Will Jon Stewart ask John McCain some tough questions on Wed?
I've posted John McCain's many visits on The Daily Show on C&L. Some have been heated exchanges and others have been nothing more than spots to soften up McCain's persona to the TDS audience. I understand that they always won't be heated exchanges, but as John Cusack asked on C&L, does TDS really need to put them on? Stewart is an excellent interviewer, who knows the issues and I would hope that he takes the path of asking really tough questions of McCain since nobody in the media will. That's a sad fact indeed, but true. We're coming down to the home stretch. Remember, they need Stewart. He doesn't need them to do his show.
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Jon certainly has brought up all McCain's flip flops of positions and highlighted the Hagee endorsement so he knows the issues at stake. Will he be the tough guy who challenges McCain or the nice guy who wants to have a good time? I think America needs the tough guy on Wednesday and I think he will be that guy too...
There is no chance that Jon will not go easy on him.
Poor Jon. One of these days a couple guys in white suits are going to walk out and haul him off to the "ward".
Hopefully he won't "snap" though.
HDon @ 1:
Jon knows he's going to have to betray his old friend McCain. But Jon couldn't have predicted the U.S. would become what we are today back in 90's when everything was relatively groovy compared to what we have now.
As much as i like and respect Jon Stewart. Its NOT his job to ask the tough questions. For those who may have forgotten ? His show is on a network called COMEDY CENTRAL.
Its a sad state when so called real newsies sit on their hands or lob softballs to keep their paycheques rolling. I imagine Stewart will zing Mc Cain a few times tonight . Problem is most of them are likely to go right over Mc Feebles head. Stewart is walking a fine line anyways. If he destroys the righties too much ? None of them will go back on his show. He just keeps it civil and light to accomplish that .
McCain going on the Daily Show proves to me that he is worried about attracting young people. Let John ask about the 100 years in Iraq, Hagee, the war for oil. MSM doen't seem to concerned.
Jon should ask him about the ONE Prediction McCain DID Get Right
Is John Stewart gonna ask mccain to pull that painful tooth of his?
mccain will tell him to take it like a man and forget about that sissy expensive anaesthesia stuff.
Col Kilgore @ 4:
Isn't ironic some go to Comedy Central for "hard news".
It's sometimes had to keep in mind that Jon's purpose is to make people laugh. I'm not sure I want to lay the wreath of "truth to power" over his head; That's more of a Maher gig. I sympathize with Jon. He's in a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" spot. How "tough" is enough?
Watch how this works - tomorrow there will be more agonizing over the questions Jon did or didn't ask instead of than answers McCain gives. And then we will all get together and complain that the media is giving McCain a free ride by focusing on side issues...
I hope they tape early. McCain generally likes to head to bed after the 7pm rerun of Matlock on The Hallmark Channel.
We remember when that clown was on SNL
SNL Transcripts: Sen. John McCain: 10/19/02
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/02/02c.phtml
Ferecito: Let me show you how to do a comedy monologue that is more professional!
Sen. John McCain: [ curious ] How's that?
The Jon-John show brought to you live from Comedy Central's john.
Coming up, after this commercial break and station announcement, Larry Craig tapdances.
L.A. Confidential @ 8:
I go to the Playboy channel.
When is there going to be a Baby Face channel?
"I think America needs the tough guy on Wednesday and I think he will be that guy too…"
Think again. Jon will do what he does best -- humanize his guest. He will expose his flaws in a "what's up with that?" joking manner, which will let the guest off the hook for those flaws. Trouble is, his is the only show that even attempts to question Republicans about their mistakes, so we want him to go further than just making them admit their mistakes and laugh at them. We need someone to NAIL these bastards, but a comedy show is not the place to expect that to happen.
Jon will ask hard questions but in a nice way. And he'll let McSlimey squirm out of them.
Lower your expectations.
Joe @ 10:
McCain isn't going to do 48 o 60 hour sleepless marathons to get control of a problem like Bill's Whitehouse used to do.
"Katrinas going to hit New Orleans? Hey it's bedtime I'll call Fema in the morning. I am John McCain and I endorse that message."
Yeah, it's true. We can't hold Jon Stewart to a journalist's standard. He is, after all, doing a comedy show.
