oh be swift, my soul, to answer him

My older brother was kind enough to pass along a link to the transcript from Friday’s Crossfire , which, thanks to the magic of TiVo, I was able to view in its entirety.  It is quite possibly the greatest thing I have ever, in my life, seen.  It could have been made better only if Jon Stewart had said upon his entrance:  “Begala, Carlson—bend over, please.”  By the end of the segment, the word “BURN!!!” had lost all meaning.

Bar none, my favorite quote of the evening was: “You are partisan, what do you call it, hacks.”  

Comments

[Joans]

Serious question: Will Stewart\Daily Show lose it when\if Bush loses? I mean what will they have left to make such fun of? Will Kerry really provide them w. that much material? I'm sure there will be some but I can't see Droopy being as much fun to mock as His Bushiness. I think it could badly hurt them.

[Avi]

I have full faith in Jon Stewart and the Daily Show newsteam's ability to mock anything.

[jessica]

They'll just go back to making fun of crazy midwesterners who think they are being interviewed for serious news programs.

when\if Bush loses
The "if" gives me an axiety attack.

[Jonas]

Mangled my own name, how lame is that, like I don't get "Johns?", "Jonah?", "Jones?" or "Joans?" often enough.

Yah that "if" scares me too, esp. when I talk to young folks and they say things like "well I don't see any difference, i hate both of them" or "well I'm leaning towards Bush, because like Kerry wants rights for gays that we don't have" and I'm all...yah,but...you really want 4 more w. GWB?

funked up.

[christopher]

i watched the BitTorrent version and jesus mary and joseph, jon SCHOOLED them. it was sad, though, because he was clearly disgusted and trying to make a point and that ridiculous excuse for a pundit, tucker carlson, didn't want him to talk about anything but comedy. what a jackass. i loved the "no--i'm not going to be your monkey." line.

[l337 ]-[4><0r]

w007! Stewart = pwnage

[Primus]

And the sad thing, the truly sad thing, is that Stewart was belittled by the other members of Crossfire on today's show. They learned nothing. Carville called him a pompous ass for also going after Ted Koppel. Novakula called him uninformed. UNINFORMED? Jesus H. Particular Christ on a Fucking Bicycle, Jon Stewart is more informed than fifty Crossfires, and that's before he has his morning cup of coffee. Not to mention the huge brass balls they've got for attacking him when he's not there to respond.

I think Milton said it best when he said, "...and then I'll set the place on fire."

[racist steve]

if you want to watch the cross-fire interview, cut/paste and do what you will with this link.

http://mirror.randomfoo.net/crossfire/stewart/Crossfire-20041015-John_Stewart--compressed.wmv

VOTEnoW

[Annie]

dude, wonkette is totally calling it "Tucker-gate."