Stewart RIPS Karl Rove & Fox News For Selective Foreign Donor Outrage (VIDEO)

Last night on "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart did what he does best: using clips from Fox News and GOP leaders to show how hypocritical both can behave.

The Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling this past January eased restrictions on how much money corporations can spend on political ads, but it also allows certain organizations called "501C4s" to have a special tax status so they do not have to reveal who their donors are.

As Stewart points out, "Democrats are furious about Republicans' untraceable ads because of their principled stand against fear mongering." Yet, the DNC did exactly that when they recently ran an ad vaguely accusing Republicans of using "secret foreign money."

"It looks like the fear 'mongee' has become the fear monger" Stewart said.

No one was more upset with this accusation than Karl Rove, who immediately wanted to know
"Who's behind all this?" In fact, as Stewart backed up with clips, everyone at Fox News has suddenly become outraged by people wanting to know where money is coming from, when just two months ago it was Fox News who was "following the money" in regard to the proposed Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero.

Stewart wondered: Does the GOP's selective outrage only apply to "dirty Muslim money?"

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Comments

[chocolateandcheese]

02:45 PM on 10/15/2010

The Rethugs are going to run Condi Rice for President in 2012. Count on it. She's black, she's a she, she has an oil tanker named for her, and right now she's invisible. Expect them to trot her out right before the first Republican primary. As for how they'll get the racists behind her, let's just say the "smoking gun will be in the shape of a mushroom cloud".

[bekhuff]

05:31 PM on 10/16/2010

Many of their racists are also sexists. They won't have a problem with Condi because, as she is a woman, there'll be some rich white guys ("as it should be") telling her what to do.

It's genius. Also disgusting, but I fear that's beside the point. ~sigh~

[vandegrasse]

02:34 AM on 10/15/2010

I have a cold shiver going down my spine when I think of the Republican in charge of the House, a real honest to goodness fear. Any others share my feeling?

[chocolateandcheese]

02:48 PM on 10/15/2010

Yes. It frightens me to no end. That's why I'm voting Democratic, and I'm working the phones and knocking on doors.

[Rod DK]

02:54 PM on 10/16/2010

I do believe the best investments an American can make these days are a duel citizenship with Canada or a European nation.

[bekhuff]

05:34 PM on 10/16/2010

I'm not picking, really, but "duel citizenship" is a bad idea. NO MORE WAR (or duels).

Dual citizenship is what you mean, lol. And although technically it does not exist as far as the U.S. is concerned... on the other hand it does exist, because those other countries... well, exist.

I made the decision to not pursue U.S. citizenship because the oath requires me to state I have no allegiance to any other nation--and I am proud to be Canadian. But you're on the right track--I'll be whisking my U.S. husband away to the North if I absolutely have to. But it must be an extreme situation. We really love the beach.

[vandegrasse]

02:32 AM on 10/15/2010

In a curious way Fox News is informative. Whatever they say is false so believe the opposite. Simple.

[Javalation]

05:03 PM on 10/15/2010

After all, they won the right in court to legally lie.

[vetxcl]

10:23 PM on 10/14/2010

the u.s needs to figure out someway to abolish campaign donations, lobbyists and earmarks.

[vetxcl]

10:11 PM on 10/14/2010

newscorp (runs faux noise) seems to have no problem with muslim money, nor did either of the bushes.

[vetxcl]

09:55 PM on 10/14/2010

whenever anything from faux noise is said, just reverse it and the truth is revealed.

[JoJoBoyJoJoGirl]

02:53 PM on 10/14/2010

FOX know "there is no evidence" because there is no longer any requirement to list the donors. It's quite cunning really.

[aznurse]

01:44 PM on 10/14/2010

the media won't investgate as long as DWTS is on or Snookie could get arrested for something.
That's what they want to cover and that's what a lot of folks want to hear about.
This donor stuff is too hard to follow.
ugh.

[NatTurner1]

12:29 PM on 10/14/2010

Please, please..is there a right wing dittohead that can rationalize this hypocrisy. Just 1?

[vetxcl]

09:57 PM on 10/14/2010

if by rationalize you mean explain it away or attempt to justify or defend it, then you'd have to listen to faux noise for that . the above clip provides a brief synopsis of their attempts at it.

[StewartIII3]

12:05 PM on 10/14/2010

NewsBusters: Media Expand Left-Wing Attack on Chamber of Commerce over 'Foreign' Contributions
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/julia-seymour/2010/10/14/media-expand-left-wing-attack-chamber-commerce-over-foreign-contribut

[admoor]

12:10 AM on 10/14/2010

That was nice. Jon Steward had really slammed Eric good!!!

[Shouterguy]

11:09 PM on 10/13/2010

"Ed Gillespie and ME."

Illiterate.

[jfbuf]

10:27 PM on 10/13/2010

GOP speak with forked tongue

[aznurse]

01:39 PM on 10/14/2010

(uc)

[JDShipley]

09:27 PM on 10/13/2010

Follow their money, not ours!

[ZimboDude]

09:20 PM on 10/13/2010

cfku faux and goobers only party