Besides, I like to think that sometimes his polite but earnest arguments will sink into the skulls of these morons in a way that yelling at them won't.
am i the only one who thought the IED and dog-kicking jokes from mccain were a bit revealing given what's come out since then about his temper?
Utilize semiotics:
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I love the Daily Show, but Jon didnt ask Barrack or Hillaray tough questions last time they were one, why would he ask McCain. Its not really his job to ask tough ones. Everything doesnt have to be a 'gotcha' moment. sit back and laugh for 6 minutes
But I'd sure give my upper left bicuspid to see McWar yell at Jon and storm off the stage.
ysbaddaden @ 13:
When everyone blogs themselves into poverty.
mike @ 18:
You mean they were a little horrifying rather than funny? Yes, I thought that.
It's not Stewart's responsibility to do everything the media isn't, but he'll do alright.
Here's what will happen. Just like in McCain's last grilling on TDS about Iraq, Stewart will cunningly corner him into a choice of admitting hard truths (which he will not do) or steel his resolve in misrepresentation (which he always does). While Stewart will not blatantly call him out on the carpet, he WILL make McCain stand in the awkward spot of denying reality and pushing narrative and probably do it in the most obvious, black and white manner at which he is so adept.
I am SO looking forward to this tonight.
Does this senile old f*cker hear himself talk? Honest to God, if I were JS, I'd reach across the table and bitch slap him a good one. Just shut the f*ck up and let John Stewart make his point. Instead, he rambles on while Stewart tries to bring up an argument.
It's enough already. This cliche's and sound bite catch phrases don't cut it, you old fart. The front military KNOWS that they are being used as fodder. The Iraqi's want us out...they have WANTED US OUT since we arrived, and it is growing more and more as the killing touches more and more families. Hell...how many have fled? How many have died? Is there anyone in Iraq who hasn't lost a family member or loved one? I seriously doubt it.
mcAncient is just a robot who grins and chortles and thinks he's cute. He isn't cute. He DOESN'T know about war. He knows about being tortured. That's it. And then he condones torture to others. The pig.
He is NO hero. He was a POW. What heroic deed did he do? He stayed alive. You and I would try to do the same. That is not an act of heroism, and he is NOT a hero.
This dumb, igorant, soul-selling neocon needs to be called on his bullshit. Maybe a bor "shut up" is in order if he doesn't take a breath and let the host speak.
I get so pissed watching this bent old man rant about how we are "winning", and how "we have a new strategy", and all the other totally absurd comments that spew from his facial ass hole. Enough is enough. Go home to your elitist wife and your eight houses and reflect on what you can do for America. Up until now, you haven't done much; and your are proposing to ruin it further...if that is possible.
I'm hoping that John asks him to give some details on his bold 'plan to eliminate America's dependence on foreign oil'.
Seriously...I have not heard one person ask WTF that is? They focused on the 'did he just say we went to Iraq for oil?
I mean, if we are going to let any politician just dribble this kind of spit out of their mouths, I'm going to run so I can promise eternal life and unqualified wealth to every American if I'm elected.
there was a story yesterday about the most influential telejournalists in this country, you know, "entertainers" and Jon Stewart was among the group. He does have a comedy show, he works for CBS in the long run, and they are a loyal bushie, aka, war criminal in hiding
It will depend on what his contract allows him to say to the old fellow, and likely have guidelines the boss has handed him for the record.
So I hope Jon says fuck that and goes ahead and fires up a barbeque on set, waits for fine hot coals and puts grill marks on the old man's all ready red face by asking questions that would require an answer or an exit.
Jon Stewart does the best political interviews on television. Unfortunately, that's a default position, since no one else goes deeper than the bumper stickers. His interviews, however, are not just for laughs. He actually does probe. It's also true that he pushes conservatives more than liberals, but that's because there is more obvious contradiction. As for the gotcha questions, I'd rather push Russert, Matthews, Blitzer and others to do their homework and be honest brokers.
Stewart won't ask any tough questions and I wouldn't expect him to. As it says above, they need to be on his show, Stewart doesn't need them. Doesn't mean I have to watch. There is nothing funny about McBush.
