Comments on: The Daily Show: Sam Bee and Jason Jones Take on the Undecideds

By: Athena

Athena — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:13:38 +0000

Sam, don't pressure the undecideds.It reminds me of when everybody jumped on President and Senator Clinton when in actuality they had already signed on, more than any past primary "loser." In the past, the "winner" got along quite nicely with a congradulatory handshake.

It isn't good. It isn't right. President and Senator Clinton care about us. They have proved it with a lifetime of public service on behalf of the people.

By: Redflame

Redflame — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:53:33 +0000

To the other " moron" commentator who thought this was meanness…Obviously the "undecideds" in this skit are actors and in on the joke, DUH! Character actors and extras will do anything and being on the Daily Show- that's a great gig!
Very funny, very creative skit. Anyone who didn;t get this probably also never got the Far Side, thought Archie Bunker's views were those of the writers,watches Fox News, has never heard of David Sedaris and needs to look up the word SATIRE on his computer dictionary widget.

By: Mojie

Mojie — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:04:23 +0000

I love the Daily Show. I am almost always impressed by its high-level sophisticated wit and satire. To poke fun without resorting to and devolving into malicious mean-spiritedness is a fine art, and it has been successfully refined and honed by others in the Daily Show stable. But Sam Bee and Jason Jones showed they were not up to the task on this one. How hard is it to berate people? Not very. It's also, coincidentally, not very funny.

By: pnahsid

pnahsid — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:22:23 +0000

…bloody undecideds….watch this! very funny take

http://weblogs.newsday.com/news/opinion/walthandelsman/blog/

By: Tez

Tez — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:50:26 +0000

Deeply unfunny to me. So these people should probably have made up their minds by now, and they haven't. What good is it to just insult them? Why not Socratically expose the clarity of the choice before them? It's the way most of the correspondent interviews go, but it still would have been a lot more subtle – and interesting.

By: Suzy

Suzy — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:30:55 +0000

Decide this.

By: jon

jon — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:38:09 +0000

I love it, these people have no idea about absolutely anything. They can't even articulate why they are undecided, sad. And these people are going to decide the election, no wonder our government takes us for granted and assumes it can get away with almost anything.

By: Janesrevolt

Janesrevolt — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:34:17 +0000

I think a lot of people are undecided because they all see the same thing on stage: larger government, deeper debt, further erosion of privacy.

McCain and Obama look like very different trees, but step back and see the forest: both are ambassadors of two parties that have dominated politics in America for ~150 years and who, preoccupied with fighting one another, have gotten us to where we are now: poor education standards, rotten tax system, blatant lobbyist corruption, etc etc etc

Choosing McCain or Obama is just maintaining the status quo, when either one wins we'll all lose. I'm opting for a 3rd party (Bob Barr). Just look at ALL the candidates before you go into the booth, at least you won't be regretting your choice for 4 years.

As for the skit–just depressing.

By: rose

rose — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:50:28 +0000

jon is hilarious! all that think he is offensive are just jealous. i love him.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:54:41 +0000

@keth heagey
Are you referring to his "f-ck you" to Palin after she referred to small townsfolk as the only "Real Americans?" Yes, I agree. What a horrible thing for HIM to say. He should be ashamed of himself for criticizing such a nice woman.