Current Events > Rand Paul strikes back at Jon Stewart. Calls him a lying unfunny attention *****

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Jon Stewart made himself part of the political "B.S." when he attacked two Republican lawmakers over their delay of the 9/11 victim compensation reauthorization bill, according to Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.

The name-calling of Paul and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is not a good look for the comedian and activist, the Bluegrass State lawmaker claimed Thursday on "Your World."

"I know Jon Stewart, and Jon Stewart is sometimes funny and sometimes informed," he said.

"In this case, he's neither funny nor informed. I've spent my entire Senate career putting forward 'pay-fors' for any time spending is expanded. I put forward a pay-for for the border funding bill."

On Wednesday, Stewart and 9/11 first responder John Feal slammed the senator for blocking a motion by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., for unanimous consent on passing the legislation -- which would put money into the victim compensation fund through 2090.

"It's absolutely outrageous, and you'll pardon me if I'm not impressed in any way by Rand Paul's fiscal-responsibility virtue signaling," comedian Stewart told Bret Baier on "Special Report."

"Rand Paul presented tissue paper avoidance of the $1.5 trillion tax cut that added hundreds of billions of dollars to our deficit, and now he stands up at the last minute, after 15 years of blood, sweat and tears from the 9/11 community, to say that it's all over now and we're going to balance the budget on the backs of the 9/11 first-responder community."

In his response to the ex-"Daily Show" host, Paul called the attacks "disgusting," and suggested Stewart acted out because he is used to getting attention on television.

"Jon Stewart doesn't care about the truth," he said. "It's all about 'me-me-me Jon Stewart -- look at me, I'm on TV."

He said that during Stewart's tenure at Comedy Central, the comedian portrayed himself as "somebody that could see both sides and see through the B.S. on both sides. Now he is the B.S.,"

"He's really not informed, and his name-calling just sort of exposes him as a left-winger -- part of the left-wing mob that really isn't using its brain."

Paul reiterated that he routinely files motions against legislation that is not, "budgetarily neutral."

He said he is like most Americans who want to see Sept. 11 victims and first responders taken care of, but insisted that all federal spending must be compensated through cuts to other programs -- citing America's $21 trillion debt.

In addition, Paul said the 56-year-old comic was mischaracterizing his support for the Trump tax cuts as an exception to the lawmaker's fiscal responsibility mantra.

He said when he cast his vote in favor of the tax cut, there was a "pay-go" provision in the bill that afforded some semblance of budgetary neutrality. That provision, Paul claimed, was removed in the final version signed by President Trump.

Full Article: https://www.foxnews.com/media/rand-paul-says-jon-stewart-is-neither-funny-nor-informed-slamming-lies-about-9-11-bill



I don't know. Jon Stewart was defending the 9/11 first responders back when he WAS the dude on TV all the time.

Of all the things to throw in Stewart's face, I really don't think "You're doing this for attention!" holds water.
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whenever someone says "I know ____" they don't
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We should all be thankful to Rand Paul for finally making it obvious he is a trash bag full of week-old pizza crust animated with black magic.
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Jon Stewart is sincere. Rand Paul is a grandstanding ideologue.
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these people are human slime
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pegusus123456 posted...

We should all be thankful to Rand Paul for finally making it obvious he is a trash bag full of week-old pizza crust animated with black magic.

I don't trust people who don't eat the pizza crust.

That's a waste of good food. Why get pizza if you won't fucking eat it?

Maybe just get a smaller pizza?

Wasteful
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How fucking dare he insult Jon on this. He's been fighting for 9/11 first responders for years. He's not an attention whore. Fuck Rand Paul.
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Rand Paul is living up to his namesake as being entirely morally empty and putting dollars and numbers ahead of human lives. Whats the point of balancing the budget if youre not balancing the budget of a country worthy of saving?
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Jon Stewart didnt name call Paul, dunno why he's saying he did. Rand Paul needs to gtfo.
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lol fiscal conservatism

manmouse posted...

Rand Paul is living up to his namesake as being entirely morally empty and putting dollars and numbers ahead of human lives. Whats the point of balancing the budget if youre not balancing the budget of a country worthy of saving?

You really think that there is no way whatsoever that we could trim the budget to find the money proposed here?
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John has nothing to personally gain from doing this. He doesnt even want attention these days, and if he did he wouldnt need to do this to get it. He gets attention every time he surfaces. He doesnt need to pull stunts. Rand is an absolute piece of shit.
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70 years. 70.

I remember the same brief outrage when the president ended the "temporary" Haiti earthquake declaration that went on for a decade.

Stewart's entire career is evidence that he didn't learn a single lesson about national security. He just heard the word benefits and he's up like a rocket.
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On Jon's show one time I heard him say the quote "Character is destiny" and it's been with me since. Leave Jon alone Rand!!!
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TaiIs82 posted...

70 years. 70.

I remember the same brief outrage when the president ended the "temporary" Haiti earthquake declaration that went on for a decade.

