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Jon Stewart defends Obama’s godless Thanksgiving message

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December 1, 2011

” title=”The Wrap”>The Wrap, Stewart said:

“This is about turning Thanksgiving into yet another one of those Christian persecution culture war type things. And let me just say: Don’t you do it. Don’t you do it to Thanksgiving. I’ll give you the war on Christmas. We are trying to f—- that up. I’ll give that up. But this is all Reform Jews have left. … Name another holiday where you can get drunk around your kids by 2 p.m.”

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” title=”Jon Stewart’s version of Judaism “>Jon Stewart’s version of Judaism

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