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Jon Stewart For President '08? Daily Show Global Edition

By Last Night in Little Rock, Section Elections 2008
Posted on Sun Jan 15, 2006 at 03:33:46 AM EST
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by Last Night in Little Rock

While some people are, up their sleeve, saying that Jon Stewart should run for President in 2008, most Americans do not know that "The Daily Show, Global Edition" runs on CNN International on Sundays at 11:30 am GMT. It shows the high points of the previous week's shows. It has been on CNN International for over a year.

When CNN International only carries Larry King and the Daily Show, at least an American on the road can find some connection to the farce that is American politics.

And don't worry about the world view of our making fun of ourselves--they already do it. My suitcase has a Canadian flag on it, and that is not false because I am 1/4 Canadian (mother's mother). Not that I am not proud to be an American (well, at times I'm not, like right after the 2004 election); I just do not want to be a target for American haters. George Bush makes we want to hide when I'm overseas.

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    Jon Stewart For President '08? Daily Show Global Edition | 16 comments (16 topical)
    Re: Jon Stewart For President '08? Daily Show Glob (none / 0) (#1)
    by profmarcus on Sun Jan 15, 2006 at 05:24:27 AM EST
    cnni, for reasons that should be readily apparent, might as well be on a different planet news-wise from its domestic counterpart... i am outside of the u.s. a significant portion of the year (i work in the balkans and live part-time in argentina) and cnni is my tv newslink with the u.s. wherever i happen to be.. i emphasize "tv" because the majority of my news comes from the internet... i find cnni to be considerably less focused on missing white women and considerably more intent on presenting straight news... obviously, with a global, well-traveled, sophisticated, highly-educated audience, they can't afford to play to the same fox news-type audience they are forced to compete for in the u.s... i only wish more u.s. cable systems would carry it along with the bbc world news service... americans deserve access to higher quality news than they now get... visit my blog: And, yes, I DO take it personally

    Re: Jon Stewart For President '08? Daily Show Glob (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sun Jan 15, 2006 at 08:42:41 AM EST
    The only time Lieberman's funny is when he's not tryin' to be. And lord knows what we really need is a comedian as president. That will show the world has serious we are. John Stewart is a comedian; his antics are designed to generate laughs, not votes. A candidacy might be an improvement over Hillary in terms of style, but there are few people who could be more assured to generate yet another Republican presidency.

    Re: Jon Stewart For President '08? Daily Show Glob (none / 0) (#3)
    by Dadler on Sun Jan 15, 2006 at 11:27:19 AM EST
    Stewart's a nice guy, a decent satirist and comedian, but his concept of satire is pretty soft, by the standards of genuine freedom. When he gets to the point of no return, he promptly returns. SOUTH PARK, if you get right down to it, and get past the obsessive toilet/fu*king jokes, is infinitely more dangerous and pointed than the DAILY SHOW gets.

    Re: Jon Stewart For President '08? Daily Show Glob (none / 0) (#4)
    by roy on Sun Jan 15, 2006 at 12:10:14 PM EST
    They've been doing semi-serious interviews since after 9/11, and it sharpens the satiric bite. Anybody can make a joke about torture, but the Daily Show backs it up with an interview of the general in charge of Abu Ghraib saying she was railroaded. Heckuva combo.

    Re: Jon Stewart For President '08? Daily Show Glob (none / 0) (#5)
    by swingvote on Sun Jan 15, 2006 at 12:22:15 PM EST
    As opposed to mediocre 'B' 40s movie stars or clueless Austrian cro-magnon governators on the take from muscle supplement/bodybuilding' mags. And then there's the clown that's in there now. Nice try. Dismissed. Charlie, I'm going to try, albeit with no real anticipation of success, to take this post seriously, just to see if it can be done. You start by citing a comment made with reference to Stewart's being a comedian, then make some strange statement about, presumably, Ronald Reagan, Arnold, and Bush Junior s which has no substance (you say "as opposed to" but what is this supposed to mean? Are you suggesting that he's not a comedian?). You then sign off with your standard BS tagline of "Dismissed", but what have you dismissed Charlie? You haven't even said anything; you certainly haven't shown that Stewart is not a comedian, or that what he does is designed to elicit laughs, so please, explain what it is you think you have dismissed?

    Re: Jon Stewart For President '08? Daily Show Glob (none / 0) (#7)
    by scarshapedstar on Sun Jan 15, 2006 at 12:52:35 PM EST
    Um, just checking, but all the John Stewart haters are members of the party that ran Ahnold in California, right? Not to mention that your greatest hero ever got his start in Bedtime for Bonzo.

