Jon Stewart just humiliated ass clown Christopher Hitchens. BRUTAL.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

Hitchens was slobbering over Idiot Son again and Jon Stewart made them both look like TOTAL FUCKING LOSERS.

[ComerPerro]

1. Ill have to check it out.

[ixion]

2. I saw it... it was FANTASTIC

John took off the gloves and laid Hitchens out flat. :woohoo:

[Renew Deal]

3. I agree.

He turned his ass out. :spank:

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

4. Did He Tick Hitchens Off?

Was it noticeable, or just wishful thinking on your biased DU minds? I really enjoy watching these pukes get noticeably angry and flustered, a la Novak.

[Renew Deal]

6. It was noticeable.

Hitchens was all pissy from the start. He was upset at Jon for "ridiculing the president."

[readermostly]

31. Love to hear that! Hitchens is a fool. I'm sure many in England feel

they are well rid of him.

[Jade Fox]

94. Geez, why doesn't he go home....

and get mad at people ridiculing Blair?

What a shameless, drunken whore he is. He wrote an article saying he
believes Election 04 was stolen, and he still defends Bush?

He's nuts too.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

7. The more Assclown seethed the more Stewart laughed at him

oh it was brutal

[PDittie]

9. Hitch said "it's been real" and left the set

instantly. He was humiliated.

[oldtime dfl_er]

21. hahahaha!!!

Im dyin here waiting for it to come on on the left coast!

http://www.cafepress.com/scarebaby/654252

[katamaran]

He was getting ready to walk off the set

Bitchens was turned to the side and his body language said he was about to get up and stumble off.

I am SO in love with Jon Stewart.

[Atman]

Turned to the side? He all but turned his back to the camera!

That was really the most amazing part! I didn't think he was going to walk off, but he sure as hell was upset. It was like the camera was on the wrong side of the set, he was turned so far around! What a maroon!

[Land Shark]

42. the link here has a link where you can see this TONIGHT. nominated

<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4462094>

link seems to move, try "Drunk and Disorderly" story (video link) at this url:
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2004/12/02.html

(this is another round of Hitchens v. Stewart)

[Toots]

54. He was turning his back to the audience not the camera

He had just gotten a little bit of the audience discontent and decided to tune them out. What an arrogant oaf almost as arrogant as the Bush* Cabal.

[MADem]

56. I noticed that as well

Have another drink, HITCH!

He looks like he's recently back from drydock, but starting in again. It will only be a matter of weeks before he turns up on the early morning shows, looking like he just rolled out of bed with a sheen of drunksweat on his face and his hair plastered to his greasy forehead.

He lost the point a time or two in that exchange...and I'm sure the sun was barely over the yardarm when that interview was taped, so either he is showing signs of his long term abuse, or he had a few jars of courage before he went on...

[tabasco]

97. "Tie the scurvy dog to the yardarm!"

"But Captain, what's a yardarm?"

Old Firesign Theatre I think. What the hell is a yardarm?

[Cha]

100. Yardarm..

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ove1.htm

[MADem]

106. It's that horizontal spar

..that you hang the sails from on an old sailing ship--the big ass log that bisects the mast!

[krkaufman]

75. Along w/ tossing out a childish "It's been real" as he stood up.

Stewart wasn't overtly spanking Hitchens, like the recent Goldberg interview; he was trying to have a truly heart-to-heart discussion on the course of the Iraq war and how to be successful. Hitchens, though, got spanked-down when he mischaracterized Stewart's earlier bit ridiculing Bush's refusal to be honest w/ the public on the war.

Stewart was exceedingly impressive. And Hitchens appeared odd (not that he can help it, w/ his habitual skewed posture and tilted head), and propagandistic.

[qanda]

57. "he was about to get up and stumble off"

That made me laugh out loud!!!

[converted_democrat]

5. Lord help me, but I think Hitchens is hot.......

I know it's wrong on many levels, but I can't help it.

