Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Jon Stewart Goes After Obama for Lazy Response to BP Oil Spill

Seems Obama is letting everyone down.

Tonight, The Daily Show returned from a two-week hiatus. Naturally, Jon Stewart opened with a focus on the disastrous BP oil spill. Unexpectedly, however, Stewart spent several minutes criticizing President Obama for his apparent unfocused and lazy response. Video inside.

By cutting together footage of Obama promising not to "rest" until the leak was plugged with that of him attending various sports and heritage-related press events, Stewart built a case against the President's seriousness with regard to a focus on doing everything necessary to make sure BP stops the flow. "Get back to the motherfucking spill," Stewart screamed at one point. Here's the segment.

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