Jon Stewart Mocks Bachmann, Gingrich & Cain's 2012 Base-Reaching Strategies (VIDEO)

Jon Stewart took a break from the subject of Libya Wednesday night to offer some more insight on the 2012 presidential election. The "Indecision 2012" segment focused on the GOP's front runners and some of the ridiculous things they are each doing to reach their political base.

Since you can't reach America's heartland with the "lamestream" media, potential candidates like Michele Bachmann are reaching out in their own way, like her State Of The Union rebuttal and live chat on Facebook. But when you don't look directly into the camera or have your live feed interrupted by waterfall noises, as Stewart pointed out in Bachmann, you might not reach the denizens of "Base-istan" quite so easily.

Herman Cain was also a target of Stewart's, after he said he wouldn't appoint a Muslim as a federal judge or to his cabinet. But it was Newt Gingrich who got the funniest response from Stewart after he warned of a future, secular, Atheist America, "potentially one dominated by radical Islamists." Atheist Muslims? Stewart had to call him out:

"How can a secular Atheist country be dominated by religious extremists? What, do they pray five times a day to a God they don't believe exists?"

Watch the full clip below, and if you want more Indecision 2012 coverage, check out the second segment on The Daily Show's website.

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Comments

[LawrenceRoth]

08:21 AM on 04/26/2011

The sad is that the base has to be more ignorant than the leadership in order to believe the bogus that is spoken.

[Matt Longpre]

02:49 PM on 04/24/2011

John, without comedians like you, colbert, or George Carlin(R.I.P) to put things in their proper format, i can honestly say i would lose all hope in humanity go completely insane like the rest of the world seems to have.

[Delabe]

08:20 AM on 04/05/2011

Jon is God...clearly. :D Don't worry Newt, I will make sure my Secular Atheist Country will never be run by radical Islamic extremist...go on, give us control....

[John Shuck]

11:28 AM on 04/04/2011

Newt reads a lot of history, so he's gotta realize he's just a footnote, a 1995 footnote to be exact.

[gamblerman]

08:32 PM on 04/03/2011

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Now how cool is that?

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[Joshy X]

11:16 AM on 04/03/2011

mock mock mock...he mocks!... it's news! john stewardt liebowitz knows how to mock!

[EagleFliesInSky]

01:54 PM on 04/03/2011

And I'm SOOO glad you love him for it! He's terrific, isn't he!

[Roger]

11:08 PM on 04/04/2011

Yes he does. And he does it with a wit and intelligence that are not only unmatched by, but over the heads of anyone from the Fox/Teabag world who give him so much juicy fodder.

[Demarcus Jackson]

12:09 AM on 04/03/2011

Another awesome commentary from my future husband, Jon Stewart :-)

[extremelymoderate]

08:52 PM on 04/02/2011

As an athiest christian agnostic, Newt makes perfect sense to me.

[totalliberal]

08:34 PM on 04/02/2011

And Gingrich is considered the intellectual of the GOP. God save us all

[gmcinahuff]

05:32 PM on 04/02/2011

Behavior of the Newt.
These cold blooded reptiles are able to change their color to their surroundings /or in danger.

Spotted NEWT are scientifically called Ambystoma maculatum,
wherein Ambystoma stands for 'blunt mouth', while maculatum stands for 'spotted'.

They are quite difficult to find because of their secretive nature.
Newt spends most of its life hidden in dark, damp places throughout the eastern and midwestern United States
Hides under moss-covered stones, spending most of their time underground, hiding beneath rocks beneath ground level.
Newts are so secretive and will only exit their underground home on warm rainy nights in Spring, to breed and hunt.

Scores of them travel to breeding ponds for mating.

Newts due to their excretions, opponents find toxic or irritating.

This newt releases the toxin on either side of their long tales.
These cold blooded reptiles remain underground most of the time, hiding in crevices made by other creatures.

If the toxin fails to salvage the Newt, they will detach their Tales to their opponents before he scurries away.
They have the ability to drop their tales, to distract predators.
The detached tale diverts the opponents attention, giving just enough time for the Newt to run to safety.
Soon he will develop another Tale. The new Tale will grow to replace the lost one.
Spotted Newt will relocate themselves to the breeding ponds.
If a predator of the spotted salamander manages to dismember a part of a leg, tail, or even parts of the brain/head,

[larmarch5]

04:41 PM on 04/02/2011

And what is with that sign: "Pioneer Products Machine Shed"?

[larmarch5]

04:26 PM on 04/02/2011

Was it that same segment that featured Say Ray saying something about a "squirmish"?

[larmarch5]

04:20 PM on 04/02/2011

"radical Islamist  Atheist Muslims"
 
I hadn't heard that one before. But he missed a few adjectives necessary to really get to debase.
 
"Gun-controlling, pro-choice, WIC-endorcing, early childhood educating, gay-marriage-supporting,
authority-challenging, resource-conserving, history-reading, unbigoted, do-gooder, healthcare-for-all, voter registering, healthy-food-eating, religious-freedon-loving, elitists.

[Patricia Poteau Mellen]

08:36 AM on 04/02/2011

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