Jon Stewart mocks media for criticizing Arizona memorial crowd (Video)

The Tucson Memorial Blessing, Explained
Wednesday’s memorial service at the University of Arizona in Tucson has faced a lot of criticism, particularly from the right. Many commentators noted the raucous attitude of many in attendance (there was much more cheering than one might expect at so solemn an event) and the T-shirts that were handed out (for which the university itself has admitted responsibility). Perhaps the most-remarked-upon aspect of the proceeding was the American Indian blessing given by Carlos Gonzales, an associ...

Stewart rips Fox News for partisan criticism of Tucson memorial
But that's exactly what happened at Fox News, and Comedy Central's Jon Stewart was there to call them out Thursday. Conservative pundits "praised the president's Speech for nearly two to three minutes before allowing politics, point scoring and pettiness to kick off its reunion tour," Stewart observed. "You do have to question the timing of it," Conservative Blogger Michelle Malkin told Fox News only minutes after the service ended. "No, no, you don't have to. You are not a primitive [multi-cell...

Stewart rebuts Fox's strange criticism of Tucson's memorial service
As Jon Stewart says, there was universal praise for President Obama's message at the Tucson memorial service...at least there was for about 2 or 3 minutes. That's when cable mouthpieces started attacking the event for everything from how the crowd reacted to the choice of an opening blessing. To those who criticized the service as a "pep rally," Stewart asked if they'd ever been to an Irish wake. "I've never been sadder and laughed harder in my life." Watch his must-see segment here: Samantha B...

Obama urges Americans to work together after rampage
Legislative work in Washington came to a halt this week while lawmakers and citizens from both parties mourned the Victims of a gunman who went on a rampage in Arizona on January 8, killing six people and wounding 14, including Representative Gabrielle Giffords. Obama gave a well-received Speech at a memorial service for the Victims on Wednesday in Arizona and he revived the theme of national unity in his weekly radio and Internet address. The president lauded lawmakers who came together to pay...

Obama: Time to tackle nation's challenges again
President Barack Obama speaks at a memorial service for the Victims of Saturday's shootings at McKale Center on the University of Arizona campus Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. Citing "great challenges for us to solve," President Barack Obama is pledging to work with Democrats and Republicans in the aftermath of the Arizona shooting that killed six, grievously wounded a member of Congress and brought legislative debate to a virtual standstill. In his weekly radio and Internet address...

Obama urges Americans to stay united after AZ shooting
Stumble This! WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama urged Americans on Saturday to maintain the "spirit of common cause" that arose from grieving over the Arizona shootings and use it to solve the nation's problems. Legislative work in Washington came to a halt this week while lawmakers and citizens from both parties mourned the Victims of a gunman who went on a rampage in Arizona on January 8, killing six people and wounding 14, including Representative Gabrielle Gifford...

Arizona Memorial: A Most Disquieting Display
Last night in Arizona someone planned a memorial service and a pep rally broke out. In a wildly inappropriate display of mirth, rock star adulation, screams from the crowd and raucous applause the purported memorial service held at University of Arizona for those that fell at the hands of a crazed shooter earlier in the week went badly awry Wednesday night....

Jon Stewart Blasts Fox News Over Tucson Memorial Coverage
Jon Stewart last night took on Fox News' "veiled criticism" of the Tucson memorial service. Pundits from both side of the political aisle praised President Barack Obama's Wednesday memorial Speech for about "two or three minutes," Stewart said, before allowing "politics, points scoring and pettiness to kick off its reunion tour." [TPM SLIDESHOW: 'We Will Heal': The Memorial In Tucson] Fox's Brit Hume said the Native American blessing offered at the memorial was "most peculiar." And Brian Kilme...

Jon Stewart on the Tucson Memorial Service
(Just click on the "close" to get rid of the ad." Jon Stewart mocks the partisian media criticism of the Tucson Memorial Service. Mediaite's description: Stewart takes the high road and allows the words of his subjects damn themselves with partisan sniping completely at odds with what seemed to be the whole point of Obama’s Speech. Don't miss Stewart's blast of Michelle Malkin. ...

Fox News began criticizing Tucson memorial even before it ended
Stumble This! But that's exactly what happened at Fox News, even before the memorial service had ended: a reality difficult for Comedy Central's Jon Stewart to stomach. Conservative pundits "praised the president's Speech for nearly two to three minutes before allowing politics, point scoring and pettiness to kick off its reunion tour," Stewart observed. "You do have to question the timing of it," Conservative Blogger Michelle Malkin told Fox News only minutes after the service ended. "No, no, ...

Obama calls for spirit of bipartisanship to continue
A week after the Mass Shooting in Arizona, President Obama called Saturday for members of Congress to bring the same spirit of unity they have shown in mourning to their work under the Capitol dome in the months ahead. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama recalled that in the days after the shooting, "one of the places we saw that sense of community on display was on the floor of Congress, where Gabby Giffords, who inspires us with her recovery, is deeply missed by her colleagues." "...

Michelle Obama's open letter to parents about Tucson
First Lady Michelle Obama has penned an Open Letter to parents about how to talk to Children about the shootings in Tucson last weekend. The full letter: "Dear parents, "Like so many Americans all across the country, Barack and I were shocked and heartbroken by the horrific act of violence committed in Arizona this past weekend. Yesterday, we had the chance to attend a memorial service and meet with some of the families of those who lost their lives, and both of us were deeply mov...

