Jon Stewart Praises Bill O’Reilly for Coming Out Against Birthers
- Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:02am by
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Jon Stewart gave Bill O’Reilly a “tip of the yarmulke” last night. And that doesn’t happen too often. Why? Because as Stewart put it, O’Reilly threw the public a rope to get out of the crazy birther hole.
During a segment on the birthers — which Stewart said includes Donald Trump, Sarah Palin, and Michele Bachmann — Stewart hailed O’Reilly as a voice of reason. Readers might remember that earlier in the week, O’Reilly spent an entire segment debunking various Obama rumors, including that he wasn’t born in this country. It was that move that forced Stewart to give O’Reilly a round of applause.
“Impressive O’Reilly action,” he said. But don’t worry, Stewart isn’t at risk of becoming a token liberal conservative. Before the end of the segment he made sure to take a jab at conservatives who think there is a “war on Christmas.” Watch below, courtesy of Mediaite:
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Comments (128)
irdavid160
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 9:13amI don’t know if his birth certificate is how, but I believe Biblically it is proven he will be removed from office. Here‘s a video I’ve produced that explains why. If I’m correct they guy who takes his place will be worse than Obama. http://www.riddells.org/3Babylonsonlinedaniel11.html
Report Post »Unionman
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 9:09amYou chuckle butts don’t have the brains to ask the only crucial question of liberals….and there is only one and I’ve never heard it asked or polled…..would it matter to liberals if Obama was not born in the USA …….you dummies
Report Post »LD
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 9:06amI just don‘t get these people calling Palin and Bachmann ’birthers’. It shows how uninformed they are.
Report Post »I am not a ‘birther’, but would love to know what Obama is hiding. Just a feeling, but I think he has a criminal past.
Ashrak
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 9:03amBill is seeking Jon Stewart’s approval and that of his audience.
Folks, turn Bill off to show him just how badly he has flubbed this up and how much disapproval there is out here of his carrying water for Obama.
Report Post »iamanurse
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:56amOh give me a break..OReilly is not a lib..why waste our time on some of this crazy stuff…we have important stuff to do..all this birther stuff is just to take our eye off the real problem..the man is not a leader..when he has a speech it is the same old stuff he says…and then does something different than what he says..” we are not in Lybia…no boots on the ground..he must stay..no he must go..who knows does he? We just need some leadership..someone doing the right thing..not tax, no will tax..what the heck? are you confused about what he is going to do? well so is everyone else..who wants to hire or start a business when you never know what this man will do next? He must drive his wife nuts…I just hope he stays healthy until elections..we would have sleepy Joe running things..that would be terrible too..Lets just get someone in good this time..
Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 9:59amYou are right nurse. We do not/should not focus on birth certificates, only to figure out a way to get someone in the White House that actually cares for and wants to protect (not destroy) our freedoms and our country. However, we also don’t need the other side spouting things in regards to defending the certificat of live birth as being the same thing as a birth certificate to protect obama, and that include Bill O’Reilly. I don‘t care what Bill’s beliefs are whether he is a conservative or a closet liberal, I consider him on the liberal’s side when he defends something like this and, like the liberals, have no proof to back it up. Just because he might act like; “I am Bill O’Reilly and because of my name, everything that I say is automatically the truth” has about as much backing as a highbacked chair made out of hot air.
Report Post »StevenL1955
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:53amPS:
I still amazed that no one in the media except Trump is asking the million dollar question, If Obama has a real BC, where is it?
If I apply for a government job, I’d have to show my REAL BC, my how many times I’m going to the potty records, etc.
Report Post »marine249
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:52amI don’t claim to be a birther or not. Just to mush missinfo
Report Post »out there. BUT when my lib buddies ask I am a Birther I
alway say yes. It sends them over the deep end.
StevenL1955
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:51amI like Bill O, enjoy his show, but he really needs to get his nose out of Obama Butt. I think he has been sucked into the (sarcastic) “charm” of Obama Butt and has sniffed to much
Report Post »libh8er
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:40amO‘Reilly’s ego overshadows any of his political beliefs. No one is more excited about his interview with Barry than he is. He is hoping for more of them, and is willing to promote a total fraud to gain that access. Last night, during his e-mail session, he was asked if he would stake his reputation on the answers he gave to questions in his talking points segment from the night before. He said ‘yes’……. May the chickens come home to roost…..
Report Post »CanDan
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:37amThanks to Brave States like AZ, hopefully the Obama citizen issue will be resolved and it will be enshrined as a legit question and qualification in all future elections.
And anchor baby issues should be resolved right now to set the record strait.
