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HA!!!

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speaking of which...

Mother of dead soldier disrupts Laura Bush speech

A mother whose son was killed in Iraq has been arrested for protesting during a New Jersey campaign speech by first lady Laura Bush.

The woman was charged with trespassing and later released.

She wore a shirt that read, "President Bush, You Killed my Son" to the New Jersey rally.

Sue Niederer of Hopewell, New Jersey interrupted Bush's speech demanding to know why her son (Army First Lieutenant Seth Dvorin) had to die. She continued shouting even as Secret Service and local police escorted her out of the event in handcuffs.

The crowd attempted to drown her out with chants of "Four more years."

The first lady continued speaking, praising her husband's record on the economy, health care and the war on terror.

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This is disgusting...how disrespectful and brainwashed to chant "Four more years..." uggh. I want to vomit.

(Edited by mindylieu at 6:29 pm on Sep. 18, 2004)

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speaking of which...

Mother of dead soldier disrupts Laura Bush speech

A mother whose son was killed in Iraq has been arrested for protesting during a New Jersey campaign speech by first lady Laura Bush.

The woman was charged with trespassing and later released.

She wore a shirt that read, "President Bush, You Killed my Son" to the New Jersey rally.

Sue Niederer of Hopewell, New Jersey interrupted Bush's speech demanding to know why her son (Army First Lieutenant Seth Dvorin) had to die. She continued shouting even as Secret Service and local police escorted her out of the event in handcuffs.

The crowd attempted to drown her out with chants of "Four more years."

The first lady continued speaking, praising her husband's record on the economy, health care and the war on terror.

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This is disgusting...how disrespectful and brainwashed to chant "Four more years..." uggh. I want to vomit.

Yes, that was disrespectful of the crowd, but that woman was totally out of line. Don't blame the Pres for your son being killed; blame your son for joining the army in the first place. I know that sounds insensitive, but it's the truth. I have known MANY people in the armed services, and ALL of them knew and accepted the fact up front that they may be sent to war and killed. It's a choice that every man and woman who joins the army makes. And that's why I respect them so much.

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Posted Sunday, September 19, 2004 at 11:36 AM

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The crowd attempted to drown her out with chants of "Four more years."

Asswipes.

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Ben, come on.

yes, soldiers have a choice when the sign up for military service, and putting themselves in harms way is a possible outcome of that choice. However, when a soldier signs up for the military, he/she puts his faith in the congress and president to only call upon his services when it is drastically needed. Invading a country because its possible they maybe sorta kinda have weapons only we can have is not a drastic situation. Don't take my word for it, of course...close to 50% of this country agreed it was not drastic enough to go to war BEFORE it happened....so its not like i'm alone here. oh yeah, and **coughcoughWE WERE RIGHTcoughcough**. but of course, our questioning was unpatriotic, even after we were proven right.

Anyway, while i have no idea what is/was going through the soldier's mother's mind, i think it may have something to do with her confusion over why her son was sent into harms way when there were no weapons of mass destruction, when we were never attacked by Iraq, when we had no clear plan for post invasion security, when the people responsible for 9/11 were in AFGHANISTAN, or when the weapons of mass destruction were in North Korea. She may have a question or two in the back of her mind about all the texas companies getting unbid contracts for all the new business out there, but i ain't gonna stretch anything. cause that would be unpatriotic....you know....to ask questions.

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Posted Thursday, September 23, 2004 at 3:10 PM

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I TOTALLY AGREE!

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Posted Thursday, September 23, 2004 at 8:51 PM

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This from a Jew, of course.

But, for reals, I love me some Mad magazine & still regret giving up my subscription some years back.

Oh yeah, and roadie was right. If it was my son or brother, I'd be screaming my fucking head off. God, I might scream my fucking head off just because it's somebody's son or brother. Politeness or appropriateness does not apply.

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Posted Sunday, September 26, 2004 at 1:30 AM

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I guess it doesn't matter that, except for the "Render unto Caesar" one, Jesus is not talking about government activity in any of those quotes.

I'm not saying that Jesus wouldn't have been a socialist. But let's don't take quotes out of context and pretend that he outlined what type of government would be best.

(Edited by jamiecarroll at 1:45 am on Sep. 26, 2004)

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Posted Sunday, September 26, 2004 at 2:01 AM

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Ben, come on.

yes, soldiers have a choice when the sign up for military service, and putting themselves in harms way is a possible outcome of that choice. However, when a soldier signs up for the military, he/she puts his faith in the congress and president to only call upon his services when it is drastically needed. Invading a country because its possible they maybe sorta kinda have weapons only we can have is not a drastic situation.

