The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

The Correspondents Explain - Political Parties - The Republican Party

Season 16 • 08/22/2011

The Republican picnic is straight up barbecue -- sorry, vegetarians.

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Indecision 2012 - Elephant Stampede to the White House - The Media Turns to Paul Ryan

Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry excitement belongs to the ages once media talk turns to Paul Ryan, and Ed Schultz sees racism in Rick Perry's "black cloud."
08/17/2011
04:21

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DOMA Sweet DOMA

Rick Santorum makes an analogy between paper towels and gay marriage, and the Obama administration enforces, rather than defends, the Defense of Marriage Act.
08/17/2011
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Indecision 2012 - Elephant Stampede to the White House - Racially Charged Language

Wyatt Cenac and John Oliver interpret Ed Schultz's questionable use of "red herring," "white lie" and "yellow lobster" in his political discourse.
08/17/2011
02:59

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What Are You Friggin' Nuts Over There?

The Justice Department launches a probe into Standard & Poor's mortgage securities ratings, and Fitch downgrades New Jersey from AA to AA-.
08/18/2011
04:48

The Daily Show with Jon StewartS16
World of Class Warfare - Warren Buffett vs. Wealthy Conservatives

Warren Buffett's op-ed is a thoughtful treatise on the advantages the super-wealthy currently enjoy at the hands of the tax code, or to put it another way, "class warfare."
08/18/2011
00:29

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Moment of Zen - Anderson Cooper Cracks Up

CNN's Anderson Cooper can't stop laughing over a Gerard Depardieu pun on his RidicuList segment.
08/18/2011
06:32

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World of Class Warfare - The Poor's Free Ride Is Over

The government could raise $700 billion by either taking half of everything earned by the bottom 50% or by raising the marginal tax rate on the top two percent.
08/18/2011
05:57

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Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway discusses her Scrabble addiction and the difficulty in portraying a 35-year-old in "One Day."
08/18/2011
01:59

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The Correspondents Explain - Political Parties - The Democratic Party

The Democratic Party is in love with illegal gay Mexicans, Twitter porn and tree-hugging.
08/22/2011
02:46

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The Correspondents Explain - Political Parties - The Tea Party

The Tea Party name comes from a fourth grader's understanding of history.
08/22/2011
02:05

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The Correspondents Explain - Political Parties - The Republican Party

The Republican Party is a big tent full of red meat and money earned through lineage.
08/22/2011
06:30

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Buddy Roemer

Republican presidential candidate Buddy Roemer discusses institutional corruption in politics and explains why he cannot attend the Republican debate in California.
09/06/2011
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Tales of Manufactured Conflict - America's TV Scheduling Nightmare

John Oliver wonders who will watch Barack Obama's speech or the Republican presidential debate when all the shows they actually like are at their fingertips.
09/06/2011
01:15

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Earthquakes, Hurricanes & Leprechauns

Jon spent his whole vacation huddled in a shelter with some condensed milk and a bowl of Fruity Pebbles.
09/06/2011
04:59

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James and the Giant Speech

After Jimmy Hoffa Jr. warms up the crowd at a Labor Day rally, the Tea Party and conservatives suddenly develop an allergic reaction to violent rhetoric.
09/06/2011
04:23

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Tales of Manufactured Conflict - Speechgate

The 24-hour news media turn a tale of reasonable accommodation into a tale of manufactured conflict.
09/06/2011
00:27

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Moment of Zen - MSNBC Anchors Meet Over Hurricane Irene

MSNBC anchor Jeff Ranieri introduces himself to a weather reporter who has never heard of him.
09/06/2011
05:34

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Indecision 2012 - Oh My God, Rick Perry Is Going to Be Our Next President

Both Republican front-runners, Mitt Romney and Rick Perry, have been governors and could be cast in a middle-aged male kayaker with prostate problems ad.
09/07/2011
00:15

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Moment of Zen - Gretchen Carlson on Postal Workers

Fox News' Gretchen Carlson has a suggestion for slow postal workers with bad attitudes.
09/07/2011
08:06

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Sanjay Gupta

Dr. Sanjay Gupta discusses the contentious issue of the World Trade Center's carcinogenic dust and its consequences for 9/11 first responders.
09/07/2011
06:47

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Postbusters

A hot new trend called bankruptcy has taken America by storm, and it's now as close as the corner mailbox.
09/07/2011
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