Jon Stewart on Crossfire Yesterday
A report from Blog for America, where everyone at DFA HQ was watching Jon Stewart on CNN's Crossfire – and then they watched it a few more times on TiVo:
Stewart
took over the show – called Paul Begala and Tucker Carlson partisan
hacks, called the show and others like it theatre, said they are
hurting America.
He
begged for a true debate show, not a joust of disingenuous talking
points. He made the distinction that while the hosts and guests on
either side probably genuinely believe that Bush or Kerry would make
the better president, the arguments they offer are frequently
dishonest.
Asked
which candidate would provide “better material” for him as a comedian,
he said it didn't matter – that the absurdity of the system drives the
humor (before thanking the hosts for adding what they can to that
absurdity).
This was one of those rare moments when someone talked through the filter.
Yeah, Begala and Carlson were not pleased, to say the least. Click here
to read the transcript or to view a video clip. The clip takes a
long time to load, even on high-speed Internet, but if you watch all
the way through, you'll get to see what ELSE Jon Stewart called Tucker
Carlson!
The REALLY funny
part was when Tucker kept saying to Jon that Jon wasn't funny, in spite
of the fact that the audience was laughing their heads off. That
is just like the GOP talking points – deny the obvious and press on
full speed ahead with the lies and the spin.
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