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[thehefner]

John McCain was on THE DAILY SHOW last night, which makes it his, what, twenty-seventh appearance? There's a reason he's a regular: Jon Stewart clearly hugely respects the man, and McCain's always been able to keep a cool head and wit with Stewart. But last night was a bit tough to watch at moments, mainly because every time McCain went to answer one of Stewart's questions, Jon jumped right on him, interrupting McCain with a rant (usually in the form of another question), which would cause the DAILY SHOW audience to burst out in applause. This cycle was repeated throughout the ten-or-so minute interview.

I mean, I know they have to cram a lot in ten minutes, so I understand that to an extent. Honestly, I do wish I could see a half-hour or hour of Stewart and McCain actually having a discussion. Every point that Stewart brought up was a good one, but fuck it all, I wanted to hear McCain actually respond, not Stewart just preach while his audience whoops it up. Hopefully this won't be McCain's last appearance, for it'd be a rather frustrating note on which to end their relationship. I love Jon Stewart; the man's one of the few reasons I have to watch TV regularly. But last night was rather disappointing.

But tonight had Aasif Mandvi, who's proving to be one of the sharpest correspondents the Daily Show has ever had. Not to mention THE GIANT HEAD OF ROBERT LOGGIA.* So it's all good.



*Sadly minus his beloved jet-pack.

Comments

[kwsapphire.livejournal.com]

Oh I'd very much like to see more time given to those two. And I actually have more respect for McCain now, knowing that Stewart respects him. And of course the spin machines and mass media take most of what's said out of context, so I don't really judge McCain. I disagree with his stance on the war, of course, and I'd really like to hear his (nonpolitical) reasoning behind supporting it. I do agree that the war has been totally mismanaged so far though.