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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Wed Jun 4, 2014, 09:35 AM Jun 2014

Stewart Rips Fox: You'd Like Bergdahl's Dad If He Was In 'Duck Dynasty'

By Arturo Garcia
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 0:19 EDT

Daily Show host Jon Stewart tore into Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade on Tuesday over his criticizing the father of recently-released American POW Bowe Bergdahl for his beard, considering the Fox lovefest over the hirsute Duck Dynasty clan.

“First of all, who the f*ck are you to judge what a guy does if he thinks it might help him get his son back?” Stewart asked Kilmeade. “And I don’t want to complicate your hatred of facial hair there, friend, but my guess is if you gave Bob Berg-dahl a bandana and a duck, you’d like him just f*cking fine.”

Stewart also called old adversary Sean Hannity out for mispronouncing the former Taliban prisoner’s last name as “Berg-dahl,” as opposed to “Berg-dahl.”

“Is that how we’re pronouncing it now?” Stewart asked mockingly. “I guess the purposeful mispronunciation of a soldier’s last name to make it sound ‘Arabic’ is not purposeful. I mean, Sean Hannity’s not an a*s-hole, right? Why would he do that?”

Overall, Stewart observed, it took just three days for coverage of the move by President Barack Obama’s administration to exchange Bergdahl for five Taliban detainees to sour the release of the last U.S. prisoner of war, particularly when conservatives opened their criticism with the cliche, “We don’t negotiate with terrorists.”

“What are you talking about? We always negotiate with terrorists,” Stewart said. “Saying we don’t negotiate with terrorists is our opening negotiation: ‘We are not negotiating with you terrorists … and your response is?’”

Watch Stewart’s commentary, as posted online on Tuesday, below.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/04/jon-stewart-blasts-fox-youd-love-bergdahls-dad-if-he-wore-a-duck-dynasty-bandana/

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Stewart Rips Fox: You'd Like Bergdahl's Dad If He Was In 'Duck Dynasty' (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2014 OP

Jon is expressing with humor the white hot rage we ALL randys1 Jun 2014 #1

"Faith, family, facial hair" is what the Taliban are all about IronLionZion Jun 2014 #2

The first time I saw the dad, my immediate thought was "Duck Dynasty fan". MH1 Jun 2014 #3

Jon was in great form last night Gothmog Jun 2014 #4

Now if he had an AR15 strapped on him and had spent time in the Bundy Militia Thinkingabout Jun 2014 #5

randys1

(16,286 posts)

1. Jon is expressing with humor the white hot rage we ALL

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Jun 4, 2014, 09:39 AM

Jun 2014

should be experiencing...

There is NO limit to the racism from the right, the hate

IronLionZion

(45,427 posts)

2. "Faith, family, facial hair" is what the Taliban are all about

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Jun 4, 2014, 10:11 AM

Jun 2014

and reagan thought they were like the founding fathers when he invited them to the white house.

But of course anyone who disagrees with American war policy, is a clearly a traitor, and probably atheist and vegan too, whatever is worse.

Its disgusting that people actually want to leave an Amerian soldier behind in enemy captivity out of spite.

MH1

(17,600 posts)

3. The first time I saw the dad, my immediate thought was "Duck Dynasty fan".

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Jun 4, 2014, 11:21 AM

Jun 2014

I was thinking wow, looking like your hero, that's going a bit far, isn't it?

But that crap quickly went away as I remembered (duh) that lots of people grow their hair and beard out for lots of reasons.

But I've gotta admit as the reich-wing has been going apeshit on him and attacking his appearance, I've been really amused by the irony and wondering when others like Colbert and Stewart would pick up on it.

Edit to add: I do want to be clear that in general I am NOT amused by the attacks on the senior Bergdahl. How fucking heartless and despicable are these people? They seem to find new lows every day.

Gothmog

(145,130 posts)

4. Jon was in great form last night

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Jun 4, 2014, 12:06 PM

Jun 2014

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)

5. Now if he had an AR15 strapped on him and had spent time in the Bundy Militia