Then Stewart just let the hate flow, mocking Fox's Gretchen Carlson with these words: "What a torture it must be for such pretty people to have to see such ugly things. That's what happens when you view the world and apparently hear the world through "s--t-colored glasses." (Complete with bleep.) Who hears with glasses?
In the snippet Comedy Central plucked out, Carlson was pointing out that it might be considered odd to pander to Middle Eastern countries where America is unpopular. Stewart thought it was obvious that you need to "woo" dictatorial Middle Eastern regimes as Obama is seeking to do.
You know it's getting weird when Bush-era liberal cynics start bashing people for being "cynical." That's apparently out of style now, as Stewart lamented Fox: "Wow, you guys are so cynical!"
What followed was thoroughly unfunny, unless you begin with the assumption that you cannot believe people do not see that Barack Obama is not just a gift to Americans, but a gift the whole world should treasure. The editing is quick and dirty, and Fox anchors and conservatives from Michelle Malkin to Jonah Goldberg are sliced into pieces and mocked as crazy.
It gets especially weird when Stewart sets Fox up like a straw man as opponents of diplomacy. "You’re the network that most vociferously and enthusiasticallly supported our attempts to reform a region through military action. But where you draw the line is conversation. Maybe you don't mind engaging the Middle East. It’s Obama's methodology. Perhaps if his words carried more pop." Stewart showed a video imagining the Cairo crowd being bombed with words like "tolerance" and "respect."
He thinks it's delicious. I'd say it shows that the Obama years are not going to be good years for Stewart's "edge."
