Stewart Finds Hypocrisy In Sarah Palin Supporting Dr. Laura (VIDEO)

Last night on "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart took some time off from discussing Fox News and the "Ground Zero Mosque" to talk about Dr. Laura Schlessinger's N-word rant, but more specifically Sarah Palin's defense of it.

After reviewing Dr. Laura's resignation from radio on "Larry King Live," Stewart wondered aloud:

"Who knows so little about the constitution and the first amendment? Who thinks that the way to be a more effective voice for your followers is to quit your job?"

Of course, Sarah Palin's resignation as Alaska's governor came to mind. Stewart showed a news clip discussing Palin's support for Dr. Laura via a Tweet - "Don't retreat. Reload!" Palin's call for Laura to stay on the air resonated with Stewart, who remembered a time when Palin reacted the exact opposite way in a similar situation. He then showed a clip of Palin calling for Rahm Emanuel's resignation after he said some ideas were "retarded" in a strategy session.

So what's worse to say - the "N-word" or the "R-word?" In order to clear through the vernacular fog, Stewart turned again to John Oliver and Wyatt Cynac. Instead of playing "Team Evil" and "Team Stupid" like in last night's debate about Fox News, they played "Team N-Word" and "Team R-Word" to see which derogatory term was more offensive.

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Comments

[davemartin7777]

04:27 AM on 08/29/2010

That's the thing about right-wingers, they are hard-wired without a sense of humor... it's like being born gay.

They think Dennis Miller and "An American Carol" with a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 12% percent are a laugh riot.

And of course there was the Fox News comedy disaster, "The 1/2 Hour News Hour" which lasted all of 15 episodes and had to be laugh-tracked to let the audience in on the joke.

[davemartin7777]

04:26 AM on 08/29/2010

That's the thing about right-wingers, they are hard-wired without a sense of humor... it's like being born gay.

They think Dennis Miller and "An American Carol" with a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 12% percent are a laugh riot.

And of course there was the Fox News comedy disaster, "The 1/2 Hour News Hour" which lasted all of 15 episodes and had to be laugh-tracked to let the audience in on the joke.

They like redneck jokes though, so the only successful right-wing comedians are of course rednecks.

[Greasy Rabbit]

01:01 AM on 08/28/2010

Jon Stewart is a just a liberal tool-bag who grows less relevant by the day.

[davemartin7777]

04:16 AM on 08/29/2010

Yeah, unlike a right-wing racist Schlessinger who grows more relevant every day...not.

[davemartin7777]

04:45 AM on 08/29/2010

Btw, I'm trying to think of a successful right-wing comedian who's not a redneck, any ideas?

[cameron d]

01:50 PM on 08/27/2010

Sarah Palin's tweet was R-Worded.

[lstl4]

07:18 AM on 08/27/2010

I could never figure out how anyone with any sense would ask Laura for advice. She is nothing but a smart ass. She is so mean to everyone she talks to, and obviously harbors deep seated hatred for anyone other than white. Her comment to the woman about marrying outside her race really offended me. As if to say, we shouldnt be sensitive toward certain remarks if we marry outside of our race or do anything not of the norm. I am glad she quit her job. She shouldnt have had it in the first place. Her TV show didnt last 5 minutes. She is evil and so is Palin.

[snoopjohnny]

04:29 AM on 08/27/2010

Palin seems to love drama. Dr. Laura goes on an indignant rant whining about reverse racism and then quits. Palin can't quite stay out of it. Maybe it was the quitting she identified with; for her quitting is just another chance to "reload!". Of course, Stewart likes drama, too. Difference is, when he does it, it's smart, and meaningful....and funny.

[bweve05]

01:16 PM on 08/26/2010

I love this man.

[Bflogal99]

12:41 PM on 08/26/2010

Palin? Hypocrisy?!? No! No...no way! It isn't possible!

[miamia25]

09:52 AM on 08/26/2010

The ticker was funny as h3ll.. how do they come up with that stuff...

