Love it! I’m watching The Daily Show and Jon Stewart, during a bit with John Oliver, just reeled off some lines from the Pledge of Allegiance and left out “under God.” Made my day. We’ll probably be hearing all kinds of outrage from the conservatives tomorrow … Update: Here’s the video. The lines come at 03:40: … Continue reading Jon Stewart didn’t say it
Before yesterday, many in the media were asking, “What is Jon Stewart trying to say with his Rally to Restore Sanity?” They thought it must be political if it came just before Election Day. They thought it would be a rally for the extreme left, a knee-jerk reaction to Glenn Beck’s rally. They thought it … Continue reading Sanity rally was spot-on
A Huffington Post reader submitted this video to HuffPo as a memorable highlight of Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show.” As painful as it is to go back to the days following 9/11, this shows the kind of American and human being Stewart is. It also makes one wonder how we could be so divided now, … Continue reading Jon Stewart, American
Ariana Huffington just appeared on Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show and made a very generous offer. Not only is she planning to take a bus from the HuffPo offices to Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity in Washington October 30, but she’s invited anyone else who needs a ride to go with her. And she’ll get … Continue reading The rally for the rest of us
Finally, a Washington rally I want to attend — Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity on October 30, 2010. Stephen Colbert, of course, is holding a competing March to Keep Fear Alive. Details are just emerging, but it appears to be for real. As Stewart explained it, some 80% of the American people are not … Continue reading Jon Stewart announces Rally to Restore Sanity
Jon Stewart is probably my favorite news commentator these days. I know, he really hosts The Daily Show on the Comedy Network. But his faux news program hits the mark so often and so well that you really aren’t news if he doesn’t mention you. When President Obama used his oil-spill–inspired Oval Office address the … Continue reading Eight presidents and umpteen promises later