    Re: Jon Stewart For President '08? Daily Show Glob (none / 0) (#8)
    by scarshapedstar on Sun Jan 15, 2006 at 12:59:11 PM EST
    Of course, it's just the classic conservative head-fake. Forget the guy's actual views, he works as a comedian and this forever tars his entire existence, as opposed to fine jobs that clearly prepare you for national office such as exterminator or cokehead-cum-failed oilman-cum-failed baseball manager. Overall, I'm inclined to agree more with Illuminatus! and say that if it doesn't make you laugh, it isn't true. And the Daily Show is pretty damn funny; a neverending stream of politicians acting like complete morons should be a conservative's dream, yet it seems Mallard Filmore is more their speed these days. Gee, I wonder why.

    Re: Jon Stewart For President '08? Daily Show Glob (none / 0) (#9)
    by swingvote on Sun Jan 15, 2006 at 01:02:48 PM EST
    Scar, So you are suggesting that Stewart is serious about running for president?

    Re: Jon Stewart For President '08? Daily Show Glob (none / 0) (#10)
    by swingvote on Sun Jan 15, 2006 at 01:26:53 PM EST
    Charlie, Had you bothered to present an argument the first time around, instead of your usual "Dismissed" crap after a nonstatement, the question would not have been necessary. Not that your argument is convincing. I never said that Stewart wasn't "deserving" (although I find your choice of such an adjective interesting - who else "deserves" to be president?). I merely said that Stewart was a comedian and that the things he does are done to elicit laughs. Your response made no sense at all, and your inability to see that this is true just solidifies your aforementioned status here at TalkLeft. But keep kidding yourself, Charlie. It's fine with me. And keep telling yourself that everyone who disagrees with you is a "reptile" or "schmendrick" or whatever assinine label you wish to apply. I'll just add you to the list of people who clearly have nothing of interest (or anything honest) to say and ignore you hence forth. You are now permanently "Dismissed", Charlie.

    Re: Jon Stewart For President '08? Daily Show Glob (none / 0) (#11)
    by roy on Sun Jan 15, 2006 at 03:03:12 PM EST
    Scar,
    Um, just checking, but all the John Stewart haters are members of the party that ran Ahnold in California, right? Not to mention that your greatest hero ever got his start in Bedtime for Bonzo.
    Nobody here seems to be hating Stewart. Just implying that being an A-list comedian and B-list actor doesn't qualify one for being President. As for Ahnold and Reagan, they went from entertaining to governorship, not presidency. Let's see: Repubs ran actors for governor... now they can't complain about actors running for president. Something's missing.

    Re: Jon Stewart For President '08? Daily Show Glob (none / 0) (#12)
    by roy on Sun Jan 15, 2006 at 03:47:11 PM EST
    Addendum to above: by the time Reagan got significant support running for President, he had about as much experience in elected office as Hillary Clinton will have in '08. I'm ignoring his 1968 run because most folks ignored it back then, too. Charlie, My point is that entertainers don't go right to the top. So if we accept your premise that Rice is a clown, then she should run for a lesser position before trying for President. Governor of California would fit the pattern. Besides, she's said repeatedly and unambiguously that she's not going to run for President in '08.

    Re: Jon Stewart For President '08? Daily Show Glob (none / 0) (#13)
    by Rick B on Sun Jan 15, 2006 at 04:57:09 PM EST
    Jon Stewart. The new Pat Paulsen??

    Re: Jon Stewart For President '08? Daily Show Glob (none / 0) (#14)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sun Jan 15, 2006 at 05:20:49 PM EST
    CNN International is on my cable system here in New York 7 days a week. It just to replace the old CNNFN on the weekends, and I've been watching it for about four years now. Prof Marcus is 100% right: CNNI covers the world with regular programs such as Inside the Middle East, Inside Africa, Talk Asia, Global Challenges, World Report and Diplomatic License. They cover the world regardless of whether a crisis is happening there.

    Re: Jon Stewart For President '08? Daily Show Glob (none / 0) (#6)
    by Lww on Sun Jan 15, 2006 at 06:35:09 PM EST
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    Re: Jon Stewart For President '08? Daily Show Glob (none / 0) (#15)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Mon Jan 16, 2006 at 12:32:31 PM EST
    John Stewart for Prez? Good idea Dems... I think you should run with that!

    Re: Jon Stewart For President '08? Daily Show Glob (none / 0) (#16)
    by kdog on Mon Jan 16, 2006 at 12:37:51 PM EST
    What the hell? He obviously has Bush licked in wit and intellect, and be an improvement over him. And he'd be easier to vote for than Hillary Clinton.

    Jon Stewart For President '08? Daily Show Global Edition | 16 comments (16 topical)