O‘Reilly lost me a few years ago as a regular viewer and even with Beck gone I doubt I will watch him again because it’s a waste of time if he is going to back down on such important issues that someone like Trump has to put his reputation on the line just to get a truthful answer from elite leaders.
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:35amO’Reilly tries too hard to show how non-partisan he is and ends up sucking up to the progressives and PC republicans. I think this is why Trump is doing so well. His refusal to spew PC milche toast garbage is like a breath of fresh air in the morning. Republicans should take note of this common denominator in the likes of Alan West and Paul Ryan. Those old school PC types are not polling as well. Get the picture?
Report Post »ares338
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:26amFor the purpose of politics, Jon Stewart is totally irrelevant. His opinion is worth no more than the average Joe or Mary on the street.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:35amAgreed but, a lot of Americans get their news and opinions from him.
Report Post »aLinedog
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 11:47amThat‘s what’s scary. It’s not news. Neither is the Colbert Report (both shows of which I was a one-time avid fan. Yeah Colbert gets ridiculous most times, but occasionally he nails it.). I enjoy much of Stewarts humour, when I can divorce myself of the reality that too many people take his words as a ‘true guide’. Once I remember that not everyone else watching is seeing the same fiction that I am, it loses something.
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only easy day was yesterday
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:26amBarry’s hiding something, but it doesn’t matter. The media will cover it up, and republicans don’t have the backbone to attack.
Report Post »dsm
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:23amOReilly doesn’t re[ort on anything unless he has proof. If he was a lib he wouldn’t of started his talking points on Tuesday admitting that there are people that want to see America collapse. Stating that George Soros is a key player.
Report Post »JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:22amRemember how the left attacked Beck relentlessly calling him everything and anything they could think of? There were more attacks against Beck than any other right thinker and truther because he was the biggest threat to their ends. Well, now the same intense focus seems to be directed at Trump. Could it be for the same reason? Think about it and you decide!
Report Post »dthej
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:20amJust another liberal comic. Hypocrisy continues…I’ve seen Stewart out there lambasting the news media for being to opinionated however his rants are only steered towards conservatives which makes him irrelevant.
Report Post »Mr. Stewart listen to Rush some time and learn a few things about political satire.
Gonzo
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:19amO’Reilly is giving the left a tingle up their leg. Congratulations Bill, you’re on The White House Christmas party list again this year! Hooray!
Report Post »PavZilla
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:24amGonzo – maybe Bill (Ted Baxter) is on the list for a Christmas ornament this year? He can hang on the tree next to Mao. Oh wait, maybe there won’t be a Christmas tree this year, Festivus Fir!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:34amPavZilla
Report Post »Diversity Winter Festival.
Codger
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:17amOh Jon… people are laughing at you don’t you know?
Report Post »Scalzo
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 1:07pm“Jon Stewart, the most trusted name in news” Google it. How much does that scare you? I find it ridicuoulsly awesome. And sad really…
Report Post »bill oswald
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:16amSince Soros and the libs took Glen Beck down we should keep this birther subject going as payback.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:22amBeck is the Terminator “I’ll be back”. He alluded to it on the radio yesterday.
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:48am@BILL OSWALD
Seriously? Soros and the libs “took Beck down”? You’ve obviously been wasting your time watching worthless alphabet channels and reading the NYTs. You must be like one of their only viewers/readers left.
Beck makes his own destiny. I can just hear him say, “Hold my smoothie and watch this….”
GTFO………Coming 2012!
Report Post »middleclassprophet
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 10:09amTypical GOP attitude. It’s the “I know you are but what am I?” approach. You guys are pros at it.
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 11:17am@MIDDLECLASSPROPHET
Thank you for proving my point about the DNC’s default position: Ad Hominen attacks while screaming and shouting absolute nonsense completely unrelated to the subject of the conversation.
Report Post »The Realist
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:12amIf you needed anymore proof O’Reilly is a lib in hiding not to be trusted, consider this “endorsement” by looney lib Liebowitz aka Stewart to be it.
Report Post »Non_Probate_Asset
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 2:00pmIf your definition of “liberal” is “fairly reporting and understanding facts,” then I wear the label with pride.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:10am.
Report Post »At least he’s funny some times…..
SpankDaMonkey
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:13am.
At the Censor,
What in the world is wrong with this, that it needs to be moderated?
SpankDaMonkey
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:10am Your comment is awaiting moderation.
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Report Post »At least he’s funny some times…..
aLinedog
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 11:41ammaybe it’s your name? Just a thought.
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Bigliardi
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 2:36pmYou know, I have always beleived that faux conservatism was Mr. Bill’s shtick…. I mean an Irishman from New York who was a teacher…Come ON…If those arent progressive credentials, what are..? He panders to us ladies and gentlemen,…It is all about ratings…A fence straddler who throws us a bone once in awhile, just to keep us from getting restless and changing channels….
