Stewart Mocks Whitman, Paladino & The Media's Hyperbolic Election Coverage (VIDEO)

Last night on "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart wrapped up his coverage of the 2010 midterm elections by mocking the night's biggest winners and losers as well as the media's exaggerated analysis.

Stewart began with the biggest winners of the midterms, the Tea Party and female candidates, who both won big Tuesday night. He couldn't say the same for Meg Whitman, however, who spent $140 million of her own money on her campaign that ultimately failed. Stewart congratulated her for "shattering the waste ceiling," and noted that the best place to buy "Whitman for Governor" swag was probably Ebay.

Next he moved on to John Boehner and Carl Paladino, both of whom gave somewhat erratic speeches on election night despite one considering the night a victory and one going home empty-handed. Boehner's crying, however, didn't measure up to Paladino's baseball-bat wielding concession speech that was more than a little confusing.

"That's the first time I've ever seen a candidate give an aggression speech," Stewart said, adding that it looked familiar before showing a clip of Robert Deniro in "The Untouchables."

But Stewart's ragging didn't stop with conservatives. He also poked fun at the Democrats, especially the fact that many who lost were the candidates who "Obama knows personally."

The media was another target, specifically conservative pundits who kept describing the GOP wins as natural disasters like tsunamis, earthquakes, and tidal waves.

"You do realize all your metaphors for Republican victory killed thousands of people," Stewart said. "You do realize that."

But then, Stewart showed contrasting clips of similar pundits saying that the GOP only has 1/6 control and that it is still the Obama administration, meanign that they are not in power. Stewart saw this as a way to prevent people from looking to them for answers.

"Let the ass-covering begin!"

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Comments

[Ohbeewun]

03:13 PM on 11/06/2010

Jon Stewart continues to be a voice of sanity in a sea of whackness! I loved how he pointed out that all the metaphors for the Republican victory (earthquakes & tsunamis) killed thousands...which is so apt if one remembers the ill-considered preemptive war against Iraq (that had nothing to do with 9/11 but Cheney maintained for years that it did!) that killed hundreds of thousands! How short is the memory of the wishy-washy middle that moves like a pendulum between one party and the other like there is no difference between the two? Now the Republicans need to put forth real policy proposals rather than just vote NO on everything...we'll see what kind of solutions they have for the mess they got us into under President George W. Bush!

[Yikes11]

04:51 PM on 11/05/2010

For those of you who claim to be done with Stewart because he, as you put it, gave FOX a pass or whatever. Like Momcat's reply . . . huh? I say, what??? So I guess we cannot expect to read any of your posts on this thread or any other thread which involves John Stewart.
See ya:
Lucy4
liberal organizer
Rick Goodner
Jan Pradder
Whoever else I missed. So long. Oh, you're gone, so you can't reply.

[jsgaetano]

01:04 PM on 11/05/2010

"Let the ass-covering begin!"

Wouldn't conservatives have had to stop covering their asses at some point for it to count as "beginning"?

Conservatives still haven't accepted the blame for the over $14 Trillion National Debt they created singlehandedly over the past 30 years, or for creating the Second Great Depression.

[timphelan]

11:33 AM on 11/05/2010

I think Jon is kind of timid lately, always trying to go after both sides to appear equal in his critiques.

[O K Ali]

07:24 AM on 11/05/2010

Reading the numerous posts today, I can see that the Sanity rally didn't take hold. Calm down, people.

[Hnorc]

10:29 AM on 11/05/2010

No kidding.

[flossophy]

02:13 AM on 11/05/2010

Oh, that was fre.aking hilarious.

[harmlesstree]

02:27 AM on 11/05/2010

What, my comment had nothing to do with the French Revolution you ignorant obtuse philistine, nice to see you are as ignorant as ever. I was referring to the obvious fact that the United States is indebted to France! Without France, there is no United States, and that Louis the XVI, not the revolutionaries, though the marquis de Lafayette played a large part in the American Revolution and the French Revolution!

Here, learn something without reading, which I know you avoid like the plague!

http://www.youtube.com/user/thecajuncutthroat#p/u/6/0OLVBY_FccM

The French Revolution is one of the most important events in human history ..it represents the turning point towards the modern world and liberal democracy in Europe!

