i know you all know about this already

but i haven't posted in a few days and i just wanted to personally thank jon stewart. oh, he didn't do this on his own. i know that. i also know the democrats COULDN'T do what jon stewart did.

to those of you who accept what the re-PUG-na-cants attempted to do here, fuck you. really, fuck you

In ‘Daily Show’ Role on 9/11 Bill, Echoes of Murrow

By BILL CARTER and BRIAN STELTER

Did the bill pledging federal funds for the health care of 9/11 responders become law in the waning hours of the 111th Congress only because a comedian took it up as a personal cause? 

And does that make that comedian, Jon Stewart — despite all his protestations that what he does has nothing to do with journalism — the modern-day equivalent of Edward R. Murrow?
Certainly many supporters, including New York’s two senators, as well as Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, played critical roles in turning around what looked like a hopeless situation after a filibuster by Republican senators on Dec. 10 seemed to derail the bill.
But some of those who stand to benefit from the bill have no doubt about what — and who — turned the momentum around...................

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Jon Stewart, left, spoke with 9/11 first responders about their health problems on “The Daily Show” on Dec. 16. 

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