Jon Stewart dubs Indian PM the “next Ronald Reagan for the world”

[Daedalus]

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On Tuesday evening’s edition of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart turned his attention to the bordering-on-excessive reception given to India’s new prime minister Narendra Modi. Yes, 20,000 people showed up to adulate the new PM at Madison Square Garden, but the real surprise was the adulatory response from Republican politicians.

Stewart played a mash up of various senators and congressmen praising Modi’s pro-business message, including Rep. Pete Sessions predicting that Modi will become “the next Ronald Reagan for the world.”

“The next Ronald Reagan, blessed be thy name. That’s a sacred honor usually only reserved for airports and post offices,” Stewart said. “Can Modi live up to the name?”

The vast majority of Modi’s fans, some reporters argued in the following clips, are the wealthiest 1 percent of Indians.

“He is the new Reagan!” Stewart exclaimed.

Jon Stewart dubs Indian PM the “next Ronald Reagan for the world” - Salon.com

 

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On Tuesday evening’s edition of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart turned his attention to the bordering-on-excessive reception given to India’s new prime minister Narendra Modi. Yes, 20,000 people showed up to adulate the new PM at Madison Square Garden, but the real surprise was the adulatory response from Republican politicians.

Stewart played a mash up of various senators and congressmen praising Modi’s pro-business message, including Rep. Pete Sessions predicting that Modi will become “the next Ronald Reagan for the world.”

“The next Ronald Reagan, blessed be thy name. That’s a sacred honor usually only reserved for airports and post offices,” Stewart said. “Can Modi live up to the name?”

The vast majority of Modi’s fans, some reporters argued in the following clips, are the wealthiest 1 percent of Indians.

“He is the new Reagan!” Stewart exclaimed.

Jon Stewart dubs Indian PM the “next Ronald Reagan for the world” - Salon.com

comedy central right ? yeaaahh..

look whose talkin...

somebody ask him to check out how india's 1% voted for him..

 

[The Great One]

Noob Question: So is being the new Reagan a good thing or bad?

 

[ROCKING]

Noob Question: So is being the new Reagan a good thing or bad?

Bad, for India's enemies ! Reagan is regarded as one of the best

 

[The Great One]

Bad, for India's enemies ! Reagan is regarded as one of the best

Gooood for us then.

 

[IndoCarib]

Modi will have his own identity. Leaders of other nations will emulate him

 

[Jai_Hind]

Our expectations from Modi are 10x then of our past leaders... Lets see if he can walk the talk and hope too much expectations from him doesnt lead us to disapointments.....

 

[Utkarsh]

Our expectations from Modi are 10x then of our past leaders... Lets see if he can walk the talk and hope too much expectations from him doesnt lead us to disapointments.....

Where there is hope, there will always be disappointment. But Hope will triumph every time.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Lol, guy sold out MSG full of Indians from the US and Canada. I dont think any Indian politician can do that.

 

[Jai_Hind]

Where there is hope, there will always be disappointment. But Hope will triumph every time.

Aapke muh me ghee, shakkar... by the way the road ahead is tough one, not only for him but also for every Indian citizen. Tomorrow he is going to launch the 'clean india' program in which every1 of us can take part and since most us are 'easy go round' types, its going to be hard to change our 'chalta he' atitude...