Come back to me when you have read a book on the history of the French Revolution by a legitimate scholar!

http://www.amazon.com/Days-French-Revolution-Christopher-Hibbert/dp/0688169783/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1288938381&sr=8-1

[harmlesstree]

02:36 AM on 11/05/2010

I know you like to listen...here you go, audible:

Liberty and its Price...understanding the French Revolution

http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B002V8HEBW&qid=1288938771&sr=1-1

And why not the aftermath...Resolute Determination: Napoleon and the French Empire

http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=pd_rsp_1?asin=B002V0QEB6

[TORAHTID]

02:51 AM on 11/05/2010

You might wanna do some research on the Haitian Revolution.

[Steve Rockett]

12:07 AM on 11/05/2010

Great commentary as usual.

[Thinklongterm]

11:06 PM on 11/04/2010

Jon jumped the shark last Saturday. Fox News has no equal...anywhere. Its cowardly to say so.

[rini]

07:14 AM on 11/05/2010

Last Saturday was great. If you had been there, maybe you would have understood the message.

[Twayn]

05:15 PM on 11/05/2010

We can only thank whatever deity we believe in that Fox News has not equal anywhere. One Fox News is so much more than enough.

[Thinklongterm]

11:02 PM on 11/04/2010

Moderate Jon has alot in common with Obama. They both want to occupy the middle ground when things are so far right the Dems have more in common with Nixon and Ike than Roosevelt.

The time for compromise is over. Time to go to the mattresses.

From this point on anyone willing to compromise with these corporate fascists does not speak for or represent me.

[rini]

07:15 AM on 11/05/2010

Yeah, the Tan Man does not want to compromise. He hasn't just hinted at that. He and Turtle Man have explicitly stated this.

[KillerWolf777]

07:46 PM on 11/04/2010

Pretty sad that after his rally, Jon is more interest in sucking up to Fox "news" hosts than giving them as hard a time as he gave Obama. And I thought him not compelling people to vote and lumping MSNBC in with FOX last Saturday was bad enough, after last nights softball interview with Wallace, I have concerns about where his tone is at.

[Baudacious Buccaneer]

09:25 PM on 11/04/2010

You will comprehend the tone level of his mockery when you read and understand his jab, "You do realize all your metaphors for Republican victory killed thousands of people," Stewart said. "You do realize that."

[lucy4]

10:40 PM on 11/04/2010

I couldn't stand the way he was kissing what is his name behind. what happned to jon?

[dorothy bnks]

07:42 PM on 11/04/2010

The jockeying to chair committees has already began with Tea Party Republicans. Somebody is not going to get to sit on the committee they want, and we will all see the in-fighting played out on the Sunday talk shows. Michele Bachman is letting it be k what she wants, and so have a few of her felllow associates.

As for the people ad what they want, they can expect to get nothing but rhetoric and blaming the president. Tea Party Republicans will get around to the deficit, employment, reducing big government, etc., in 2012. No need to hurry.

[Baudacious Buccaneer]

09:28 PM on 11/04/2010

What, no Bachmann-Boehner Override?

[Baudacious Buccaneer]

09:32 PM on 11/04/2010

It just occurred to me that the Tea Party Republicans will possible view Boehner-Bachmann like Bogie and McCall in Casa Blanca.

[Sepulchre]

07:27 PM on 11/04/2010

To the people saying Jon is now a tool for FOX, you so don't get it actually makes me worry about you to a degree. Every compliment he gave FOX last night (some of his complements directly to Wallace seemed honest but none of the ones to FOX were) were what are called back handed compliments. To the comprehension impaired a back handed compliment is the same as derision. I will give an example; "That dress looks great on someone your size." aka, that person just got called fat. I can't believe people have lost the ability to discern this.

[Baudacious Buccaneer]

09:22 PM on 11/04/2010

Or if you give an example that would be very direct and about the event itself, you could saym, "I know that mandate you have been given is the greatest incentive to create jobs and improve the company, which is your highest value." {wink, jab}

[Greg Toney]

07:19 PM on 11/04/2010

I have a better analogy: It's an asteroid hitting Earth and destroying all reasonable people.

[Nevada Scribbler]

07:05 PM on 11/04/2010

Once again, I'm forced to turn to Comedy Central and The Daily Show to get a dose of perspective.

[random220]

06:56 PM on 11/04/2010

a tsunami of non-commitment

[Baudacious Buccaneer]

09:16 PM on 11/04/2010

A rapid river ride under a bridge to nowhere.