I've often had the sense that Stewart treats "big timers" with kid gloves - sometimes I think he's sorta star struck by them or something. Yeah, his job is NOT that of investigative journalist. But merely by having some people on his show repeatedly and lobbing softballs at them that they can score easy chuckles from the hip kids with, isn't he contributing to the warm, fuzzy PR media love-in over "wise, kindly ol' Uncle John?" I'm not saying he has to be mean. But he should treat McSame to the Daily Show house specialty: calling bullshit on double-talk bloviation.
OK, This is just too Funny to not post. Sorry SM's
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Is it too funny that the guy pushing this through the Senate is named "STONER" ??
It's funny that we expect Jon Stewart, with his show on Comedy Central, to tackle the hard issues.
Russert and Matthews admitted they've been giving Granmpa Simpson a free ride, so why don't they and the rest of the news media sack up and start.
no.
hes a comedian
his job is to make his audience laff...not ask tuff questions
if we are waiting for stewart to do the job of the msm, then truly there is no hope for this nation
Stewart personally likes McCain, and McCain has been a friend of the show due to all of his appearances. What's funny is that people could use the appearances on the Daily Show as a way of attacking McCain from all of the ridiculous comments he has made.
Have you ever seen Life of David Gale? Where Gale has the Texas Governor right where he wants him, he is told to stick to facts and baiting comments, but instead he gets angry and goes after the system? This is similar to that. We don't want Stewart to just go ripshod about the troops and the war, ripping down McCain. You want McCain to feel comfortable and get caught in his own lies. You want him to admit his flip-flopping right on the show, his mistakes and let he himself rip himself down in a safe setting. You want McCain to watch the show AFTERWARDS and say, "My god, I've been had."
That said, I would love to see Jon bring out a "Bush-McCain" hat and see if McCain will wear it.
uncle joe hussein mccarthy @ 34:
Yes, he does ask the tough questions, and yes again he does do the job that the other networks don't (plus laughs), you obviously don't watch the program.
Tough questions for McSame.
What color was George Washington's white horse?
Who is buried in Grant's Tomb?
Liberal AND Proud @ 37:
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What year was the War of 1812?
When did you stop calling your wife a c**t?
It's a sad commentary on the MSM when we have to watch a comedy show and hope the host exposes a political candidate. How far the mighty MSM has fallen.
Liberal AND Proud @ 37:
LOL .. your showing your age. (say the secret word and divide a duck.)
If a rooster nests on the roof of a barn, then lays an egg, which way would the egg roll?
What is the air-speed velocity of a coconut laden swallow?
Jon wasn't exactly easy on McCain the last time he was on the air; it is unfair to assume he will be weak this time. However, may I point out that TDS is political satire, not "the news", as Jon so eloquently pointed out on Crossfire. It isn't Jon Stewart's task to do the media's job for them. Sadly, a fake news show seems to do a better job of it than any real news show and is always more intelligent, on point and relevant.
I predict about 8 more Daily Show appearances by McCain before the election.
Jon has usually been very soft on him. Maybe it'll change next time.
Are people still watching the Daily Show? I never returned after the writers strike rendered them blessedly silent.
♠Bangkok-Bob♠ @ 40:
My girlfriend says I'm "seasoned". What a terrible thing to say to a man!!
Ok, I missed this the first couple of times I watched the first clip.
Did McCain really say he was disappointed he didn't get to kick a puppy?
SassySandy @ 39:
Whats MSM?? this maybe,,,Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM), Do you even know what your talking about here? And you don't even watch it either ,,it's more then a comedy show.
ysbaddaden @ 41:
For that joke to work you have to leave out "then lays an egg."
I love Jon too; I expect he'll get a couple of zingers in, knowing how lousy the MSM has been on tefelon John. My favorite guest was the President of Pakistan was on promoting his book. Jon had middle eastern tea and pour himself & the president a cup and then suddenly blurted to the president, "hey, where's Bin Ladin? Hysterical.
"Will Jon Stewart ask John McCain some tough questions on Wed?"
He may ask; but McCain won't answer. He'll act like it's 2000 and they're on the 'Straight Talk' Express bus again.
Barry @ 48:
What are you talking about? Stewart is a satirist and comedian. That's what his show is about. Do you really think it makes no sense to lament the state of the mainstream media, which has caused us to rely on our comedians for serious news?