Stewart's entire career is evidence that he didn't learn a single lesson about national security. He just heard the word benefits and he's up like a rocket.

You know why it's for 70 years? So they don't have to keep dealing with this bullshit.
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BAD LOOK for DUMBASS PAUL

really bad look
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TaiIs82 posted...

70 years. 70.

I remember the same brief outrage when the president ended the "temporary" Haiti earthquake declaration that went on for a decade.

Stewart's entire career is evidence that he didn't learn a single lesson about national security. He just heard the word benefits and he's up like a rocket.

none of this makes any sense in relation to the issue at hand.
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darkjedilink posted...

manmouse posted...

Rand Paul is living up to his namesake as being entirely morally empty and putting dollars and numbers ahead of human lives. Whats the point of balancing the budget if youre not balancing the budget of a country worthy of saving?

You really think that there is no way whatsoever that we could trim the budget to find the money proposed here?

Weve already egregiously rolled back education funding and numerous social programs to fund the wealthy tax cuts and to inflate the militarys budget even further than before.
Weve trimmed the budget again and again, but it does nothing when the trimmings come from the most important areas while contractors and bankers get rich off the governments teet. Fiscal responsibility means nothing to conservatives and never did, they just wanna redirect the flow upwards. So Im done talking to conservatives at that level, because they dont believe in those principles to begin with.
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Americans have to pay to 2090? Why? If its that important, politicians can find a way to pay for it.

UnfairRepresent posted...

pegusus123456 posted...

We should all be thankful to Rand Paul for finally making it obvious he is a trash bag full of week-old pizza crust animated with black magic.

I don't trust people who don't eat the pizza crust.

That's a waste of good food. Why get pizza if you won't fucking eat it?

Maybe just get a smaller pizza?

Wasteful

You must not trust a ton of people, then. It seems like everybody avoids eating their crusts, and I HATE it. I dont even necessarily like them (depending on the kind) myself, but like you said Im not gonna waste good food.
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TaiIs82 posted...

70 years. 70.

I remember the same brief outrage when the president ended the "temporary" Haiti earthquake declaration that went on for a decade.

Stewart's entire career is evidence that he didn't learn a single lesson about national security. He just heard the word benefits and he's up like a rocket.

Its extended to 2090 so they dont have to go through this political garbage again
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So basically some people are in favor of no oversight whatsoever as long as a bill has "9/11" attached to it?
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TaiIs82 posted...

So basically some people are in favor of no oversight whatsoever as long as a bill has "9/11" attached to it?

Is there a reason we'll need to revisit whether or not to compensate 9/11 victims?
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CE yesterday: "yes lets have balanced budgets. fiscal conservatism is good while i can be progressive on social issues. *tips fedora*"

CE today: "wE cAnT PuLL bAcK oN sPenDiNg!"

oh okay.

but insisted that all federal spending must be compensated through cuts to other programs -- citing America's $21 trillion debt.

how radical and naughty of rand paul!
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myzz7 posted...

CE yesterday: "yes lets have balance budgets. fiscal conservatism is good while i can be progressive on social issues. *tips fedora*"

CE today: "wE cAnT PuLL bAcK oN sPenDiNg!"

oh okay.

but insisted that all federal spending must be compensated through cuts to other programs -- citing America's $21 trillion debt.

how radical and naughty of rand paul!

What do you gain from wet farts?
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myzz7 posted...

CE yesterday: "yes lets have balanced budgets. fiscal conservatism is good while i can be progressive on social issues. *tips fedora*"

CE today: "wE cAnT PuLL bAcK oN sPenDiNg!"

oh okay.

but insisted that all federal spending must be compensated through cuts to other programs -- citing America's $21 trillion debt.

how radical and naughty of rand paul!

For a while I thought @muchdran was the absolute dumbest poster on the board but you may very well be taking that title

hockeybub89 posted...

TaiIs82 posted...

So basically some people are in favor of no oversight whatsoever as long as a bill has "9/11" attached to it?

Is there a reason we'll need to revisit whether or not to compensate 9/11 victims?

apparently tails doesnt like to see heroes compensated for life
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AwesomeToTheMAX posted...

myzz7 posted...

CE yesterday: "yes lets have balanced budgets. fiscal conservatism is good while i can be progressive on social issues. *tips fedora*"

CE today: "wE cAnT PuLL bAcK oN sPenDiNg!"

oh okay.

but insisted that all federal spending must be compensated through cuts to other programs -- citing America's $21 trillion debt.

how radical and naughty of rand paul!

For a while I thought @muchdran was the absolute dumbest poster on the board but you may very well be taking that title

Excellent rebuttal. I loved all of the lucid and cogent argumentation therein.

We really have to stop that golemancer. It was bad enough when I thought he'd just animated Rand Paul, but it's pretty clear there are multiple bags of trash posting ITT.
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myzz7 posted...

