Senator Charles Schumer on the Daily Show.

[Cleita]

Says that Ken Lay is being closed in on and will be indicted. Ya think?

Also has a lot of good things to say about John Kerry.

[xray s]

1. Would pick Dick Durbin for VP

Wise choice.

[Cleita]

2. Also said that the Saudis played a very pernicious role in 9-11.

^^

[Bozita]

3. especially through the funding of Wahabi madrasses

[NJCher]

4. comes across as genuine

I got a kick out of his personality.


Cher

[K-W]

5. After a shakey start to this episode

with funny, but pro Repub spin jokes on Spain, the Schumer interview was very good. I hope that is the definate attitude of democrats now. This isnt a gentlemanly game of politics. This is a battle between 2 very different parties with very different priorities but the democrats can beat them.

[NJCher]

6. missed the pro-repub jokes

But I missed the first part of the interview. I did catch that acknowledgement that politics is no gentlemanly game and that stood out. Have seen other politicians acknowledging this and when you combine this with the "crooked lying group" tactic that had the airwaves buzzing over Republicans being crooks and liars, I think they may have finally gotten the message.


Cher

[0rganism]

7. Yeah, I noticed that too

Is this the new "conventional wisdom", then? The Spanish are now terrorist-appeasing cowards? Do we have to endure a whole new series of anti-ethnic nationalist nouns, like "Freedom Fly" and "Freedom Rice"?

Oy.

[ellie]

8. As soon as the jokes

about Spain started, I shut off the t.v. It was pretty disappointing.

[Blue Adept]

9. Good with the bad

That's a poor attitude to take. The show doesn't play directly to every individuals interests but rather to a broad number of people. There are plenty of 'young republican' minded people - mind you these are more of the classical versions of republicans rather than neoconservatives - who watch the show as well. Stewart and his time find the right balance for things and play it up.

The inability of many on the left to be able to find humor on both sides is problematic and continues to cast the wrong image. If we want to be able to laugh at them, we've got to be able to laugh at ourselves as well. I haven't seen the show in question since I'm always a day behind since I Tivo it, but even when I don't agree with how Stewart presents something, I won't turn it off. Sometimes he's just so incredibly subtle with the slams that it goes over a lot of peoples heads, mine included, until I read it in detail somewhere else or it gets clarified the next night.

Turning off the show because you didn't agree with a spin on one story does a disservice to yourself.

[AG78]

10. Exactly

I love The Daily Show because the writers can make you laugh at basically anything. And at the end of a day after all the war talk, bombings, policy, etc, etc, etc, I love to laugh at every person I can. The program is based in irony. I'm a Kucinich guy, and Stewart never misses an opportunity to take a shot at him, but it's funny. The show is just simply funny. And the most ironic part, even though it's a fake news show, it's the most honest.

Stephen Colbert is one of the funniest people alive.

And I watch Tough Crowd as well. Also a funny show.

[skippysmom]

11. Schumer was great

He was so well spoken, especially about foreign policy.