Jon Stewart’s Secret Obama Meetings Reveal He’s a Partisan Hack

New York Post ^ | July 29, 2015 | Kyle Smith

[nickcarraway]

Jon Stewart — the man who loves to be called a nonpartisan, a scourge of cant, an honest soul who follows the truth wherever it leads — has been secretly taking trips to the White House to receive intense one-on-one lobbying from President Obama.

Moreover, Politico reported Tuesday, “Daily Show” staffers routinely call up the White House to get the administration’s input.

Austan Goolsbee, a former top economic adviser to the president, frequently e-mailed with his college classmate Scott Bodow, a “Daily Show” executive producer, to offer spin. Obama flunky David Axelrod often reached out directly to Stewart.

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Congrats to him on that; but ‘secret marching orders’ from Obama? I mean, really... OBAMA? There has never been a more lazy man in the White House. Some of his staff might be giving orders, but Obama couldn’t be bothered to lift his finger, much less formulate any secret plan to GIVE secret orders.

When they say "Obama" they mean the staff. If they'd said the "White House" it might be clearer, but I doubt anybody seriously suggested the president worked out a secret strategy for Stewart to carry out.

And, no, it's not obvious or expected that somebody who a lot of people think of as a news anchor (which he isn't, but a lot of people get their news from him) is having frequent, undisclosed meetings at the White House.

It would be worth making noise about this connection, but it's doubtful that Stewart's fans really care or would change their minds about anything if they found out what was going on.

[SaveFerris]

Old Sarge got it right.