Jon Stewart Tweet:

[applegrove]

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[Abolishinist]

1. I've seen several clips of this on the tv today,

Mr. Stewart is ON FIRE!

I would love to see someone with this degree of honest passion run for high office some day.

[applegrove]

2. I know. Stewart could be the US's Zelensky. But when it is suggested

he run for higher office he always shoots it down.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

5. Ya, and he had such a voice! Millions. He gave it all

up. Gave up on a higher cause than himself
His right of course. But it can still be bad.

[Rebl2]

3. Same here

but I think he believes he can do more good helping people from the outside. I am also sure he doesn’t want to run for office because of his family.

[Solly Mack]

4. Exactly. No true support for the people doing the fighting and dying.

Not just slush funds, but for the political points gained from appearing patriotic. They vote for others to die so they can look strong on national security. Regardless of how wrong, how immoral, and how stupid the conflict is.

[DFW]

6. Stewart seems to have a healthy respect for how power corrupts

He appears to not want to give it a chance to corrupt him.

Who can say he's wrong?

[uponit7771]

7. K&R,

[Stuart G]

8. K & R

[NJCher]

9. did anyone see him last night

He was on one of the MSNBC political shows and was on his way home from DC and stopped on the Jersey Turnpike to do an interview. He did the interview from his car.

That's a lot of time and effort to donate to this cause, and fully worth it. Not everyone would be willing to give up their personal time for such an arduous effort.

But then, he's always been a good guy.

Thank you, Jon Stewart.

[calimary]

10. He's my "Quote of the Week".

I heard him speak yesterday during coverage of his protest, and I had to write it down.

“Boy we love war. But boy we don’t like to clean up the consequences. Always money for war, never money for the war-fighters.”

Hope it makes people THINK.

[UTUSN]

11. He's the Jerry LEWIS of pandering a cause

[applegrove]

12. It is a shame it takes a brilliant famous person to try and get decent things done by Government.

And even then it fails at the last moment because of politics.

[UTUSN]

13. I'll take the good part from wherever/whoever!

[applegrove]

14. Yes. Love that Stewart is so solidly in their camp for the long haul.

[Magoo48]

15. Jon knows, as most of us do, that General Butler was right.

War is a racket, and Republicans love every greed saturated aspect of it. They will spend billions on the bloody, inhumane machines of war and collect their slimy payola while never giving two shits for the people who die or are damaged wielding those horrific devices.