Thursday Throwdown: Hillary Clinton & Condoleeza Rice Lie with Jon Stewart
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Thursday Throwdown: Hillary Clinton & Condoleeza Rice Lie with Jon Stewart
Thursday Throwdown is FREE on Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving, Thursday Throwdown (your dose of midweek media madness) is free to all, but don’t worry, it’s just as terrible as ever. Secretaries of state Hillary Clinton and Condoleeza Rice went on The Problem with Jon Stewart to continue their lies of the wars, destruction, slave trade, and terrorism they helped sponsor.
And it’s safe to say we now have a problem with Jon Stewart.
After a career of calling out the US war machine for its lies and illegal invasions, Stewart suddenly chooses not to challenge any claims made by Clinton or Rice, instead giving them a new platform to prop up the military industrial complex, only further enriching themselves.
We watch (too much of, perhaps?) the hero-tanking interview and, as Useful Idiots do best, mock them as much as humanly possible.
And speaking of trailblazing women, MSNBC salutes feminist icon Nancy Pelosi by talking only about her clothes and superficial actions. We make fun of them too.
It’s our Thursday mini-episode. Let us know in the comments what corporate media monologues, interviews, or anything else you want to see on the next Thursday Throwdown.
Enjoy this free edition, and tune back to substack tomorrow for part 2 of the Norman Finkelstein interview.
Thursday Throwdown: Hillary Clinton & Condoleeza Rice Lie with Jon Stewart
I'm sorry I couldn't get through it, it's just too painful to watch. Those people have absolutely nothing to offer anyone, there's no reason to interview them except as part of a war crime investigation.
I'll still be forever grateful to Jon and Stephen for helping to build in me the constructive scepticism that I now have.
It's so sad, feels like they are lost to us since Trump. Honestly one of the biggest disappointments of this whole period.
I am struggling to select my favourite `argument` as that interview
contains many `treasures`; some of which lead to shock, serious
irritation, and revulsion, all at the same time.
However, if pressed to select one, this is my favourite
moment featuring `Condi` at around 30:55 into the interview:
> Condi: Well, actually, if you look at the record. Democratic countries
> *don't* invade their neighbours. Democratic countries *don't* harbor
> terrorists. Democratic countries *don't* use weapons of mass
> destruction…
…ergo, if you take this to its natural conclusion then the US
is *not* a democratic country. Oh, hold on a second! I forgot!
US exceptionalism! Of course! My bad! This counts for everyone
else *except* the US and its friends…
I am not surprised that Condi utters such nonsense, what really amazes
me is how they manage to make these statements with a serious and
straight face. The double standard couldn't be more appaling. But
there they are, looking all serious, nodding at each other, completing
each others sentences…simply revulsive!
…and how does our acclaimed Jon Stewart respond to this nonsense?
> Jon: I understand what you're saying [Condi].…
Wow! How critical!