Jon Stewart Throttles Democrats For Hypocrisy on Campaign Spending

Matthew Balan | October 14, 2014
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[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]

Jon Stewart attacked top liberals/Democrats on the 13 October 2014 edition of The Daily Show for their blatant hypocrisy on the influence of money in politics. Stewart particularly mocked former Democratic senator and current Secretary of State John Kerry for his past lament that "the unending chase for money threatens to steal our democracy itself," while his party raises hundreds of millions of dollars for its campaigns.

Stewart gave a bit of snarky advice for the left-of-center politicians, who have wringed their hands over the "corrupting influence of money," while throwing fundraisers at Hollywood stars:

JON STEWART: Here a tip: it may undercut your message when you're condemning a thing that you have clearly mastered. It's one of those, thou shall not kill, but if you're going to, single shot, back of the head – you want a carbon steel hacksaw, then put the parts in several trash bags, spread them out over a forest.

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