Jon Stewart Wins Cramer Showdown

[dblanch66]

Originally Posted by dmek25

im trying to figure out how 70 tied Obama into this. anyway, i think people forget that Stewart is a comedian, and entertainer. while he does do his homework, he is still around because he makes people laugh. and Cramer did the same thing most so called experts did. went along with the financial tide of success. the one thing this economy should have taught everyone is that even the experts don't know everything

well, it's because he's a republican...obviously.

If you watch the interview, politics isn't even an issue having any relevance to the discussion. this is about dishonest scumbags getting rich over the last 10 years off of your's and your parent's 401ks and retirement and now being called to task. This has nothing to do with Obama at all but yet somehow he enters into the discussion. Baffling. Just baffling.

[70Chip]

Let's not confuse WHAT Stewart said with WHY he said it. The timing is important. Cramer's criticism of Obama hit the papers last Tuesday, March 3. Stewart did his takedown of Cramer and CNBC on Wednesday March 4. I don't think anyone can claim that the first did not cause the second. If Cramer doesn't criticize Obama, or if he does and it doesn't make headlines, Jon Stewart would have kept his outrage to himself - as he had largely managed to do for so many years.

At any rate, the White House is quite pleased with what Stewart hath wrought:


"White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said he and President Obama spoke yesterday about the fact that CNBC's Jim Cramer was set to appear on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart last night.

He wasn't sure if the president caught Mr. Stewart's bloodletting of the host of "Mad Money," but he himself gave the show a thumbs up.
"I enjoyed it thoroughly," Gibbs said at his daily briefing."

Political Punch: White House Raves About Jon Stewart's Beatdown of Jim Cramer

[wolfeskins]

Originally Posted by dblanch66

This has nothing to do with Obama at all but yet somehow he enters into the discussion. Baffling. Just baffling.

kinda like how bush was blamed for katrina right ?

[dmek25]

Originally Posted by wolfeskins

kinda like how bush was blamed for katrina right ?

only blamed for the lack of response. hopefully we, as a country, learned a valuable lesson