Obama: Time to tackle nation's challenges again (AP)
WASHINGTON – Citing "great challenges for us to solve," President Barack Obama is pledging to work with Democrats and Republicans in the aftermath of the Arizona shooting that killed six, grievously wounded a member of Congress and brought legislative debate to a virtual standstill. In his weekly radio and Internet address, the president moved to turn the page from the week of solemn observance for the dead and the Victims to the governing business ahead. "We carry on because we have to,...

Obama urges Americans to work together after rampage
WASHINGTON | Sat Jan 15, 2011 6:11am EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged Americans on Saturday to maintain the "spirit of common cause" that arose from grieving over the Arizona shootings and use it to solve the nation's problems. Legislative work in Washington came to a halt this week while lawmakers and citizens from both parties mourned the Victims of a gunman who went on a rampage in Arizona on January 8, killing six people and wounding 14, including Representative Gab...

Obama urges Americans to work together after rampage
WASHINGTON | Sat Jan 15, 2011 6:11am EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged Americans on Saturday to maintain the "spirit of common cause" that arose from grieving over the Arizona shootings and use it to solve the nation's problems. Legislative work in Washington came to a halt this week while lawmakers and citizens from both parties mourned the Victims of a gunman who went on a rampage in Arizona on January 8, killing six people and wounding 14, including Representative Gab...

Obama urges Americans to work together after rampage (Reuters)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama urged Americans on Saturday to maintain the "spirit of common cause" that arose from grieving over the Arizona shootings and use it to solve the nation's problems. Legislative work in Washington came to a halt this week while lawmakers and citizens from both parties mourned the Victims of a gunman who went on a rampage in Arizona on January 8, killing six people and wounding 14, including Representative Gabrielle Giffords. Obama...

It Wasnt Enough
Hate to get all depressing on a Friday night, but I’m afraid “The Editors” at Esquire correctly assess the chances of civility: ... [T]he most remarkable thing about what happened in Oklahoma City is how little it matters today. The president of the United States gave a fine Speech Wednesday night in Tucson at the memorial for the people Jared Loughner shot. The only mention of Oklahoma City in connection with the president’s Speech was to compare it with the Speech tha...

In The Midst of all the 'madness': I think Dr. Martin Luther King..!!
Since the massacre in Tuscon, Arizona , as Americans we have come to acknowlege fully that our political Rhetoric has gone overboard and there are indeed consequences. At this stage of the discussion there is very little one can add other than to point out that our hearts are with the Victims and speedy recovery is hoped for Congresswoman Giffords (D- Az) whose life still remains in a balance. Without going out on a limb of satire at a truly 'dark moment' of our Democracy, one must concur, this...

Brit Hume: Native American Blessing 'Most Peculiar'
Jon Stewart rips Fox News' coverage of the Tucson memorial service. Watch. ...

Video: Jon Stewart Doesnt Blame Toxic Political Discourse For Arizona Shooting Tragedy. Barbara Walters cant shake the feeling t
The irony once again of a liberal who has used inflammatory Rhetoric himself in the past many times now lamenting such Rhetoric and what it supposedly has done to our political discourse: Plus this: Barbara Walters: I can’t shake the feeling that this isn’t Sarah Palin’s fault ...

Too Soon! Jon Stewart Ridicules Partisan Media Criticism Of Tuscon Memorial
Last night Barack Obama was the Keynote Speaker at the Memorial Service held for the Victims of the Arizona shooting tragedy that occurred last weekend, and by and large, received rave reviews from both left and right opinion media pundits. Until the next morning, in which the 24 hour News Media “conflictanator” started to find reasons to critique the previous evenings proceedings, at least in the eyes of Jon Stewart. Tonight The Daily Show opened with proper praise of the “Ins...

Open Thread: Reaction to Last Night's Tucson Memorial
Last night's memorial for the Victims of Saturday's Tucson massacre was moving, if strange at times. Below the fold are some reactions to the event. Mark Tapscott has a fantastic post on the bizarre Pantheistic religious ceremony at the outset, which honored "Mother Earth" and "Father Sky." Strikingly absent were any Judeo-Christian clergymen. Tapscott ponders the strange - and seeminly hypocritical - concern for "Separation of Church and State" that was for...

Business Selling Tucson Memorial Together We Thrive T-Shirts for Charity Gets Hate Mail
A focal point of the effort, by some, to cast Wednesday’s “Together We Thrive” memorial to the Victims of the Tucson mass shooting in a negative light has been the t-shirts that were distributed to the crowd. Businessman Kevin Wright , owner of Florida-based Thundershirts, sees the shirts in a different light, though. He’s selling copies of the “Together We Thrive: Tucson and America” shirts in an attempt to raise money for the victims, and getting Hate Mail f...

Jon Stewart tackles memorial service critics
Jon Stewart TACKLES MEMORIAL SERVICE CRITICS.... If you missed "The Daily Show" last night, there was a great segment on the media reactions to the memorial service in Tucson, and complaints about everything from the audience's reaction to the benediction to the seating arrangements. For example, Brian Kilmeade of "Fox & Friends" complained about the opening blessing, which Kilmeade found as a "very strange" way to "open the show." Stewart explained, "It's not a 'show.' He didn't 'open up a sh...

Jon Stewart To Tim Pawlenty: 'Why Is The Right So Fearful Of Tyranny?' (VIDEO)
"Why is the Right so fearful of tyranny now when George Bush expanded executive power so greatly?" Jon Stewart asked Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty this question last night on "The Daily Show." Pawlenty appeared on Stewart's show to discuss his new book, "Courage to Stand: An American Story," but the conversation quickly dove deep into a debate over political Rhetoric. About the Right's recent attacks on the current administration, Stewart asked: "Is this a cynical attempt to whip up ...