lefty. he does criticize both sides. sweet grandma hillary, she would have done fine in 2008, but this year, the voters are not in the mood for steady as she goes. they re pitchfork angry, and they don t want america s nicest grandma. you ve been tough on president obama, too. yeah, that s my job, to hold their feet to the fire no matter what party and who is in power. he is as loved as he is hated, so he s doing it right. jon stewart changed the face of late-night comedy in america, and he altered the trajectory of the humor. you wonder sometimes how our government puts on its pants in the morning. the value of satire and comedy when it regards to the government is important in the sense of by finding the funny of the situation that is happening,
going on either politicians specifically or media coverage. that s where it starts to resonate with people on a deeper level. and we re angry, and we re crazy for exactly the same reason because the democrats make us angry, and the republicans make us crazy. [ laughter ] or switch it around if you wish. whatever makes you laugh. the power of comedy when it comes to politics, in my opinion, is just getting people to pay attention. young people generally don t care about politics. so when you get them laughing, hopefully you re getting them to the polls, getting them caring about issues that they can have an impact on. look, you know what, i do understand that any country that lets me run my mouth the way i do in public deserves to be saved. i m trying. if you re good, you are a truth sayer, and even though you re doing it with yhumor
don t run, please. bill maher takes the meet the press talking heads around a table and says the [ bleep ] that no one else is going to say and does it in an entertaining way. over the next month, let us know which of these bloated ticks on america s hide needs to be burnt off with the mighty cigarette of democracy. mostly comedians try to stay in the middle so they can appeal to both sides, but bill is fearless. i think colin powell could be the guy, if he wanted to, to run against obama. boy, that would make russia s head explode. he s got a point of view. it s not a straight line. he s not just a straight-up lefty. he does criticize both sides. sweet grandma hillary, she would have done fine in 2008, but this year, the voters are not in the mood for steady as she goesme. they re pitchfork angry, and they don t want america s nicest grandma. you ve been tough on president obama, too.