From the onset, McCaughey comes on as a patronizing, patrician queen (by marriage) who repeatedly calls Jon Stewart "cute". Trouble is, while this syrupy bitch tried to diminish Stewart's points by calling him cute, the audience knows him to be intelligent, astute, and prepared, while she appeared every bit as the fearmongering liar and health care industrial complex shill that she is.
There are some truly memorable moments in the interview, like when Stewart reminds McCaughey that Reagan's 1961 fearmongering screed, the one in which he warned Americans on behalf of the AMA that Medicare would lead to socialist America and that "you and I are going to spend our sunset years telling our children, and our children’s children, what it once was like in America when men were free", did not come to pass, so why should we believe the Republicans' fearmongering now? Or like when McCaughey tries to put Stewart on the spot by intimating that he is rich enough to take care of health care for all his relatives. Stewart's answer was a classic: "I don't mind being taxed a little more to help people who are not in as favorable a situation. I don't mind it. In fact, I welcome it, because it's a way for me to give back to the country that has allowed me to come this far." Game, set, match, you motherfucking harpy. Now go away.
Watch the whole interview below.
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Betsy McCaughey Pt. 1 | ||||
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| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Exclusive - Betsy McCaughey Extended Interview Pt. 1 | ||||
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| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Exclusive - Betsy McCaughey Extended Interview Pt. 2 | ||||
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UPDATE
A little background on inept shill, Betsy McCaughey.
UPDATE 2
According to a press release by Cantel Medical Corp., Betsy McCaughey has resigned from her position as a member of Cantel's board of directors. According to Keith Olbermann, quoting unspecified sources, she was canned.
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