Report Post »Redd
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:10amStewart attacked Hillary supporters? Unbelievable that a commie lib would eat its own. Since the birthers started with Hillary vs McCain birth certificate, looks like there is a big commie divide among the scumbags.
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:10amObama’s birth place is irrelevant. Unless we rid the country of his tyranny the American Revolution is doomed. http://commonsense21c.com/
PRESIDENT OBAMA’S LEADERSHIP:
Where is our country headed under President Obama’s leadership?
Legend has it that before civilization invaded the Mid-West, the Plains Indians used to stampede herds of buffalo over a Clift to harvest the buffalo for food. The herd had a lead animal that the herd followed to disaster or to the feast, depending on your point of view.
Slaughterhouses are supposed to use a Judas Goat to lead the goats into the slaughterhouse. The Judas goat steps aside just before entering the slaughter house and the goats continue on into the slaughterhouse.
In 2008, Mr. Obama was elected the leader of the free world. President Obama’s policies will result in the destruction of the greatest economy in the history of the world. The whole world will sink back into the poverty and despair that has characterized the Mideast and Africa for thousands of years. The oppression of the “Middle Ages” will dominate our lives. Except for the elite, the 21st Century version of King George III and his peers, the population will wallow in oppression and poverty.
Is Mr. Obama the lead buffalo headed over the cliff, or is he the Judas goat?
The question is actually irrelevant it makes no difference whether Mr. Obama ends up as the Dictator of or just another casualty of the disaster he is precipitating!
Regardless of Mr. Obama’s ultimate fate, if we continue to follow him we all face the oppression and poverty resulting from the unbridled use of government force! http://commonsense21c.com/
Report Post »SLR Cameras
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 9:18amI agree, it is not important where he was born, what is important is what he is doing now and what we can do to stop it.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:10ammmmm who would ever guess that Shill O’reilly is loved by so many liberals NOW, ? Not before 08 but NOW yes.. hmmmm … I wonder why..
Stuck_in_CA
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 10:41am@demint.disciple
Report Post »Since you’re a disciple of Jim DeMint, do you have his ear? Please tell him RUN, JIM, RUN! :-)
DeMint/Bachmann 2012
mill
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 10:57amBecause Oreiley is no longer a conservative voice…although he pretends to be soooooo fair….he has gone to the left. He loves Obama and it shows….Bill gets a “glow” when speaking of Obama….
Threw the American people a rope? hardly. Bill does not in any way represent me…I think there is something wrong/UnAmerican about Obama’s background…I don’t care what Obama lover thinks.
Report Post »I Love Section 8 Housing
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 12:10pmyou call him a shill because he is being rational. you like irrationality. far right no holds barred no regrets ignorance. the republican party is becoming a loony bin.
Report Post »Scalzo
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 1:05pmYeah, Jim DeMint. That’s what we need, more religion infused into the government.
Report Post »Iben Hadd
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 4:11pmPoor Bill O’Reilly spends a lot of time showing a separation between himself and Right Wing Nuts like me, and for that I would like to thank him very much!
Report Post »I return the favor every chance I get.
neverfinal
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 7:54pmMaybe the big Soro’s dollars and intimidation has gotten to all of them ,too. Or they have been a double agent all along? Herding us to the NWO, for our own good. They know best on how to control us, right.
Report Post »NO WAY, I won’t go with out a fight for my freedom and faith. I intend to go down fighting, not live how they say.
Those people are all crazy and evil. I‘ve seen their reports and they want genocide for all that won’t be re educated. I’m already educated, thank you.
bill oswald
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:09amWe must be getting close to the truth based on the response from the liberals. I wasn’t a believer before, but I’m becoming a believer now.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:20amCould it be that some of the liberals are finally beginning to emerge from their cloud of lies and self imposed delusional wants and hopes, to see what is truly going on in the nation from the left?
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:25amI bet Ted Baxter is in heaven after being praised by Jon Stewart. I did agree with Stewart though when he stuck up to Madcow in this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJgTlPwQEUM
Report Post »SnapTie
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:28amhttp://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=285921 Just scroll down and see long form Hawaiian birth certificates recently requested by people to prove Hawaii does in fact release them
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 8:38am“He who laughs last…..”
Report Post »Morning, SNOW, missed you yesterday. Hope all is well with you and yours.
WestOfThePecos
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 9:01amI requested my birth certificate from Hawaii several years ago and they sent me a copy of the real thing (white on black) just like the image displayed in the linked article.
