The Daily Show just did another of their Bush v. Bush inter-cuts, And John McCain is on NOW!

[Up2Late]

Damn McCain ruining the show and what I was going to say.

Anyway, It was an intercut between Pre-Iraq Invasion, you got 48 hours to get out Bush v. Time-tables suck Bush.

[trashcanistanista]

1. McCain still an asshole

He's knockin' Harry to the wrong audience. Where are the boos?

[Olney Blue]

2. Stewart is not giving an inch to McCain.

[live love laugh]

4. Jon is doing great. "They're on America's side because they're patriots."

Go John!

[Up2Late]

11. Yeah, but did ya catch the "ask and answer my own questions" tirade he just did...

That's just what Rummy use to do when he knew he had a weak argument.

McCain has really "Jumped the Shark."

[Olney Blue]

17. Are you saying McCain sucks? Yes. Will he lose the election? Yes.

[Up2Late]

24. Yes, absolutly.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_shark>

Jumping the shark is a metaphor that was originally used to denote the tipping point at which a TV series is deemed by a viewer to have passed its peak, or has introduced plot twists that are illogical in terms of everything that has preceded them. Once a show has "jumped the shark," the viewer senses noticeable decline in quality or feels the show has undergone too many changes to retain its original charm.

The term has also evolved to describe other areas of pop culture, including movie series, music, acting celebrities, or authors for whom a drastic change was seen as the beginning of the end....

[orleans]

41. was mccain being an asshole on the show? of course he was.

will he behave that way if he is invited back? probably. did he start the interview off on the wrong foot? i think so. was he an asshole to say he was giving jon a present of an i.e.d.? absolutely. but did he continue to say stupid things? i would say yes. is he regretting all the crap he said tonight? who knows...?

[Up2Late]

42. LOL! It took me a minute to get where this post was going...

...Do I get it now? Absolutely! Very good.:evilgrin:

[Olney Blue]

43. OMG- you have him nailed!

:rofl:

[Reterr]

3. watching

:bounce:

[trashcanistanista]

7. Yes! Audience applauds Jon.

"I think I know who's side they're on" McCain
- "They're on America's side" - Jon.

[Cha]

27. YAY !! AND MORE

YAYSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!! :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

Excellent response, duder!

[IChing]

5. McCain need to send himself Back a To Vietnamese POW Camp

To Revitalize his Campaign. Jon is not letting him shoot his shit this time.

[redwitch]

6. Excellent show tonight!!!

Wow, Jon was awesome, McCain looked stupid. And Jon is so gracious when he kicks someone's ass. (unless you are Robert Novak). Must see this one folks!

[pstans]

8. Stewart is mopping the floor with McCain

Stewart is tearing him apart. He had me clapping when he said the audience is on America's side!

:applause: :patriot:

[MadBadger]

9. John McCain is wrong about Gates not giving deadlines.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/20/news/iraq.php


Gates gives Iraqis a deadline
By David S. Cloud and Edward Wong Published: April 20, 2007


BAGHDAD: Defense Secretary Robert Gates gave the Iraqi government a deadline of late summer to pass measures long sought by the White House that are aimed at advancing reconciliation between the warring Sunni Arabs and Shiites.

[krkaufman]

37. McCain will claim he wasn't lying, based on actual deadlines being passed.

Daily Show exchange:

STEWART: Didn't Gates say... that the idea that we would set deadlines ... didn't he even say that has helped them put pressure on Maliki's government.

McCAIN: NO. What he has said was that we need to put pressure on the government, and the government is not functioning as we want it to.

What Gates said... (link)

The push by Democrats to set a timetable for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq has been helpful in showing the Iraqis that American patience is limited, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday.

At the same time, Gates renewed his opposition to Congress actually approving any such timetable. Both the House and Senate have passed bills calling for an end to the war, and President Bush has said he will veto either version if it is given final approval.

"I've been pretty clear that I think the enactment of specific deadlines would be a bad mistake," Gates said.

"But I think the debate itself, and I think the strong feelings expressed in the Congress about the timetable ... probably has had a positive impact -- at least I hope it has in terms of communicating to the Iraqis that this is not an open-ended commitment," he said.

My opinion is that McCain lied -- or was just wrong -- since the bill has benchmarks, rather than arbitrary deadlines, and since Gates *did*, indeed, comment that the deadline/benchmarks debate may be helpful.

[K8-EEE]

10. JON KICKED MCCAIN'S ASS TO THE MOON!!!

in the most polite way possible, omg LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[trashcanistanista]

14. He's still kicking it!!!

after the break - Jon is mosre ballistic than I've ever seen him. McCain looks very stupid.

Yes!!!! Boos!!!!

[nam78_two]

12. Its awesome so far.nt

[NRaleighLiberal]

13. Jon nailed it. Why keep going with failures when all they do is fail.

McCain is showing how incredibly awful, out of touch, obsolete, horrible he really is.

[Up2Late]

15. Damn! Jon was READY for this!

He's making some GREAT POINTS!:bounce:

[live love laugh]

16. Mccain thinks he should get points for being a flip flopper...how many times can he say

"I was a critic of the war for years."

He is full of bullshit.

[trashcanistanista]

21. McCain is toast.

It's all over for him. He shouldn't have gone on the show!

[IChing]

18. When he said it was criminal.. the crowd and I went crazy

[baldguy]

23. "almost criminal"

"Almost..." nothing

[tinfoilinfor2005]

19. Gee's pretty bad when I almost feel sorry for McCain...

I said almost...

