Video: Jon Stewart Skewers Fox News' Condemnation Of Obama's "Godless" Thanksgiving

In case you stepped away from Fox News for a few moments over the Thanksgiving holiday, you may have missed the network's outraged condemnation of President Obama for not mentioning God in his YouTube Thanksgiving address. Ever ready to feed conservative America's insatiable hunger for vapid manufactured controversy, Fox derided the president's secular liberal godlessness with their special blend of sanctimony and contempt. And last night, the circle was completed at last when The Daily Show weighed in on this "Much Ado About Stuffing":

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After watching Fox talking heads scold the president for forgetting the true meaning of Thankstiving, Stewart declares, "If I recall my grade school pageants correctly, Thanksgiving was a bunch of pagans teaching religious zealots how to farm. But seriously, failing to mention God in your Thanksgiving address? Not a huge Thanksgiving faux pas. I could understand if instead of pardoning two male turkeys, he had married them—I could see Fox getting a little bent out of shape."

It gets better—Fox (yes, Fox) does a little fact-checking and discovers two things: President George W. Bush also failed to mention God during one of his Thanksgiving addresses, and Clinton also snubbed God in four out of eight. And not only that, Fox concedes that Obama did in fact name-check God in his written Thanksgiving address; it's just that God wound up on the cutting room floor when they made the YouTube video.

Still, that doesn't stop the network from bringing on a Catholic priest to tell their viewers how Obama's callousness makes God feel. After all, this was God's big chance to go viral on YouTube! In his Fox interview, Father Demagogue derisively quotes Obama's choice of the word "lucky" instead of using a more spiritually correct phrasing, such as the "blessings that God has given us." To which Stew Beef replies, "Ha, jokes on you! The president doesn't have to do what a priest tells him—he's a Muslim!"

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By John Del Signore in News on November 29, 2011 9:09 AM

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remyngtin

Gothamist ...... last bastion of Obama butt kissing

Breaking India News

But how will they attract voters from the Bible Belt and uber-Conservatives then?

Stan_LS

What does that have to do with Gotham? Oh, yea, Obama... Time to kiss butt...

Kevin_Kramers

no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

randomtransplant

"the secular left"....okay...

Most Americans consider themselves secular. And those that arn't, don't want someone else's state-endorsed theology forced down their throats. The party that Murdoch built is starting to get desperate.

seattlesnow

who is this Jon Stewart you speak of?

ToastNYC

He is a member of the Green Lantern Corps.

Len_Drexler

He's a guy on Comedy Central that pretty much owes his career to Fox News.

AGWAGW

I heard one of the pardoned turkeys made a substantial donation to Obama's reelection fund. I may have heard that on Fox. Or I wouldn't be surprised if I did. Anyway, it's a sad day for America when a turkey can buy his way to freedom.

Guest

And this is where the Republican party fucks up everything. They need to leave God out of their campaigns and out of government. Idiots!

Knightmare6

But how will they attract voters from the Bible Belt and uber-Conservatives then?

sketto

A big reason that I love Thanksgiving is precisely because it has a limited amount of that "you must love and praise god constantly" bullshit. Personally, I find sharing good times with my family is much better without it.

ToastNYC

For shame, Obama.
This is worse than when he forgot to mention Allah in his Halloween address.

quietstorms

I would like to say I'm astonished and flabbergasted but, let's face it, it just a day in the life of Fox News.

I'm sure that in no time there will be a response from a Republican troll saying that Obama is a godless Muslim.

69GeorgeWBush69

and then in the same breath bring up the fact that he worshiped the Christian God under Jeremiah Wright.

Every time I think about how successful right wing media like Fox News and Rush Limbaugh are at molding Obama into every type of boogieman possible, I begin to wonder if there is any hope for this country.