[JamesG007]

04:10 AM on 08/26/2010

Is it wrong to try and capitalize off of this racial satire?

http://www.zazzle.com/team_n_word_tshirt-235719526734257050

[newhouse1]

11:52 PM on 08/25/2010

Stewart is fantastic at ripping off the hypocrisy mask regardless of who's wearing it. But he's performing a job that should be completely unnecessary in 2010 America.

Unfortunately for Americans, the Dr. Laura's and NYC mosque's of our nation get relentless attention through the megaphone of a complicit mainstream media and the news manufacturing company known as Fox. Remarkably, while performing work in career field with many opportunities for interactions with many white Americans, I am totally amazed how the propaganda spewed by conservative talk radio, Palin tweets, and others is brought up and credence is given to them without an ounce of critical thinking. I asked one fairly amped up fellow bemoaning "what Obama has done to the country," how was it possible that Obama was lambasted for attending Jeremiah Wright's Baptist church for 20 years, and yet is now being portrayed as a manchurian Muslim because of his black father's religions (vs. his white mother and grandparents who raised him, in Kansas no less)?

His response? He literally said, "Well, I don't know about all that. But I just believe he's hiding something and it just might be that he's a Muslim."

As I've commented previously, people with serious uber-cash have swindled Americans out of billions and billions of dollars. And they know that if they can make the poor and nearly poor focus on nonsense, then we're not looking at them... stealing billions. Divide and conquer. SInce man walked upright, the process works everytime.

[mhazard]

10:53 AM on 08/26/2010

Fanned! The Rev Wright thing didn't stick so they went for the Muslim thing and hoping that will stick. No reason. No basis in fact.

The R word has been used for many years and has always been acceptable when referring to the mentally challenged. It also has other uses.

The N word, on the other hand, has only one meaning and is used for only one reason.

When Emmanuel used the R word, he was referring to the (politically) mentally challenged.

[Jim Pasterczyk]

11:14 PM on 08/25/2010

It's not just between the N-word and the R-word either, it's between saying the N-word in public on broadcast radio vs. saying the R-word in private. You tell me which is worse.

[peacebro]

10:21 PM on 08/25/2010

Twice I have posted the Palin Index from the video and HP will not allow the transcript??

Sad.

[BlueIndependent]

09:21 PM on 08/25/2010

The racial epithet ticker = best comedy prop of 2010.

[KermitKnowsBest]

10:47 PM on 08/25/2010

before I saw that video I was thinking... might be a big call. But having now seen it, I agree. That was completely brilliant.

[BlueIndependent]

12:23 AM on 08/26/2010

Up until that last minute I thought the skit was good, but pretty de rigeur. Then they unloaded the ticker on me and I almost fell out of my chair.

[nuppup]

09:13 PM on 08/25/2010

Did I just hear Stewart say you know what a whole bunch of times? It seems to be getting tougher and tougher to know when you are supposed to be offended. I guess it's based on how you feel about the so called offender.

[newhouse1]

12:12 AM on 08/26/2010

I think your first and third sentences are correct, and the second underscores what the issue is about. As for that, everyone, and I do mean everyone in America has a derisive legacy word that was used in the past in efforts to humiliate them. That's what the ticker gag underscores. But being honest, which of those words besides the n-word has been part of public discourse in the last 25 years? Ahh, but in private, I've been around Irish and Jews and Italians who I would call my friends, who freely drop the w-word on each other (Italians), and the M-word for Irish, and they don't slow down for a millisecond of reflection. It's what they do. Same applies to blacks. But the caveat is when white's drop the n-word and they are not among friends or they are trying to be critical of blacks being sensitive, I would venture they would not venture down the same path with Italians, or Irish, or Germans. Yes, the history is different. And the assimilation of those other groups, by skin color and name modifications, has made them practically invisible and renders insult folly.

An Italian comedian will get downright raunchy ethnically incorrect in his/her routine. But I defy anyone to drop the W-word on one of them, and then wonder aloud why the reaction they experienced was as intense as it undoubtedly will be.

[Puzzlr]

03:25 PM on 08/26/2010

I thought they would bleep Laura's use of the word, but they didn't. When Jon said it he made a face to show how nasty it felt coming out of his mouth, but he still said it. Not cool to say the word, imo, but the skit with Oliver and Cenac was brilliant.