[peekaloo]

8. In that Richard Burton drunk on his ass kinda way?

:hi:

[converted_democrat]

14. Nope, it's more of a father-figure, British accent, kinda thing......

:hi:

[krkaufman]

79. Are you sure you don't mean more of an Uncle Ernie sorta way? : ) n/t

[mitchum]

25. LOL!

nice :)

[mcctatas]

11. Don't feel bad...

I have a thing for Tucker Carlson, at least Hitchens has a sexy accent! :toast:

[converted_democrat]

15. It's good to know someone understands!!!

:toast:

[buddysmellgood]

26. I'm going to start a thread to get you some help. Maybe an intervention.

[mcctatas]

37. My mother calls it my "disorder", she was thinking that I might need

some re-education ala "A Clockwork Orange" :rofl:

[barbaraann]

32. My candidate for sexiest BFEE-enabler is Aznar (ex-Pres of Spain)

His eyes are so intense!

[tlsmith1963]

49. I Actually Like...

Karzai of Afghanistan. Not for his politics, but for how he looks. Weird, huh?

Tammy

[iconoclastNYC]

33. The onset of blindness must be dificult for you.

It seems to be affecting your judgement. I think your family members should stage an intevention.

Middle Aged Alcoholic Syndrome is an ugly site.

[converted_democrat]

47. Nope, it's worse than that, I'm not even middle aged, and I don't drink.

I don't know maybe I am middle aged now that I am thinking about it. What is middle aged? I'm 26.

[iconoclastNYC]

72. I meant.

You must be blind because you think he's hot.

And he's so not hot because all that drinking (he shows up on air drunk) wrecks your face.

[converted_democrat]

73. Oops, I misunderstood............

BTW- I just watched the rerun of last nights daily show and your right, he was LOADED. That accent gets me though, no matter how much he slurs his words.

[burythehatchet]

46. I have an iguana you may want to meet

[spooky3]

59. that's ok; I feel the same when I see Chuck Hagel.

I feel so ashamed.

[Kurovski]

90. Same here.

What's to be done with the likes of us?

[spooky3]

91. do you think we can convert him?

[Kurovski]

93. Well, there's the problem of that wife of his.

But the Right-Wing has ascribed great powers of persuasion to me, and I'm willing to test them out. I'm mostly concerned that Chuck has done something dark and nasty in regard to voting machines, and that would be like, such a total turn-off!

Are you proposing a "time-share" sort of dealy?

Oh wait, do you mean convert him to the Democratic Party?

[spooky3]

95. yes, I meant convert him to liberalism (or at least centrism)!!!

time share? LOL

[Kurovski]

102. Hmmm? I hear tell the media is a mighty force of liberalism

and that the Democrats are pushing their views heavily through a variety of outlets. You know what I mean, Fox News and the radio and such...so, yes.

Yes, I think it's just a matter of time.

[stanwyck]

61. Oh, honey, please take two

tablets of Johnny Depp, now! You're very sick.

[Carni]

67. OMG! Blecccccckkkkk!

No disrespect but good GOD! :(

[Kahuna]

104. Seek help..

:pals:

[Cleita]

10. I knew Jon would put him in his place. I just had that

confidence in him.

[Yavin4]

12. DOWN GOES HITCHENS! DOWN GOES HITCHENS

If that was a prizefight, they would have stopped it. It was absolutely brilliant.

[KeepItReal]

16. Scott Ritter is dancing a jig right now I hope

That pro-war punk Hitchens dissed the U.N. weapons inspector Ritter constantly before the Iraq invasion.

[Land Shark]

41. Hitchens admitted that Bush's execution of his own policy is "incompetent"

[Cha]

101. And said he was writing an

article for the "weakly standard" that says just that.

How dare bitchens question Jon's "ridiculing" the pres:puke:ident?

all snitch does is ridicule.

[DiverDave]

48. LOL, I can hear Cosell saying it.

Thanks for the laugh!

[Atman]

13. Jon dee-stroyed Hitchens...very politely and intelligently

No conspiracy theories, no voting irregularities, no nothing but saying it straight and to the point...Bush is not treating us like adults, and refuses to simply answer honest questions we have, as adults. He said it forcefully, eloquently, and he actually did seem to leave Hitchens dumbstruck for just a second. There really was no refute to what Jon said, and Hitchens knew it. So instead, he joked about Jon playing to his audience.

