Jon Stewart Mocks Indecisive GOP Base: 'Maybe Your Candidates Aren't The Problem, Maybe It's You' (VIDEO)

As we grow closer to the one-year mark until the 2012 Presidential election, the crop of Republican candidates is ever expanding with a new frontrunner every month. At first it seemed like Michele Bachmann could be the right person for the job, and then Mitt Romney, but that was before Rick Perry came on the scene. Now even the straight shooter from Texas' popularity might be fading, thanks to his performance at the last debate.

On Monday night's "Daily Show," before his lengthy interview with Congressman Ron Paul, Jon Stewart mocked the muddled GOP field, particularly the prospect of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie now joining the race. Stewart provided an excellent metaphor: that The GOP race is now a season of "American Idol" in reverse, with more and more unqualified people being added every week instead of eliminated (and when he shows a particular Christie clip you'll see exactly what he means).

Considering that perhaps it's not the candidates who are the problem, but the GOP base, Stewart's "Indecision 2012" moniker is more appropriate than ever. Conservatives are typically pro-life, yet they cheered for death during the debate. "They want someone who'll roll up their sleeves, but not show their arms," Stewart joked. "You guys need to take a long, hard look in the mirror and not come away thinking, 'There's something wrong with this mirror."

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Comments

[Julie99]

05:56 AM on 10/11/2011

Remember when they told John Wayne died with 45 pounds of fecal matter.

Are all Republicans just vastly constipated with new candidates with same problem?

[cedaroflebanon33]

06:21 PM on 10/03/2011

Jesus would not run in the kingdom of satan for elections , He has His own kingdom pure kingdom

[prog12]

08:03 PM on 10/01/2011

Stewart, Maher and Colbert help me keep my sanity as I read about the candidates the GOP continues to drag out. That Repub. party just gets scarier and scarier. These candidates have GOT to be scaring anyone who is a moderate anything. Keep up the good work comedians!

[habenae23]

03:37 PM on 09/29/2011

*sigh*...I never get tired of watching that :D

[pepimartinez]

01:11 PM on 09/29/2011

I'm not a religious person, but I firmly believe that only god could save us if Chris Christie is elected President.

[chupa888]

11:12 PM on 09/28/2011

This is why the GOP will lose. If you look at long history of political parties in the US, the party that began to lose a tenure of control began to separate on new issues. The GOP of today is seeing a split between many of whom who are atheists, social liberals and non-interventionists, and those who remain religious, socially conservative and pro-neocon. That's alright, it's for the better. The Republican party might return to it's more liberal roots, and the religious will crawl to the Democrats to protect religion and English-speaking peoples. It's like when the magnetic poles flip. Isn't that 2012 prediction? ;-)

[Impulse725]

05:28 AM on 09/29/2011

I think it'd be more likely the Republicans collapse, conservatives continue to flock to the democrats, and the progressive wing of the dems spins off.

[Lena Bickford]

10:02 PM on 09/28/2011

Want to frustrate a Republican? Tell them their tax dollars are being used to protect the unborn. Ron Paul is the most consistent guy in the GOP field, and they're all pretending the guy doesn't exist. You go, Jon Stewart! It's incredibly refreshing to hear civil political discourse for a change instead of the screaming, foaming-at-the-mouth vitriol we're used to getting from Fox News. If Bill O'Reilly cuts someone off mid-word one more time to call them a pinhead...

[cedaroflebanon33]

06:23 PM on 10/03/2011

and you are paying for our churches and our babies that are born and for our healthy families and christian marriages

[Lena Bickford]

07:21 AM on 10/04/2011

I happen to attend church and have a healthy marriage and family. Can you actually watch Bachmann running around schrieking about "government injections" causing mental retardation and think this is a reasonable stance?

[calltoaction]

09:26 PM on 09/28/2011

tea baggers complain, what an ugly mirror. ha!

[Chazz280V]

04:48 PM on 09/28/2011

A comedic genius. A satirist extraordinaire.

[CarryOn]

03:03 PM on 09/28/2011

main reason we can fall asleep at night...cause Stewart and Colbert call out the insanity...thanj you team Stewart and Colbert!

[Canliberalwoman]

01:33 PM on 09/28/2011

Jon is the man! Republicans hate the truth!

[Liviu]

12:39 PM on 09/28/2011

"You guys need to take a long, hard look in the mirror and not come away thinking, 'There's something wrong with this mirror."

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL. I'd really like to know who came up with that.

[pjlim]

09:22 AM on 09/28/2011

It's called hypocrisy......not so hard to figure out.

[boehnerstan]

08:58 AM on 09/28/2011

What makes the right think America is going to elect one of these drop outs if they don't even want them?

[sunbeltvoter]

09:13 AM on 09/28/2011

Because unlike your excellent post, people are seldom able to find a way to use the words "the right" and "think" together in one sentence.

[lastpost]

08:43 AM on 09/28/2011

"the problem"
is that, in years to come. What will future Palin-tologists discover these fossils, from this our past, have then turned into?