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Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
Wed Nov 6, 2013, 11:53 AM Nov 2013

Jon Stewart: Obamacare "opponents have been lying like motherf-ckers"

Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart fact-checks the media on Obamacare
President Obama's "opponents have been lying like motherf-ckers," said the "Daily Show" host

http://www.salon.com/2013/11/06/must_see_morning_clip_jon_stewart_fact_checks_the_media_on_obamacare/

On Tuesday night, Jon Stewart executed a brutal takedown of both President Obama, for his “dishonest” portrayal of the Affordable Care Act, and of media outlets and political pundits who are spreading lies about the healthcare law. (One conservative activist even said Obamacare was the worst thing to happen to America since slavery).

“His opponents have been lying like motherf-ckers,” said Stewart, before fact-checking several reports by CNN and Fox News.

“So many people seem to feel the need to stretch the truth to attack it,” said Stewart. “If something is genuinely bad, just telling the truth about it should be sufficient. There’s a reason ’12 Years a Slave’ doesn’t have vampires and zombies — it doesn’t need them! Not to mention that some of the arguments against the Affordable Care Act make no sense whatsoever.”


Highest quality video here: http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/tue-november-5-2013-john-goodman
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Jon Stewart: Obamacare "opponents have been lying like motherf-ckers" (Original Post) Coyotl Nov 2013 OP
magnificent episode - a must see - knr Douglas Carpenter Nov 2013 #1
You know the tide is turning when ProSense Nov 2013 #2
Best "stamp over" montage line of the night... Xolodno Nov 2013 #3

ProSense

(116,464 posts)
2. You know the tide is turning when
Wed Nov 6, 2013, 12:15 PM
Nov 2013

people who were fanning the BS hype about cancellations and glitches are now acknowledge the "lying" and "misinformation."

Ezra Klein: The fog of health reform: Why there’s so much bad information about Obamacare
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/11/05/the-fog-of-health-reform-why-theres-so-much-bad-information-about-obamacare/

The Real Story Behind the Phony Canceled Health Insurance Scandal
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023978044

Obamacare 'rate shock' victim changes her mind, calls the law a 'blessing in disguise'
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/04/1253038/-Obamacare-rate-shock-victim-changes-her-mind-calls-the-law-a-blessing-in-disguise

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