I have to say that Stewart was well-prepared tonight.

[Guaranteed]

Stewart was in top form.

He knew what he would be confronted with. He fortified his position and hit back hard against someone who had betrayed us.

He soundly thrashed the motherfucker- and, yes, it was bloody, and beautiful.

I think Jon learned something from the Santorum episode.

You need to know what you're going up against. Know your enemy.

Last night, Lott was extremely tame. And Stewart knew he would be.

Tonight, he knew the opposite.

He came prepared,

AND SMACKED THAT PIECE OF SHIT THE FUCK DOWN.

[JI7]

1. i think he might treat media types different from "public service" types

when it comes to Colin Powell Santorum and others who are elected officials he may feel he has to be respectful.

i remember he said he would not really want to interview Bush even if given the chance because he would feel the need to "respect the office" rather than say what he really wanted to.

haven't seen the hitchens episode yet and don't want the daily show much since i'm busy with other things. but this time i'm going to try to catch it.

[Guaranteed]

11. True. I think he has trouble attacking elected

officials.

[CottonBear]

2. I'm bad and I missed the show. Who was the guest? n/t

[aquart]

3. Details! Details!

[NoPasaran]

4. He absolutely eviscerated Hitchens

It was lovely to watch.

[kaygore]

5. It was a thing of beauty

that put those ranting idiots on the right to shame!

[ClusterFreak]

6. I think Jon picks his battles very carefully....

....Santorum is a joke...why bother getting into anything with him....Trent Lott is just a partisan hack, not that dissimilar from Joe Biden on our side of the aisle....Hitchens is a prickly, smug, sarcastic little fuck who has a brain in his head, and is very, very articulate, whether or not he is an asshole...which he is. Go after Hitchens, here's a guy who really thinks he's the cat's ass when it comes to political debate....Jon knows all of this, and simply unloaded on him. It was like watching a stealthy jungle cat creep up on an unsuspecting prey, and taking him down swiftly and almost bloodlessly, with only muted and futile resistance.

In other words....he "smacked that piece of shit the fuck down"!!!!
:headbang:

[CottonBear]

7. More details...please! I was away from the TV. n/t

[ClusterFreak]

9. Basically....Christopher Hitchens came on to plug his latest book....

...which Jon dutifully did at the beginning and end. In between....a different story. Jon started off with a simple question for him..."Explain to me why I'm wrong about Iraq?" Hitch thought he could school him on the wrongheadedness of the liberal viewpoint....Jon quite simply would have none of it. He pointed out how countries like Iran and North Korea were far more dangerous than Iraq ever was....how Bush quite simply treats anyone who asks him a question about his policies, like they were "retards" (his word) or little children. Really, I can't do it justice....if you don't get a chance to see the rerun, I'm sure Crooks & Liars will have it up pronto. I gotta watch it again myself, I'm telling you it was perhaps even better - or at least as good - as the asskicking Jon gave Tucker Carlson last fall.

[CottonBear]

10. Thanks. Jon is amazing. I detest Hitchens. I'll look for videos. n/t

[Nothing Without Hope]

8. Wow, what a bald-faced liar Santorum is. Check this out:

http://atrios.blogspot.com/2005_08_21_atrios_archive.html#112498830634086793
Republican U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum's office acknowledged yesterday that it cannot locate public statements of the senator questioning the Iraq war, despite the senator's claim last week that he has publicly expressed his concerns.

But Santorum said that doesn't mean he hasn't made the comments.

In an interview last week, he said he had publicly and privately raised questions about efforts to contain the insurgency and to limit Baathist involvement in the new Iraqi government. He made his remarks in response to a charge by his leading Democratic challenger, Robert P. Casey Jr., that Santorum has failed to "ask the tough questions" about Iraq.

Robert L. Traynham, Santorum's spokesman, said a search of Nexis, a news database, and the office's press clippings had not turned up any account of those comments. He noted, however, that the office's records are incomplete because the office is unable to record everything the senator says.

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12. Kick for the rerun- it's on now. nt