifies Palin Remarks, Expands To 'F%ck All Y'All'

Earlier this week, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart, performing at Northeastern University in Boston, criticized Governor and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin for making divisive remarks, saying, "She said that small towns, that's the part of the country she really likes going to because that's the pro-America part of the country. You know, I just want to say to her, just very quickly: fuck you." Since then, a few more hobos hopped aboard the hate-America bandwagon -- Nancy Pfotenhauer insisted that Northern Virginia was not part of a "real Virginia" (despite being the economic driver of the entire state), and Michelle Bachmann (who is basically a nonsense-spewing twit whose electoral success is among the world's most enduring mysteries) went on Hardball to call for a Congress-wide witch hunt for people who didn't measure up to her standard of patriotism.

Early in the show, Stewart lambasted the general divisive sentiment that pits small towns against big cities, alluding to the fact that 9/11's "ground zero" happened to be godless and elite New York City and "Communist Country/Fake Virginia" Arlington County. But at the end of the show, Stewart went back to reference his remarks at Northeastern, to make his point more broadly.

"We're all a little chafed here about this whole 'some parts of the country are real and American' and other parts are not. This weekend I was performing at Northeastern and I just read the statement that Sarah Palin had made about the 'pro-American' parts of the country and I...in response to that, I think I might have said, you know, 'Fuck you!' That's just my way of saying that I think that's a profanity to say, and I was answering with a profanity. But it's not really fair, and it makes it seem like I'm just addressing Governor Palin about this, and I'm not, it's just this whole entire theme that there's more American areas, or some people love the country, some people don't. So what I meant to say is, 'Fuck all y'all.'"

Here's (William and Mary graduate) Stewart's response to Nancy Pfotenhauer:

Comments

[Waitingon4th]

Thanks! But I think I'll pass Parvo!

[Bongborg]

You know, Jon always has the perfect response right there when he is questioned. I envy that. And the venue he has to make sure they hear it. Because you know, it feels good to tell some folks "f*uck y'all", don't it, Jon?

[ccpostman]

Nice drawn out explanation. How awkward!

It must be great to have your own show so you can backtrack and spin.

Spinning is spinning! Come clean Jon.

[Merckx]

I thought is was hilarious.

[rustyaustin]

STEWART RULES!

[RallyGrrrl]

Hey all you un-American, not Real American, Fake Americans out there:

IDENTIFY YOURSELVES!
WEAR SOMETHING SO WE KNOW WHO IS A REAL AMERICAN AND WHO IS A FAKE AMERICAN!
HOW ELSE WILL WE KNOW WHO TO HATE?

http://www.cafepress.com/rallygrrrl

with love,
RallyGrrrl

[Merckx]

Don't worry. The Republicans will have squads of people who walk the streets and identify you.

[Ontrackmac]

So if I live in West Virginia(Which is highly McCain favored) and vote for Obama...Does tat mean West Virginia is un-American?

[parvo63]

Of course not, it will only show that WV is stupid.

[USMC1]

Maybe.....

[GotRights]

Pfotenhauer got pfwned.

[Zaxy]

was it supposed to cut out before the end? it's not the complete segment- doesn't get to the point where he really nailed the point home...

[DonL]

It would be funnier if it wasn't so true.

Sigh.

12 days to go as I write this. An eternity.

[NHGranite]

Jon, thank you for speaking back to power. It is one of the most American things anyone can do, and it is still brave in view of all the attacks. If not for you, there would be no Stephen Colbert, and frankly, probably not much of MSNBC and Keith O. The truth is out there and I guess I am not the only one tired of seeing truth tellers get slammed.

[NamvetPR]

And by the way, f... Joe the Plumber too.

[hardtruths]

Someone should mass-produce T-Shirts with the likenesses of Palin, Pfotenhauer, and Bachmann. And on the back it should read: "Setting back women for the next generation!" A proud legacy indeed.

[greencosmopolitan]

so true! palin, pfotenhauer and bachmann all did a number on the american women.

[Ball]

According to McCain/Palin and the rest of the crazies "a real American" is one who hates about 2/3 of it's people, would be instigated enough to say kill him (Obama) just because they don't agree with him, and believes in all the lies Palin/McCain utters, has no kindness or compassion in their hearts and is not intelligent. I don't think so. A real American is one who is kind and compassionate, values democracy and civil and human rights. By the way, questioning the Bush/Cheney administration is not being unpatriotic. That's what they want you to believe. Not to question what they did, especially going into Iraq instead of going after Bin Laden, now that's unpatriotic. Think of your country before Bush/Cheney or McCain/Palin.

[hardtruths]

Yes, isn't it amazing that according to the Republicans, in order to be a "real American", you must live in areas that have higher illiteracy rates, higher rates of unwed mothers, and up to 30% increased likelihood of illicit drug use (primarily methamphetamine). These "real Americans" are also, statistically, undereducated, earn less than $48K per year, per household, and hold onto beliefs taht have been disproven by scientific research for centuries. Throw in the fact that these "folks" have been largely sexist and racist.....and I'm glad to call myself a "fake, elitist, liberal" American.

The middle-class American who supports the Republican party is like the battered woman who insists that "my husband beats me...but it's because he loves me." Good luck with that, Real Americans.

[Merckx]

Don't forget these areas also have higher rates of divorce, incest, DUI's and self-righteousness.

[mickeesmooth]

"That's just my way of saying that I think that's a profanity to say, and I was answering with a profanity. But it's not really fair, and it makes it seem like I'm just addressing Governor Palin about this, and I'm not, it's just this whole entire theme that there's more American areas, or some people love the country, some people don't."

Jon Stewart is certainly charming and talented but dare I say his sentence-parsing skills are downright Palinesque! As a teacher of English As A Second Language in Russia I definitely see two potential new clients should I move back stateside.

[hb013]

maybe, but he's a comedian. not running for office.

[rustyaustin]

Have you read Ulysses? There's sentences in there that go on for three pages, and I think they are "parsed" pretty good. It's all in the context, don't get too caught up in the rules, they are there to be broken, or ignored, or twisted if you will, and are really meant only as a point to start and not by any means to finish...

[BlackHeli]

Same to You, but More Of It !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow, I am a Genius Too !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!