1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="5qnFfXGHN9"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/was-jon-stewart-obamas-agenda-driven-advocate/">Was Jon Stewart Obama’s agenda-driven advocate?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/was-jon-stewart-obamas-agenda-driven-advocate/embed/#?secret=5qnFfXGHN9" width="600" height="338" title="“Was Jon Stewart Obama’s agenda-driven advocate?” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="5qnFfXGHN9" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Politico reported yesterday that Jon Stewart met privately with President Obama on at least two occasions, raising eyebrows and questions about Stewart's role as Obama's agenda-driven advocate. The secret visits coincided with crucial moments in his presidency: the bitter, partisan 2011 budget fight, and again before Obama went on TV to warn Russia that "there will be costs" if it made any further incursions into Ukraine. After each of these undisclosed visits, Stewart's show had segments that put the president's position in a more favorable light. The private meetings in the Oval Office were confirmed by White House visitor logs and three former Obama aides. Politico also noted that the show's popularity with left-wing ideologues and progressives gave politicians and activists the perfect platform to affect change in the all-important, "hard-to-reach 18 to 34-year-old male demographics." This included everything from Obamacare to political appointees to the EPA's war on fossil-fuel energy. So much so that even former Vice President Al Gore took advantage of Stewart's unique brand of simplifying difficult issues to pimp his green agenda.https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_jon_stewart.jpg