Jon Stewart For President

The bittorrent of Jon Stewart’s recent Crossfire appearance, where he dished up a scathing critique of televised partisan political theater disguised as serious debate, has been making the rounds on the internet and I finally got a chance chance to check it out this morning. Stewart clearly has no patience for these guys and their daily bullshit sessions. He’s especially insightful (and funny) in this exchange with Tucker Carlson:
CARLSON: Let me ask you a question on the news.
STEWART: Now, this is theater. It’s obvious. How old are you?
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: Thirty-five.
STEWART: And you wear a bow tie.
View it for yourself if you can. I predict that Stewart will land a late-night spot on CBS or ABC within the next two years. What I’m not so sure of is whether he’ll be able to maintain the biting, frat-boy-meets-Ivy-League tone that works so well on The Daily Show. The over-35 crowd may not see the humor in Stewart calling someone a “douchebag.” Let’s just hope it’s not Bush and Cheney who are still the douchebags.
And now I’m going see if the Packers can manage to win a game. A 1-4 record; yeesh. Reminds me of all those bleak seasons during the 1980s, back when we were stuck with coaches like Bart Starr and Forrest Gregg.