When Stewart criticized Crossfire, Tucker Carlson called him out on not asking John Kerry any tough, journalistic questions. Stewart retorted that that was the responsibility of the likes of Carlson, who posit themselves as journalists, not the likes of Stewart, whose programs follow puppets making crank phone calls.
We shouldn't have to rely on comedians for genuine news. I do thank goodness, though, that, to some extent, we can.
jon will do a fine job. go to youtube and type in jon stewart crossfire and watch that classic clip from 4 years ago.
We can't ask a fucking comedian to ask the hard questions. We just can't. His priority is to make people laugh; not to get to the truth. Just because the media has ignored this burden, don't make TDS carry this weight.
Karen @ 47:
Yes, he said he wanted to kick the dog under the table. And before that was his comment to Jon that he picked out a nice IED for him at the Baghdad market.
Asshole.
HDon @ 1:
Beg to differ--TDS is a comedy show...My daughter was an intern there last Spring while at N.Y.U.--John will be funny, but he will go easy...besides, he does have a personal, friendly relationship with John McCain.
Dr. Acula @ 55:
If a Democrat said such things, even in jest, they'd end up in a negative ad. It'd be kind of fun to make an ad about McCain threatening to kill Jon Stewart and kick his dog.
Seriously folks, are we to the point where we want the FAKE NEWS SHOW host to be the one asking the tough questions? will it really mean anything? Of course not! Mainstream news is the one that needs to be challenged publicly when they flop about doing news about stupid nonesense, or not calling out all these polititians for thier rather public and poor lies.
Sen McFilibuster.....
Karen @ 52:
Welcome to our world, yes it is a sorry state that the real talking heads don't get the job done. I find myself yelling the tough questions that don't get asked at the TV all the time. Then e-mailing them, but I never get a response. Oh, and by the way, Crossfire's been off the air at least 4 years ago and Tuckers a bad example. He's been booted regularly off shows for the last 10 years or so. And I'll ask you too. Do you even watch the Daily Show? If you did you'd know it's more then puppets and crank phone calls. I don't remember these,,,well maybe the puppets on one show a long time ago.
ysbaddaden @ 42:
African or European?
Col Kilgore @ 4:
Just go to that youtube clip of him on Crossfire and he'll remind you that his show's lead in is (was? i dont have cable :-\) 'Crank Yankers'....
That being said, John McCain knows what he's in for. Stewart isnt a pundit, but he's not an idiot either. Say what you want about his politics, but you have to give McCain some credit for going on a show so often in front of a smart audience who disagrees with him. Bush would use the Secret Service to banish them from the room.
JeffS @ 44:
They are buddies, of course he is soft on him. Anyone else catch Jon on Larry King? It summed everything up.
How much do you really know about McInsane? Take this challenge:
http://Bush-McCainChallenge.com/?rc=challenge-friends&r_id=12588-2874658...
Why is McCain such a frequent flyer on The Daily Show?
And why does Stewart always use McCain's "my friend"? I'm so sick of everyone in the media using that expression now. Timmeh uses it. So does KO.
Barry @ 60:
More than puppets and crank calls? Stewart doesn't do that at all. It was a show called Crank Yankers, which was the program before The Daily Show at the time Stewart went on Crossfire. I imagine I might watch The Daily Show more than you do. I've been watching it since before Stewart was the host.
I've also watched Jon Stewart on serious interviews on other programs. He himself talks about how his aspirations are to do comedy and satire, and comedy and satire alone. He does not want to be a pundit or a journalist, and even he laments the state of the news that has rendered him a quasi-version of both against his will. He will assure you, if you ask him, that you are getting no journalism on his program. It functions like an editorial cartoon. His words.
I wasn't using Carlson as an example of anything. I was using Stewart's own response to Carlson's accusations.
I'm not sure what your point is when you ask people whether they even watch the show, especially when what people have said is that Stewart's having to fill in for derelict journalists is a sad state of affairs. But whatever your point is, you have missed ours, and take some odd sort of offense at our comments.
You may not know McInsane as well as you thought. Take the Bush\McInsane challenge quiz to find out:
Oops! Here's the link:
http://Bush-McCainChallenge.com/?rc=challenge-friends&r_id=12588-2874658-IlO1G6
Redstone will not let Jon ask McChickenhawk anything that might damage his slim chance of getting elected.