But make no mistake...this should be the news clip on all the morning programs tomorrow. They never have a problem showing clips from TDS, and this one is the one that deserves it more than anything I've ever heard from Stewart, or anyone else on the air today.

Flat-out perfect, Jon. Thank you!

[fujiyama]

40. It was amazing

He probably is the most eloquent and effective spokesperson I've seen for the left...and he really does it in a way which does not come off as condescending or mean.

This was an amazing smackdown, in some ways even better and angrier than his interview with Goldberg a few weeks ago.

[PDittie]

44. It's a surgical-like evisceration

not of the war or even of the "rationales" for it, but of the manner in which we the people are talked to about it.

As JS said, Bush talks to us all as if we are children and then refuses to answer any serious questions. It's condescending and asinine.

People -- well, most people -- know when their intelligence is being insulted, and don't really care for it.

[krkaufman]

80. Yep, the same point Cindy's essentially trying to make.

Bush refuses to move beyond platitudes and sound bites when addressing the Iraq war with the American people.

[annagull]

17. Jon Stewart--KO!!!

He told hitch "should we belive in platatudes and talking points, why doesn't the president speak to us like adults?" to which a fumbling hitch could only gassbag. Also, hitch kept forgetting what he was talking about, which shows to me he has an alcohol soaked brain and if he can't get his notes, he is useless. WTG hitch, you just played yourself on national tv.

[glitch]

96. WTG hitch, you just played yourself on national tv.

:rofl: !

[papercut]

18. Jon disemboweled Snitchens so expertly...

...and with such a big chummy smile, that Snitchens seemed to think he was actually leaving with the remnants of his balls intact.

[Zen Democrat]

19. Hitchens' brain is pickled.

He kept forgetting what he was talking about ... and had nothing remotely intelligent to say. Stewart nailed him on Bush's empty platitudes and talking points -- and told him that he was sick of the RW saying that the Democrats are blaming America when, in fact, they are blaming Bush for his incompetence. At the end, Hitchens knew he'd been had, said "It's been real" and walked off. Just beautiful!

Hitchens claimed Iraq should have been invaded because they were harboring terrorists such as Zarqawi and Adu Nadal -- and Stewart said he could name at least five terrorists in every country in the Middle East and that some were probably working for us! What a slam!

A must-see.

[Elwood P Dowd]

39. Why didn't Stewart tell him

Zarqawi was protected by us while hiding in the mountains of the No Fly Zone. We knew he was there and did nothing until it was too late. Adu Nadal was in prison, and we turned down Iraq's offer to turn him over to us.

So we have two terrorists, one in prison and one protected by our "No Fly Zone", and that's a reason to kill 100,000 Iraqis and 1,800 Americans?

[castiron]

20. Doh ho, ho, can't wait for the 24 hour delay to download the mother

[Vinca]

45. Where do you get the download?

I've gotta see this.

[krkaufman]

85. The Hitchens Daily Show inteview is available here...

On Comedy Central...

http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/media_player/play.jhtml?itemId=17568

... and over at Crooks and Liars ...

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/08/25.html#a4634

[Vinca]

86. Thanks - got it.

[Skittles]

22. it was lovely to see

what upsets me is every liberal talking to every conservative assclown on TV should be able to do the same with the same tired old bullshit being repeated over and over, straight from the GOP propaganda playlist

[krkaufman]

81. Agreed. Though Stewart *is* masterful, it would mostly require...

... a simple spine upgrade for most Dems to do the same.

[steely]

23. I missed it but will stay up for the 1:00 AM EST repeat

Jon is my hero - I wish I were half as well-spoken on my feet as he.

