I just saw the Stewart vs. Carlson match... (on Crossfiiiiire!) [View All]

[BloodyWilliam]

A side note, so I don't bum all of you: America: The Book is absolutely awesome in every way. My parents came up and we bought a copy of the book, and a copy of Citizen You! by the guys from the Onion. Citizen You! is pretty good, but I'm still returning it for my own copy of America: The Book, and my parents are getting the book-on-CD version of America: The Book too. It's brilliant because I honestly think they don't care about the politics. It's about the humor, which lets them make it about the truth. No spin, just laughs. Seeing what's wrong with the whole system.

That said, I just saw Jon Stewart talk to Tucker Carlson and Paul Begala (Begala lost so many points with me tonight) on Crossfire (www.ifilm.com has it). For a brief, shining moment, I wanted to punch Tucker Carlson in the face more than I wanted to punch Bill O'Reilly in the face, and that's saying a lot. The sheer gall of that little creep to lecture Jon on journalism and integrity, and then to demand that he act funny... it was sickening.

For once I didn't see Jon Stewart the comedian. I saw Jon Stewart the brilliant, caring human being. He made an impassioned plea to the spinmasters of CNN to cut the crap and do the right thing, and Carlson said Jon didn't ask tough enough questions. It was absolutely disgusting.

We need more men like Jon. We need men who are smart, honest, brutal, and honestly non-partisan. We need people who actually care about this.

And I love Jon Stewart now more than ever.