I wish he would but "Friends" I don't think it'll happen.
Is' McCain allowed to be up that late? That's well past applesauce and jammies time at the rest home isn't it?
Karen @ 65:
You point is taken and I agreed, I have not missed anything. And don't take offense please, I think we're on the same side.
E in MD @ 70:
:) The show is taped in the early evening. 5:00 pm EST, I believe.
So, it actually is applesauce and jammies time.
Karen @ 72:
LOL now thats good stuff!
Was anyone at the taping? We can get an answer now =)
Speaking of McSame...Firedoglake has a post up about how Bush is finally appointing people to fill the FEC with partisans to help McCain. Bush is also booting the FEC guy, whom he nominated twice, who said McCain had violated election law.
Speaking of McSame...Firedoglake has a post up about how Bush is finally appointing people to fill the FEC--partisans to help McCain. Bush is also booting the FEC guy, whom he nominated twice, who said McCain had violated election law.
Whoops, sorry for the duplicate comment.
Keep repeating the same thing over and over again in an attempt to silence your opponent. Does America really want a president that would do that? What a dick.
Col Kilgore @ 4:
Comedy is the only place it can be done, the so called "news" is bought and paid for and no one else in the US has the balls to do anything.
And to think if Obama gets the nomination he'll get the JFK treatment and if Clinton gets it people hate her too much to vote, so either way McDeath-squad gets in ........
I hope you all have a good plan for storming the white house and sorting this fucking mess out !!
mike @ 18:
No. No you were not alone. I picked up on those two things also, plus at the end of the first segment, Jon goes to shake his hand and McStain knocks it away.
Pol Pot-O-Cheesesauce @ 80:
I don't think I've ever seen anyone go on tv and lament the inability to kick a puppy besides Gone InSane. It actually made me rather uncomfortable. It made me wince.
Can you imagine the uproar if Clinton or Obama had said to Stewart, "Where was that little dog? I wanted to kick it?"
I think it is revealing -- of something or other -- about McCain. I'm not sure what, but it was really disquieting.
Karen @ 81:
I think it reveals an angry bitter republican who gets riled if he doesn't get his way. He's got a short fuse and is quick to anger. I also noticed his frustration whenever it appeared that Jon wasn't buying the shill, and his cheap dismissal of the audience when they refused to buy in on his argument. Who does he think he is, Dick Cheney?
ysbaddaden @ 41:
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TDL show make the interview a skit. McCain should sit in a big comfy chair with soft fluffy pillows and blankies. They should provide grapes and white wine and soft music during the interview. Get Brian Wilson on the big screen to ask McCain if Jon is treating him okay.
He's a COMEDIAN! The news media need to do their jobs. Jon can do whatever he likes on his FAKE news show. He's already done more for America than anyone on CNN, Fox or MSNBC. give him a medal now and let's hope he gets some laughs from tonight's interview.
I hope Stewart doesn't let McCain, as he did before, constantly interrupt and talk over Stewart so Stewart can't finish a sentence or ask a follow up question. McCain gets very defensive when he's asked revealing questions (hmm, just like his protege Bush).
Jon Stewart is a comedian. Not a journalist. He has held McCains feet to the fire many times, but as many folks here have already elaborated: It's not his job.
Are you fu@king kidding? This is what you wait for in terms of tough hard hitting journalism. You are going to place those expectations on the back of Jon Stewart. I realize people are fed up with the mainstream media but this is a little much. Listen, I love it when Jon burns a guy with practical thought and logic but it's defintely not his job. He's a comedian first and that's his job; to make us laugh. He asks tough questions sometimes because those idiots used his show to make a retarded point.
Next, is John Cusack the same as the actor John Cusack? Dude, make some good movies soon. Stick to that frame of mind instead of telling Jon Stewart what to do. At least he is still relevant.
StirFry @ 83:
Into the hot mustard and duck sauce.
No - its man love.
JR @ 86:
Bush is McCain's protege? Mentor, perhaps. ;)
HDon @ 1:
If they wanted to go hard on him, they'd put him on Colbert. Why do we expect Stewart to do the job that journalists should be doing? Oh yeah, because they don't do their jobs. Sorry.
Didn't sound like Keith to me. As if Tweety has any kind of moral or journalistic authority.