Bah. When you join the military, you know there's a chance you're going to war. When you join the fire department, you know there's a chance you're going into a burning building. If you don't want that risk, take a seat with the rest of us pussies.

Whether war was warranted in this case is certainly questionable, but not a no contest. There have been questionable wars before and there will be questionable wars again. It all factors into the risk that you take when you join.

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Posted Sunday, September 26, 2004 at 2:04 PM

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Bah. When you join the military, you know there's a chance you're going to war. When you join the fire department, you know there's a chance you're going into a burning building. If you don't want that risk, take a seat with the rest of us pussies.

i completely agree with both sides. wait, is that possible?

no really, but i take your stance on this more times than not. i like to take it a step further and point my finger at higher education, specifically the cost. every time one of my friends or family members tell me about so and so joining the military i always ask why. and i get the same answer every time. they want to go to school. they'll pay for them to go to school. school school school. money money money.

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Posted Sunday, September 26, 2004 at 3:32 PM

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Bah. When you join the military, you know there's a chance you're going to war. When you join the fire department, you know there's a chance you're going into a burning building. If you don't want that risk, take a seat with the rest of us pussies.

they want to go to school. they'll pay for them to go to school. school school school. money money money.

You're absolutely right. Every person that I went to high school with who joined any branch of the armed forces did so for that exact reason. I'd be hard-pressed to find someone who enlists out of patriotism these days.

That's so NA.

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Posted Monday, September 27, 2004 at 7:20 PM

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i completely agree with both sides. wait, is that possible?

I wrote and scrapped three different replies for that very reason, so I'd say it is.

That, by the way, is still all I can say in regards to the topic.

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Posted Tuesday, September 28, 2004 at 9:18 PM

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I think that, right now, I feel more sad for the ones who, like my two brothers, [seem to] go into the military for patriotic reasons. They believe in this war that they are fighting. They sacrifice months and months away form their children without bitterness. They [say they] would give their lives.

What a waste! [is what I feel]

I guess I just feel they've been duped.

Incidentally, I heard somewhere that Fahrenheit 9/11 was quite popular among soldiers. I wonder if many are beginning to feel disgruntled.

And is it just me, or do we not hear much about the "war" in Iraq these days? Maybe I've just been watching too much local news again.

(Edited by Token at 9:24 pm on Sep. 28, 2004)

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well pardon me for wishing that we don't fight "questionable" wars anymore. i thought we learned our lesson after vietnam. I thought that disaster would be enough to scare us straight. obviously not. and again, 50% of the population disagreeing with the course of action is a pretty big question. especially on something as drastically important as war. its not like its a small group of radical hippies making peace signs at the corner, we're talking about half of this country...a lot of regular, working class everyday americans with classic family values disagreed with the war. when you go from a small percentage of the population questioning something, to almost 50% of the population questioning something, i would think that would give our leaders pause and rethink what they are about to do. ESPECIALLY in the case of war. A soldier puts his faith in the administration to stop here and think "you know, i'm about to send kids to die....what if the other 170 million people in this country are right?"

i'd like to see more checks and balances for a war like this. i'd like to see war become more like amending the constitution, with a high percentage of congress having to pass it, then it goes to state legislatures and what not.

i think comparing firefighters and soldiers is apples and oranges. but, I guaran-damn-tee you that the fire chief wouldn't be sending in his crew if it was useless for the fire to be fought in the first place. You see? In other words, the firefighters put their faith in the chief to decide when it is worth risking their lives to put out a fire, and when it is not worth risking lives...

you know it just occured to me while writing this that we are going to lose this war. period. just like vietnam. and its beyond sad that kids my age and younger (younger!) are going to continue to die for it.

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Posted Wednesday, September 29, 2004 at 9:23 AM

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A soldier puts his faith in the administration to stop here and think "you know, i'm about to send kids to die....what if the other 170 million people in this country are right?"

Quick, Luke - what percentage of U.S. military personnel do you think agree with the decision to go to war in Iraq? Definitely more than 50%, and probably more like 75 to 80%. So don't try to tell me that they're all over there against their will.

And I'm not saying that questionable wars are okay; I'm just saying that they're a fact of life from time to time (depending on who's in office), and saying that they shouldn't ever happen is like saying that we should elect a third party president (nice dream). The fact is that America elected a president who thought it was a good idea to fight this war. And you know what - we might REelect him! And what kind of reinforcement do you think that would give to him and his ways? But I digress...