[baldguy]

20. McCain: repeating nothing but "talking points" (propaganda)

Jon: nothing but the truth.

[Gregorian]

22. Wow. Just an amazing showdown. A standoff.

First, I want to thank Jon for not buring bridges.


But this is not going to be a simple ending for us. We're at war with the conservatives. They aren't going to back down. McCain wouldn't shut up, not because he had something to say, but because he was afraid we'd here the wrong thing.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

25. IMHO, he wouldn't STFU because he didn't want anyone to hear what Jon had to say, I literally

screamed at the tv, telling McCain to shut up.

[Gregorian]

29. I usually end up doing the same thing.

But McCain is so weak and powerless, I'm just not threatened by him. He's not going anywhere.

If that's the best he can do, they're in trouble. But I'm blown away at how little introspection they do. The total unwillingness to just step back and think.

I don't think McCain is all there. I sense occluded corotid arteries.

[krkaufman]

39. McCain looked desperate -- and definitely NOT presidential.

McCain is done like dinner, but his propaganda still can have an effect -- especially if Stewart keeps kissing his ass.

[krkaufman]

38. Stewart is far too deferential to McCain, given McCain's recent history.

Stewart should *not* have allowed McCain to filibuster and spew so much B-S, and should have immediately been at the ready to refute McCain's lie re: Gates saying deadlines may be helpful, as well as McCain lying regarding what the soldiers want.*

* i.e. Soldiers may believe in what they're doing, but they also want the hell out of Iraq, according to a poll conducted in Feb. 2006 -- and I can't imagine the troops are more eager to stay in Iraq now, a year-plus later.

(link) A first-ever survey of U.S. troops on the ground fighting a war overseas has revealed surprising findings, not the least of which is that an overwhelming majority of 72% of American troops in Iraq think the U.S. should exit the country within the next year.

If anyone has more recent poll results, I'd love to see 'em -- along with poll findings regarding Iraqi public opinion.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

44. I agree 100% and I also wish that Jon mentioned how that market that McCain visited was targeted

within 36 hrs later, killing a bunch more people. McCain is getting away with more blood on his hands.

[krkaufman]

47. Yep, Stewart & TDS giving McCain a platform to try to repair his image.

Pretty shameful on the part of Stewart. (He *does* have some responsibility to speak truth to power, if he's going to have major political figures on his show.)

[Up2Late]

26. I hate to go "off-Topic" here But Colbert just did a really Solid first 10 minutes too!

Had E. Holmes Norton on again re: the Vote for D.C. and then the EPA bragging about "progress" but then he brought the Department of Energy's Report on why that EPA bragging was WRONG! :evilgrin:

[MadBadger]

28. Yes he did.

[trashcanistanista]

30. Colbert is smokin' tonight!

Great DS/CR night!

[Cha]

31. Tre Cool! Gotta love

those two patriots with the absolutely amazing sense of humor!

[kaygore]

32. McCain was terrible--I hope this is his LAST TDS appearance

He talked over Jon which was not only rude but shows what an arrogant asswipe he is.

I finally just turned off the show and recorded CR which I'll watch tomorrow sometime. TDS gave me a blinding headache.

McCain is a sell-out of the worse type. He knows that war is hell but he lies, lies, lies.

[Up2Late]

34. Jon did end VERY Strong and the first 20 minutes of Colbert was excellent too.

The guest, though good, did sort of bring the show to a near stop. Totally different pacing of the first and second half of The Colbert Report.

[krkaufman]

40. Stewart needs to take a look at McCain's behavior tonight ...

... and realize that McCain's open invite to TDS needs to be revoked.

[Johonny]

33. McCain

Looked again tonight like a pleaser. He seem to try to play his talking points to the audience. He was nearly as hard liner as he was in previous situations. He sounded stupid with the whole walking around safer not safe crap. I rather he would stick to being either a hard liner. This shill McCain is terrible.

[Up2Late]

35. I really get the feeling that McCain knows...

...that there is No way in Hell the country is going to elect a Republican President in 2008, because of the way the Bush's and his Cabal have screwed things up so bad and I think he's beginning to see that 2000 was his last best shot at being President.

He's 70 right now and in 2008 he'll be 72, which would make him Older than Reagan was when he first got elected.

I bet he knows now that 2012 is probably not going to happen either and in 2016, I bet Jeb runs and he would be 80 then too.

He knows the dream is over, so why not pander to everyone in his last ditch effort.

[Up2Late]

36. Replay Kick n/t

:kick:

[Up2Late]

45. They played some of the audio on NPR's Morning Edition this morning!

McCain Set to Make White House Run Official

Listen to this story...(at link)

Morning Edition, April 25, 2007 · It might seem he has been running for some time,
but Wednesday, Sen. John McCain of Arizona officially announces
his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. Republican
political consultant Mike Murphy talks about McCain's prospects.


Oh, and here's the video too:

<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9814458>

Sen. John McCain Pt. 1 -- Sen. John McCain picked out nice homemade bomb for Jon at the Baghdad market.

<http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/media_player/play.jhtml?itemId=85762>


Sen. John McCain Pt. 2 -- Sen. John McCain picked out nice homemade bomb for Jon at the Baghdad market.

<http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/media_player/play.jhtml?itemId=85843>

More video at this link: <http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/media_player/browseresults.jhtml?showId=934>

[Bryan]

46. This is a pointed indicator of McCain's decline

As recently as a year ago, McCain had the TDS audiences eating out of his hand. When Jon announced the Senator's appearance on the episode immediately preceding this one, there were audible groans from the audience.