Jon Stewart Whips out the Huh vs. Time Chart to Display ‘Moments of Disconnect’ from Biden

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>> Jon: first of all, I’m not sure incontinence is the metaphor you want to go with. And second of all, when will we free senator Fetterman from the Turkish prison he’s being held in?
[Applause] That’s — I don’t know. But to those who say these concerns are simple pearl-wetting and bed-clutching — we all make mistakes! I thought I would take a moment to explain where the concern about Biden’s performance might be coming from, and why these concerns may be seen as a more foundational issue. You see, even before the debate, there had been some troubling moments of disconnect from the president. You know, perhaps this chart could —
[Cheers and applause] If I may. Sorry, the pen caps are made of kevlar, very difficult. Perhaps this chart will illuminate the point more clearly. For instance, in 2022, when Biden gave a shout-out to representative jackie.
>> Representative jackie, are you here? Where’s jackie? I think — she was going to be here.
>> Jon: unfortunately, jackie was dead. It’s something the president seemed to have known six weeks earlier when he released a condolence statement about her death. So... Huh! Then there was the recounting of a recent conversation that the president had had come up with counterpart, the president of France.
>> Mitterrand from Germany — I mean, from France, looked at me and said, said, you know, why — how long you back for?
>> Jon: unfortunately, mitterrand is also dead. For longer even than that First Lady! So... Huh! And even on teleprompter, things continued to... Huh! Like the reading of the instructions people sometimes add to the script.
>> The percentage of women who registered to vote and cast a ballot is consistently higher than of the men who do do so, end of quote, repeat the line.
>> At the catholic school I went to, was a guy named Riley last name.
>> Four more years. Pause.
[Crowd chants “four more years”]
[Laughter and applause]
>> Jon: huh! Then, of course, to be fair, the State of the Union, concern dropped a little bit at the State of the Union, he kind of nailed it. But then the debate happened and what the [bleep]? What? Now, to my mind, this was a shocking display of cognitive difficulty, recognizable to unfortunately anybody who’s dealt with aging parents and it’s a hard watch. But there were many viewers who felt it was not as noteworthy as Biden’s opponent.
>> It’s pretty amazing that 90% of the conversation is around Joe Biden’s style when up on that stage, Donald Trump was engaged in a level of pathological lying that we’ve never seen.
>> Shouldn’t the discussions also be about Trump’s fitness to serve?
>> Every time he opened his mouth, he said something insane or that was a lie. Why aren’t there calls for Trump to drop out? Where are they?
>> Jon: yeah! Why doesn’t anyone ever speak out about Donald Trump? Or, let’s say, every night for tens b years !
[Cheers and applause] But you know what? I take your point. Not me, but other people. Fair point. And let’s take a look at Trump’s chart.
[Cheers and applause] It’s all bad! The whole thing is bad! It’s been bad since he started! He started with “grab ’em by the pussy!” What are you going to do? The whole thing has been bad! The whole thing!
[Laughter and applause] The difference is this. I will tell you the difference. I will tell you the difference! The difference is, Trump delivered at the debate to expectation! We expected him to be [bleep] Crazy! But Biden’s performance and inability to articulate at times was stunning. Like I could not believe what I was watching. Just thinking about it again just makes me want to rip up my script. Why do we make this out of such strong material? But then it got worse. Rather than respecting the American people and having an honest, at least, conversation about what we had all seen, we were told immediately, “these are not the droids you’re looking for.”
>> He has a stutter.
>> He hasn’t debated in four years.
>> He was almost overprepared.
>> He had an off night. People have an off night.
>> You know, the president traveled six time zones forward to G7. He was also doing — continued to do his presidential duties. And also, he had a cold. He was jet lagged.
>> Jon: he’d been home for almost two weeks! He was jet-lagged? How big is that [bleep] jet? The point is, for a campaign based on honesty and decency, the spin about the debate appears to be blatant bullshit. And the redemption tour hasn’t gone that much better. Whether it’s been on the radio...
>> I’m proud to be — as I said, the first vice president — first black woman, served with a black president.
[Laughter]
>> Jon: y—yaass, queen?
[Cheers and applause] Or whether the president is on prompter and fired up!
>> Let me say as clear as I can, I’m staying in the race!
[Cheers and applause] I will beat Donald Trump. I will beat him again in 2020.
>> Jon: I got to tell you, somehow, confusion with confidence is even more unsettling. Or when the president sat down with George stephanapolous to prove once and for all how cogent he is and to film a bronzer ad. Orange man good? None of this was reassuring! And we’re told that the threat of Trump is so great and the stakes are so high that even bringing up these absolutely legitimate concerns about the president’s ability to do the most vigorous job in the world for the next four years is “enabling fascism,” yet even the president doesn’t seem particularly alarmed!
>> If you stay in and Trump is elected, and everything you’re warning about comes to pass, how will you feel in January?
>> I’ll feel as long as I gave it my all and I did the good as job as I know I can do, that’s what this is about.
>> Jon: that is not what this is about! There are no participation trophies in “end-game democracy.” Yes, I remember FDR saying, “well, if the nazis take over Europe, at least both teams had