GETLIFE
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 9:05amWell now we know. When we go to get a passport, we don’t need to bring a birth certificate. All we have to do is get someone who works for the state to say it is on file. No? Oh maybe I misunderstood–only presidential candidates can do it that way.
Thanks to Jon and Bill this is all cleared up now.
Report Post »cycloid
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 10:25amI can smell progressives’ fear from my front porch. Barry Oboob, WHO’S YOUR DADDY?”
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 10:35am@Snow Could be. Perhaps some of the liberal disease has a cure for a few.
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 10:37amContrary to what BOR thinks of himself, he is often wrong. Something about BO REALLY smells. It’s not only the BC thing, it’s ALL the records from his past. WHERE ARE THEY???
Report Post »ltb
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 10:46amWhy did Obama spend $2 MILLION trying to hide his birth certificate from the American People?
Report Post »Buddyc
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 10:54amI am changing my view. Originally I thought that it was silly. Why are the media carrying Obama’s water. Isn’t he a big boy? Can’t he defend himself? If it gets bad enough he will retrieve certified copies of the original certificate and release them. But seriously it is kind of a disagrace that our states hadn’t made him do this to begin with.
Report Post »I Love Section 8 Housing
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 12:09pmBarrack Obama’s birth certificate was an inside job!
Barrack Obama’s birth certificate was an inside job!
Barrack Obama’s birth certificate was an inside job!
Barrack Obama’s birth certificate was an inside job!
Barrack Obama’s birth certificate was an inside job!
lol pathetic right wingnuts
Report Post »tompaineknowsthescore
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 12:43pm@LTB
he did not spend 2 million on hiding his birth certificate, that figure was for post elections legal fees which cover a wide range of things a small percentage did go to securing the presidents documents, but to say he spent 2 million to hide is birth certificate is facetious
on the subject of honesty why has the blaze not reported on senator kyl lying on the senate floor then releasing a statement saying it was not meant to be a statement of fact????
Report Post »wildjoker5
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 1:07pmFunny thing is, Palin isn’t a birther, she says Trump can do what he wants. Bachman even said she takes Obama at his word, and that wasn’t good enought for Jon, who just has to pick on the real runners for the GOP. And then he takes Bill’s “Talking points” segment out of context and ignores the “True” parts of the internet conspiracy theories. Jon disguises his liberal agenda with comedy and acts like he isn’t trying to keep people from voting for the other side. When the election season really kicks off, Jon will be full swing Obama’s B!tch.
Report Post »Mee the People
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 3:35ambill has become a flaming lib these days
Report Post »its about him showing the piece of paper like everyone else does
not where the hell he was born right now
GETLIFE
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 7:27amThis is not just about Obama. It is about the paperwork we should require ALL presidential candidates to provide– and by “provide” I don’t mean a bunch of people vocally “reassuring” us.
Report Post »neverfinal
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 7:45pmWhat bugs me is why these media people keep covering this up? Liberal’s are scared again. Good!
I have researched it all and there is no proof that he has an eligible birth certificate and tons of proof that there has been a complete cover up. So I have to go with the facts, not superior peoples speculation.
Of coarse they would lie and cover up the fact that our ignorant Congress and leaders don’t know the difference between the 2 Certificates. The first one is useless and proves nothing, just paper and the long form is mandatory to have for everything you do. Adoption papers used to always have to follow the birth certificate, also.
I am a nurse and an adoptive parent x’s 2. One in 1976 and one in 2003. I know the difference.
Just pull out your own Certificate and call your local Passport office and they will tell you that only the long form is accepted. Any other type proves, nothing.
Report Post »So Obama has one, but what name is it under. Why hide it to the tune of Million’s of legal dollars spent.
Bill.O’Reilly has given no proof of anything and he just expects the people to believe anything he says. Those days are over….
We aren’t sheep being led to the slaughter any more. We do our own homework and have stopped trusting, without facts. At least I have. So prove it or I go with my own facts. I trust myself and my research.
fromthatshow
Posted on April 15, 2011 at 10:02pmIt is not that the left is changing, it is that some people in the media are showing the right that the left and right weren’t all that different. The right makes the mistake of thinking all those on the left support Obama and what he does, in the same way the left accused every right winger of things George Bush did that they didn’t necessarily agree with.
Obama has done some things which I am very much against. I am on the left, but libertarian in a lot of my views. I am libertarian on probably every issue except some economic issues. We have more to agree upon than you think, and there is a big misconception of what Socialism is, and that Obama represents Socialism, when really he is a fascist.
Report Post »TeaBeliever
Posted on April 16, 2011 at 12:26pmOReilly has been bought off by the Obama people and he helped push Glenn out. You cannot trust him or his admited pal Jon Stewart, who tipped his yamaukah because he, like Soros, is Jewish.
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