You people...
" He's a comedian Ok! Don't expect this or that -- Blaaaaah it's COMEDY"
Whether you people know it or not the "comedy" you get from JS on his show every night is nothing more than truthtelling. Why do you laugh at most of his sound bytes? Count how many actual jokes he makes about them and not just truthful observations.
Whether STEW likes it or not he has become a bastion of and for truth; with a few zingers here and there.
You morons are just laughing too hard to see him pour the castor oil sludge down your throats. You're addicted to his truth, but you think it's all about his "comedy"
"MMM We like JS cause he's FUNNNNNNNY.... He is a comedian, Mr. Comediaaaan."
You like him because he makes the truth bareable. He is your doctor distracting you from the shot.
Here's you lollipop kids...
It's his show, let him do whatever the hell he wants. You've got your thing, he's got his.
He won't. But, oh, how I wish he would.
In fact, one of the things that has pissed me off about Stewart for a long time is that he's had his lips planted on McCain's ass . . . with a reach-around at that.
Mark from Hyde Park @ 85:
I agree, it shouldn't be his job at all, but with McCain's Media all that's left on teevee, what choice do I have but ask? He's been awesome overall...
Jon still has a show? I thought he took off till november to join the Obama campaign.
I watched TDC. Jon did everything but get down on his knees and gobble McCain's shriveled-up worm.
You really fugging let us down there, Jon.
MH @ 100:
As so many here have already said, it's not Jon's job to hold a candidate's feet to the fire, challenge him and ask the hard questions. He didn't do it with Clinton or Obama and there's no reason for him to do it with McCain just because xx number of people dislike McCain as a candidate. All Jon Stewart needs to do/all he wants to do is give the audience a laugh and he's given me far more of those than most people. He certainly hasn't let me down.
MH @ 100:
He's on the Comedy Channel for a reason, MH. His job is satire, not serious journalism...why do I bother...?
Cantor de Mambo @ 97:
Yes, because McCain is a boundless source of comic material waiting to be mined, processed and marketed....
You know, I have to say, Jon has set himself up quite nicely. When he grills someone, he gets serious props. When he doesnt grill someone, he gets to hold up his hands and say: what? I'm a comedy show on comedy central", not a serious journalist". Well, sorry, that's utter bullshit. Stewart has made his bones, comedy or not, sticking it to gutless pukes like Tucker Carlson and the like. Stewart should therefore not criticize everyone else for not doing what it is he himself is too afraid to do when it matters most. Whehter its a comedy show or not, we know what it truly is, because he has set it up as such: a comedy show that at the end of the day gets at the truth in a way others are afraid to.
Apart from slightly jabbing McCain at his faulty logic re: Hamas & Obama, it was a creampuff interview, just as I figured. He was much harder on him the last time around. This time, Jon let him horse around and deflect the questions, just as other interviewers have done. It's pretty sad to see adults fall victim to this supposed charm.
I had the same thought - McCain would blow his stack if he was on Colbert's show because Stephen can really push buttons all in character. It's brilliant performance art.
Stewart is a creep & probably vote for his pal McCain. Never
liked his so-called humor.
Will Jon Stewart ask John McCain tough questions ...?
Writing on the morning after, the answer is ... "No."
BTW, yes Stewart is a comedian.
But most of the so-called "real journalists" are jokes.
Verdillac @ 102:
Stewart plays "selective" hardball. He reamed Chris Matthews yet plays footsy with Senator McCain, Bill Kristol, David Frum. Go back through the archives. Check it out. Stewart is very selective as to who he puts tough questions to.
The one issue that Stewart always falls in line with is the Israeli lobby and Israel. Will never go near this issue. Yet he will poke fun at the pope, other countries, etc. But never no never the I lobby.
I think he was just smoothing him over to get him to agree to go on Colbert.
I agree with Karla-Colbert could push him to fly off the handle I think. Did you guys see when he had Tom Delay on? That was one of the best things I'd ever seen him do-right up there with his gig at the Correspondent's dinner. I'd always thought Delay was a fucktard, but Colbert put him up in a frame with a placard saying "Fucktard." Genius.
Oh well. Tough guy stayed home that night. Softballs for McCain.
Still, as noted, Stewart is a comedian, not a tough journo.
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