[mitchum]

24. I guess that gin-soaked asshole observes the code of honor among drunks

[VOX]

27. Thanks for the heads-up. On the West Coast, waiting for airtime. n/t

[Reciprocity]

28. Replay at the top of the hour.

[norml]

29. "You're a drink-soaked former Trotskyist popinjay"

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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=popinjay+hitchens&btnG=Search

[Melodybe]

30. It was fun, Jon slapped him good.

worth watching the re-run.

I love it when Jon cusses!

[ananda]

51. Lol

So..

Would you describe Hitchens as a drinksoaked former Trotskyist popinjay?

lol

ananda, thinking of him as an alcoholic previously warbling for... and now a Novak wannabe.

[LSU_Subversive]

34. and away we go!

[bdot]

35. It's on for the 2nd time on the East. I'm gonna watch again.

I need the humor right before work.

[Prism]

36. Wow, sloshed

He's fairly plastered. No shock, but I have to lean forward and squint (wtf?!) to understand what the heck he's on about.

[William Bloode]

38. Hahahaha!!!!

I just saw the 1a.m. replay. Jeebus H Christ he laid that snob Hitchens down. He was visabally rattled and looked pissed. Jon really let him have it in that special way Jon has.

[walldude]

43. Just watched it.. Jon was brilliant.

He played the guy like a fiddle, greeted him warmly, let him speak, threw a few jabs in to get him off balance, then when the segment was nearing the end Jon just let it rip. Checkmate.

[krkaufman]

82. If you watch it, you'll see that Stewart didn't let it rip...

... until Hitchens started throwing out b-s propaganda and mischaracterizing Stewart's bit earlier in the show ripping Bush for his failure to speak honestly and openly w/ the public.

[Flubadubya]

50. See clip at Crooks and Liars...

I did not see this on TV and went to crooksandliars.com, and, sure enough... the clip is available there now! Bwahahaha! :rofl:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/

[the other one]

52. Just checkin out my new comment line...

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

53. Hitchens spreads debunked neocon lies about terrorists being

protected by Iraq, and Jon comes back with ...paraphrasing..
Name me one country in the middle east that doesn't have 5 terrorists who want to blow us up, and some of them probably work for us. !!!!!

[Yavin4]

69. That Was Beautiful!!

It's the perfect retort. EVERY nation in the ME probably has a terrorist that wants to kill us, including Pakistan which is actively helping Bin Laden.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

87. Then of course there is Saudi Arabia, and the shrub holds hands with

the now King, Abudullah, and it makes it very clear, it was never about terrorists in Iraq.

[DemonFighterLives]

55. Not only the Hitchens part

But the part on repitition was great. He really slayed dubby last night.

[Atman]

63. Moment of Zen

Was a great one, too, if I recall...film of W giving his infamous "I need to propel the propaganda" remark.

[DemonFighterLives]

88. Yeah he catapaulted it

I never knew where that quote came from until I saw dubby throw right there.

[Gregorian]

58. Hitchen's body language.

Could it be he's ashamed of something? Twisting the truth to fit his diseased brain? He was facing the back of the stage fer crying out loud.

[Mabus]

64. I noticed that too

This morning when I watched a repeat of the show Hitchens began with the front of his chair facing the audience while his body was facing Jon. By the end of the show Hitchens was ready to bolt (ala John Stoussel) when the interview was over. His body language had changed, his face was red and he didn't look happy.

Stewart rocks!

[maxsolomon]

60. the best political discussion on TV i have seen in 20 years

i'm not wholly dismissive of Hitchens as many here. i used to enjoy many of his articles in Vanity Fair back in the late 90's, and his assertions regarding our involvement in the ME have the ring of truth. at least i think he believes it. He's been to NK, SA, Pakistan, Afganistan, Iraq. He's walked the talk. He had a conversation with Stewart, which is more than 99% of RW pundits will dare.

He agreed with much of what Jon said, even, probably, the rant about * treating us as children, though Stewart didn't give him much of a chance to respond. Should have been 2 segments. Hitchens said the war is being prosecuted incompetently. It sure as fuck is, beginning with the entire strategy of a predictable, traditional imperialist Occupation. When he said there are people who want to do us harm, and not just because we did it to them first, that isn't BS.

