Jon Stewart

   Jon Stewart is my hero! I just heard a clip of him on CNN's Crossfire that was played on Randi Rhodes. Apparently they thought he was just going to be funny but he made a point that shows like Crossfire were bad shows because they are a theater for politicians. I couldn't agree more. When a reporter asks a question and then lets the politician completely sidestep it without calling them on for their non-response it makes me want to pull my toenails out.

STEWART: But the thing is that this -- you're doing theater, when you should be doing debate, which would be great.
STEWART: It's not honest. What you do is not honest. What you do is partisan hackery. And I will tell you why I know it.
CARLSON: You had John Kerry on your show and you sniff his throne and you're accusing us of partisan hackery?
STEWART: Absolutely.
CARLSON: You've got to be kidding me. He comes on and you...
STEWART: You're on CNN. The show that leads into me is puppets making crank phone calls.

   Thank you Jon Stewart for pointing the finger to the media with the question why. Why don't they hold politicians to questions that they can't answer? Tucker Carlson had no response except to point fingers at The Daily Show (a comedy show) for the same thing. You can view clips of the show here.

   And a great quote from Jon Stewart: "you know, it was interesting. President Bush was saying, John Kerry's rhetoric doesn't match his record. But I've heard President Bush describe his record. His record doesn't match his record."

(Thanks to Rando Rhodes for playing the clip on her show, thanks to CNN for the transcript, and thanks to Liberal Times for the link to the clip)