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Stewart, Colbert Make It Official!!!

AP — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 05:09:50 +0000

It’s On!

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TDS Video: ‘An Energy Independent Future’

AP — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:12:00 +0000

Following Obama’s prime time address to the nation from the Oval Office, Jon Stewart offers us a reminder that energy independence has been a presidential priority for quite some time:

“Counting President Obama, he last eight presidents have gone on television and promised to move America towards an energy-independent future.”

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Stewart’s hilarious, yet sad, commentary should serve as a reminder to us all: Presidents can only lend rhetorical weight to the nation’s goals. Without support from the electorate, they’re just words.

Two of my favorite people

AP — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:27:53 +0000

Rachel Maddow dropped by The Daily Show, discussing MSNBC‘s upcoming documentary, The McVeigh Tapes.

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Jon Stewart's Extended Bill Kristol Interview | Indecision Forever | Comedy Central

AP — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:51:29 +0000

The Daily Show host illustrates the delusional nature of conservative arguments against health care reform.

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CPAC After Party | The Daily Show | Comedy Central

AP — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:45:01 +0000

Jon Stewart Reflects upon the Spectacular Display of Crazy at CPAC, 2009

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The Daily Show: Sir David Frost Recalls Nixon Interview – Video

AP — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:54:11 +0000

Frost explains his methodology of breaking Richard Nixon down over a 12-day period.

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Daily Show: Bush administration will be recognized by historians as "The Immaculate Deception"

AP — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:44:39 +0000

God bless Jon Stewart and his Daily Show staff. Last night they presented a fantastic satirical segment on how Bush administration officials, past and present, have avoided answering questions posed by Congress. Daily Show correspondent John Oliver put it best: “Classic Hall of Fame Bullshit.”

Oliver’s remarks were in response to John Ashcroft’s testimony before Congress. When the former Attorney General was asked about his recollection of discussions regarding the treatment of “enemy combatants,” Ashcroft claimed he couldn’t differentiate his own memories of events with the accounts of others.

The exchange between Stewart and Oliver is below, and lasts 3:25. For information that is less satirical, see:

From the New York Times: Two Testify on Memo Spelling Out Interrogation, 27 June 2008.

or this from the American Constitution Society for Law & Policy: Former AG John Ashcroft Before House Committee On Interrogation, 18 July 2008.

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Douglas Feith Grilled on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

AP — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:19:11 +0000

From Comedy Central’s Indecision 2008:

Former Bush Administration Under Secretary of Defense Douglas Feith was on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart tonight to set the record straight on the Iraq war. Apparently we were not misled into war. I believe him. Unless he’s misleading me now…

-TheInDecider, 12 May 2008

Feith attempts to explain the lead up to the Iraq war while promoting his new book on the subject. The Daily Show host, Jon Stewart, was justifiably incredulous during the interview. Despite this, the interview lasted for two segments, which is a rarity on The Daily Show, and even then it needed to be cut further to fit on the air. The entirety of the interview may be found at the above link.

Feith, you may recall, was referred to as “The Dumbest #@!#! on the Planet” by General Tommy Franks. The below video is from a 2005 Daily Show, and serves to reinforce the General’s assessment.

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