I would love to see such intelligent debate on TV EVERY GODDAMN NIGHT, and not just on the fucking Comedy Channel. It was like living in France for 10 minutes.

[TK421]

62. Hitchens looked like he was about 80 proof....HIC!!!

[MODemocrat]

65. Jon Stewart really put Hitchens in his place

As for his book, Evidently, I just haven't read enough history about Thomas Jefferson. I simply cannot understand why Hitchins would even put W. in the same category with him. Some of you well read DUers might be able to straighten me out on that.

My husband couldn't understand but very little of what Hitchens was even saying, but we both enjoyed Jon's responses. It was one of his best shows IMHO. :thumbsup:
:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[Proud2BAmurkin]

74. Hitchens mumbled nonsense the whole time

he was Jon's bitch

[krkaufman]

84. From the little snippet I heard on last night's Daily Show...

... it would appear that Hitchens' new book on Thomas Jefferson is really just an attempt to cast Bush's directionless war on terror as something that Jefferson would have done -- as exemplified by Jefferson's war against "Islamist terrorists in the Barbery states."

I'll look for someone else's take on the book, since I have no desire to submit myself to Hitchens' propaganda or to support him financially.

[sunnystarr]

66. Crooks and Liars has the video up

http://www.crooksandliars.com/

[OrlandoGator]

68. That was old-school ownage.

n/t

[Beaverhausen]

70. I watched Wednesday's show last night - Trent Lott was likeable

dang! I have to say it. Trent Lott was likeable and seems to have learned some things over the years. I thought Jon Stewart treated him really well.

I loved the knockout of Hitchens!!!

[SheepyMcSheepster]

71. i agree with you about lott

he came across as a intelligent and articulate person. he is much more smooth than the likes of santorum etc..

[Melodybe]

77. As a Mississippian, I resent that, Lott is a POS

After 9/11 he was glad that they were going to get the Patriot Act pushed through.

Don't let his MS charm whoo you, he is a racist, rich asshole.

[Beaverhausen]

78. Ok I'll take your word for it

he just seemed a little more likeable than some of the other repugs.

But since he isn't my senator I don't know what he is really like.

:hi:

[SheepyMcSheepster]

83. don't get me wrong

i am just saying he is articulate, well-spoken and engaging. he "seems" nice. that does not mean that i agree with him and his politics. it just struck me how much more intelligent he sounds than the typical repbulican.

[gulfcoastliberal]

89. Heard him on Fresh Air the other evening pimping his book

Terri Brooks had him cornered regarding the reasons for war. But he said he didn't regret pushing the IWR resolution through or shooting down Biden-Lugar. Arrogant MOFO. I believe his brother is an attorney who won one of those frivilous lawsuits against the tobacco industry.

[Surya Gayatri]

76. Hitchens had indulged

in some liquid courage, I think. He's known to be a practicing alcoholic and his face looked really flushed. He wasn't really in full debate form either--Jon just trounced his vaunted British wit. The audience just laughed his ass off stage.

[BootinUp]

92. Just caught the replay...baaahaaaahaaa!

Loved it. :)

Reminiscent of Stewart dressing down Begal and bow tie boy.

[readermostly]

103. I just saw it, too. It lived up to everything everyone said it would be.

Loved to see someone take on that pompous man!! For years, when I've seen him pontificating on some show he's always gotten a pass. The only one I've seen ever before try to take him on was John Hockenberry on MSNBC during the Clinton witch hunt.

[Lisa]

98. Hitchens was foolish enough to gripe about not getting applause ...

... and Stewart oh-so-politely asked the audience to give him a hand, at the end of the segment. Brilliant. (Watch what you ask for, Christopher ... you might just get it!)

[wellstone dem]

99. he was great. nt

[T Town Jake]

105. Ah, what a difference a month (and a show) makes...

...wasn't too long ago hereabouts that GD was chock full of threads bitching about Jon Stewart not being hard-hitting enough against right wingers.

Vox Populi, Vox Humbug.

(Want a link? Get yourself one of those pretty gold stars, and do your own search. Thanks.)