'Daily Show' Bids Farewell To Palin By Poking Holes In Her Farewell Speech (VIDEO)

Sarah Palin's resignation, while a boon for her opponents, is a great loss for many in the comedy world who rely on her special brand of mavricky speech nuggets for fodder. Jon Stewart said goodbye to the oft-mocked governor last night by poking holes in her farewell speech, beginning with her claim that she is stepping down to avoid a politics-as-usual lame-duck session. "When you have 15 months to go in your first term in office I don't think that's lame duck status. I think that's just...you're bored."

He went on to lambaste Palin for invoking the death of American troops to silence her critics in the media. "Why do I think that Palin's concern for media accuracy is in reference to the Sarah Palin $150,000 wardrobe story and not the Iraq WMD story? Cause only one of those stories really has bearing on American troops."

After a few shots at the 24-news-network coverage of her resignation, Stewart tossed to a segment by Jason Jones who was in Fairbanks for the event. Jones took Sarah's anti-media message to heart shouting for the Alaskan news outlets to leave her alone and going so far as to attack a local TV truck. Oh yeah and he definitely shouted something about "Jews."


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[NomadicView]

I have a news tip for Lou that will make his ratings go through the roof. The Trilateral Commission, in 1993, adopted a new protocol stating that "due to the lowering intelligence of the average American, and the poor genetic pool, ALL American presidents will now be selected OUTSIDE of the United States." Obama from Kenya. McCain-(their original choice) from Panama. But- and here is the scoop to end all scoops. Sarah Palin was NOT.. repeat NOT.. born in the USA as she has repeatedly claimed. Her real name is Sarah but her last name is Pa-Ling. She was smuggled into Alaska on a Japanese whaling vessel in 1970. You may think this is a joke.. but here is the proof. http://nomadicjoe.blogspot.com/2009/07/sarahs-secret.html

In case there is any doubt. "You betcha" in Chinese, (Yo Bet coo) means " I conquer you " And everybody knows that a wink is, in China, is an aggressive gesture. And blowing a kiss? You don't want to know. Coincidence?

[denicci1977]

LMAO....Gotta love Jon for giving us the dirty truth with humor !

[DeWayne]

McCain/Palin were quite apparently set up to fail, the closest I can come to describing their candidacy, is 'Key Stone Cops', with a flair for foot in mouth.

[deschl]

she cant even finish college let alone the governors job

[JayDDrew]

One blatant misleading comment: the price of Medicare has gone up because the number of people on Medicare has increased, and will continue to do so. This is simply because the population is increasing and people are living longer. Kristol, like most of the Right, would have you believe inefficiencies in Medicare are causing it to go up. The cost for the VAST majority of everything medicare-payable goes down on a yearly basis, not up. Medicare is not indexed to the CPI, COLA or any other index. Government is constantly ratcheting DOWN Medicare reimbursements.
Just another lie brought to you by the people who want to kill the public option and any other reasonable reform in healthcare.
By the way, Mr. Kristol, since you "killed" Hillary-Care, how many proposals have you made in the interim to help reduce the costs to the average American citizen when it comes to their healthcare? Answer: ZERO!

[JayDDrew]

Bill Kristol is a really smart guy. I love how he tells Jon Stewart to think outside of the box, as he gloats about picking Sarah Palin to be McCain's VP candidate.
Perhaps Bill will think outside the box and ask his corner butcher to do his open heart surgery.......

[PubliusPost]

That was FUNNY

[Rapier]

Also really funny

http://whatstodo.us/ComedyShows.html

[nswfm]

Put a fork in her, she's done:

http://breepalin.blogspot.com/2009/07/sarah-palins-fake-pregnancy-in-minute.html

[ThirdSection]

Did anyone see Colbert's tribute?

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/239933/july-27-2009/sarah-palin-will-be-missed

[helmut]

I just watched it. Thanks so much.

[Rapier]

Another great political laugh

http://ofthisandthat.org/SpeciealNews.html

[titantom]

What website has the clip of The Daily Show from last night when John Stewart interviewed William Kristol since Huff Post doesn't seem to show it.

[ThirdSection]

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-july-27-2009/bill-kristol

[real1234]

John Stewart is so smart, he caught Kristol admitting that govt-run healthcare for soldiers is better than what the populace is used to.

[GreatTruthsSeeker]

Goodbye for now to cognitive dissonance, alternating between constipation and diarrhea, with no homeostasis in evidence.

[GwenElle]

Palin characterizing Ashley Judd as a *tiny, talented, starlet* is laughable and to my mind just plain old-fashioned jealousy.

Palin spent five years trudging through five different colleges and managed to leave zero impression academically at none of them. Elected as governor, she quit in midterm. She loathes the media but hypocritcally continues to court it. She is clearly without substance, has tremendous difficulty formulating coherent sentences and has thrust herself upon the national stage through use of her alleged charm. Just who is the tiny starlet here?

Ashley Judd is an intelligent woman, an honors graduate of the University of Kentucky, elected Phi Beta Kappa and last I read a recent enrollee at Harvard University to study public administration. Judd has Palin trumped in the areas of brains and beauty, and is talented enough to be regarded within in her profession as a pretty good actress.

As republican strategist Mike Murphy has said "If Sarah Palin looked like Golda Meir, would we even be talking about her today?" In my opinion, no!

[PWM]

Palin is evidence of how the GOP is bankrupt intellectually.

[cchurch]

well put, i love love love ashley judd

[JayDDrew]

Kudos to Mike Murphy.

[MRb1000]

Look she keeps up with this physco babble they are going to brake out the straight jacks. Please, Please make sure she gets her pill.!

LEAVE SARAH CUDA A LONE!

MAKE SURE SHE GET HER PILL MAN!

[dspencer3491]

KRISTOL GOT OWNED

[labman57]

That was her farewell speech?

I thought she was reciting The Jabberwocky.