CE yesterday: "yes lets have balanced budgets. fiscal conservatism is good while i can be progressive on social issues. *tips fedora*"

What CE were you on yesterday?
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We care about 9/11 first responders so much that well force future generations to pay for them via deficit financing. Just dont ask present voters to pay. Thats asking too much.
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tennisdude818 posted...

We care about 9/11 first responders so much that well force future generations to pay for them via deficit financing. Just dont ask present voters to pay. Thats asking too much.

Did it say somewhere that this wouldn't have gone into effect until everyone currently alive is dead?
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This topic is reminding me of the conjoined violinist argument, but for 70 years instead of 9 months. Heroes don't expect rewards.

Of course as time goes by, there's a greater chance of fraud and the like, particularly if we write a blank check for a lifetime without looking into how we're going to pay for any of it.
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TaiIs82 posted...

Heroes don't expect rewards.

But heroes and their families still deserve compensation
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hockeybub89 posted...

TaiIs82 posted...

Heroes don't expect rewards.

But heroes and their families still deserve compensation

Having your cancer treatment paid for isn't exactly a reward. It's about the bare minimum that can be done for the first responders.

"balance the budget" conservatives typically only want to offset spending by slashing benefits or infrastructure, never by raising taxes, removing subsidies or slashing the defense budget

even self-avowed right libertarian Rand Paul picks and chooses what he considers essential spending and what he considers "the fat"

gp1829 posted...

hockeybub89 posted...

TaiIs82 posted...

Heroes don't expect rewards.

But heroes and their families still deserve compensation

Having your cancer treatment paid for isn't exactly a reward. It's about the bare minimum that can be done for the first responders.

this is America, if you want more than the bare minimum then you have to be either a captain of industry or a politician

TaiIs82 posted...

This topic is reminding me of the conjoined violinist argument, but for 70 years instead of 9 months. Heroes don't expect rewards.

Of course as time goes by, there's a greater chance of fraud and the like, particularly if we write a blank check for a lifetime without looking into how we're going to pay for any of it.

Youre acting like this program is somehow going to be the straw that breaks the camels back with federal spending.

Spoiler alert it wont, and if dumbfucks like Rand are so concerned about balancing the budget they should look into our out of control military budget among other things
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gp1829 posted...

hockeybub89 posted...

TaiIs82 posted...

Heroes don't expect rewards.

But heroes and their families still deserve compensation

Having your cancer treatment paid for isn't exactly a reward. It's about the bare minimum that can be done for the first responders.

Saddest/most hilarious part is that most first world countries can't even comprehend that we don't do that in the first place. Let alone for heroes
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hockeybub89 posted...

tennisdude818 posted...

We care about 9/11 first responders so much that well force future generations to pay for them via deficit financing. Just dont ask present voters to pay. Thats asking too much.

Did it say somewhere that this wouldn't have gone into effect until everyone currently alive is dead?

Deficit financing increases the debt. Its a chicken shit way to get a spending bill through because it passes the buck to people who cant vote yet.
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tennisdude818 posted...

hockeybub89 posted...

tennisdude818 posted...

We care about 9/11 first responders so much that well force future generations to pay for them via deficit financing. Just dont ask present voters to pay. Thats asking too much.

Did it say somewhere that this wouldn't have gone into effect until everyone currently alive is dead?

Deficit financing increases the debt. Its a chicken shit way to get a spending bill through because it passes the buck to people who cant vote yet.

Ensuring fucking first responders to the greatest tragedy in American history are taken care of for life is now "chicken shit"

This continues the running gag of conservatives not giving a shit about their "heroes" after they run out of use for them.

"Respect Our Troops! Blue Lives Matter! Until they need us! Then fuck them like all the parasites!"
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Wow tennisdude sure is trying to make himself look as bad as possible tonight, yikes
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Bio1590 posted...

Wow tennisdude sure is trying to make himself look as bad as possible tonight, yikes

yeah its pretty disgusting
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hockeybub89 posted...

tennisdude818 posted...

hockeybub89 posted...

tennisdude818 posted...

We care about 9/11 first responders so much that well force future generations to pay for them via deficit financing. Just dont ask present voters to pay. Thats asking too much.

Did it say somewhere that this wouldn't have gone into effect until everyone currently alive is dead?

Deficit financing increases the debt. Its a chicken shit way to get a spending bill through because it passes the buck to people who cant vote yet.

Ensuring fucking first responders to the greatest tragedy in American history are taken care of for life is now "chicken shit"

This continues the running gag of conservatives not giving a shit about their "heroes" after they run out of use for them.

"Respect Our Troops! Blue Lives Matter! Until they need us! Then fuck them like all the parasites!"

I think you were too busy clutching your pearls to actually read my post. Give it another shot. Do you think I was criticizing assistance for first responders, or deficit financing as a means to pass legislation?
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This shouldn't even be a fucking issue. Give these people the support they deserve. Such a disgrace.
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rand pall is a piece of shit
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This is a horrible look for Rand Paul. May god damn his soul if he tweets remember 9-11 here in a month and a half. Fuck that literal piece of trash.
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