Bottom line: I'm not debating whether or not we should have gone to war. I'm just saying that having a president with an itchy trigger finger has to be calculated into the risk of joining the military. You have to know going in that we do not live in a perfect world; there are humans involved in every facet, so there could always be mistakes.

(Edited by jamiecarroll at 9:29 am on Sep. 29, 2004)

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Posted Wednesday, September 29, 2004 at 10:57 AM

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Bottom line: I'm not debating whether or not we should have gone to war. I'm just saying that having a president with an itchy trigger finger has to be calculated into the risk of joining the military.

Good point.

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Sort of related. I thought this was interesting. From IMDB news:

Comedy Central Unspins O'Reilly

Determined not to be caught up in a spin zone created by Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly, Comedy Central on Monday refuted O'Reilly's assertion that the audience for the network's The Daily Show was composed of "stoned slackers." The channel extracted data from Nielsen Media Research to indicate that Daily Show host Jon Stewart's viewers are more likely to have completed college than O'Reilly's. O'Reilly made his remarks when Stewart appeared on his show a few weeks ago. "You know what's really frightening?" O'Reilly said. "You actually have an influence on this presidential election. That is scary, but it's true. You've got stoned slackers watching your dopey show every night and they can vote." O'Reilly is due to face the slackers directly when he appears on Stewart's show on Oct. 7.
'Daily Show' Viewers Among Best Informed Voters

Concerns that people who receive their political information from late-night comedy shows may not be adequately familiar with the issues in order to vote knowledgeably appeared to be laid to rest Monday by a study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania's National Annenberg Election Survey. In a poll conducted between July 15 and Sept. 19, nearly 20,000 young adults were asked six questions about the presidential candidates' stands on various issues. Those who watched no late-night comedy shows answered 2.62 questions correctly. David Letterman's viewers answered 2.91; Jay Leno,'s 2.95; and Jon Stewart's (The Daily Show) 3.59. The results for Stewart appeared particularly striking to the pollsters, who noted that his viewers "have higher campaign knowledge than national news viewers and newspaper readers."

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Posted Wednesday, September 29, 2004 at 8:41 PM

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The fact is that America elected a president who thought it was a good idea to fight this war.

Not true.

And you know what - we might REelect him!

I hope to GOD this is not true. Canada is nice, right?

I've tried to post other thoughts, but my computer/ internet are not functioning correctly. Luckily, roadie has stated most of my points. But I guess I think it's worth reiterating that it's not ok to gamble well-meaning Americans' lives for your own political gain. I think America & the military would feel a lot better about supporting a war, even a "questionable" one if they thought the people taking them into war were acting honestly, intelligently, and with a vision of greater good for the world. Bush et al. are not doing that.

So, of course it's a known risk, but I think it's usually a risk taken based on the assumption of good intentions from one's leaders. That part of the bargain is not being held up, and my (admittedly few) military friends agree and will not be voting for Bush this year.

(Edited by Lauren at 8:41 pm on Sep. 29, 2004)

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Sort of related. I thought this was interesting. From IMDB news:

Comedy Central Unspins O'Reilly

Determined not to be caught up in a spin zone created by Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly, Comedy Central on Monday refuted O'Reilly's assertion that the audience for the network's The Daily Show was composed of "stoned slackers." The channel extracted data from Nielsen Media Research to indicate that Daily Show host Jon Stewart's viewers are more likely to have completed college than O'Reilly's. O'Reilly made his remarks when Stewart appeared on his show a few weeks ago. "You know what's really frightening?" O'Reilly said. "You actually have an influence on this presidential election. That is scary, but it's true. You've got stoned slackers watching your dopey show every night and they can vote." O'Reilly is due to face the slackers directly when he appears on Stewart's show on Oct. 7.
'Daily Show' Viewers Among Best Informed Voters

Concerns that people who receive their political information from late-night comedy shows may not be adequately familiar with the issues in order to vote knowledgeably appeared to be laid to rest Monday by a study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania's National Annenberg Election Survey. In a poll conducted between July 15 and Sept. 19, nearly 20,000 young adults were asked six questions about the presidential candidates' stands on various issues. Those who watched no late-night comedy shows answered 2.62 questions correctly. David Letterman's viewers answered 2.91; Jay Leno,'s 2.95; and Jon Stewart's (The Daily Show) 3.59. The results for Stewart appeared particularly striking to the pollsters, who noted that his viewers "have higher campaign knowledge than national news viewers and newspaper readers."

Oh Bill, Bill, Bill. Bad move. If he was going to go after the Daily Show, he should've done it on the grounds that it is hands-down the most biased "news" program on American television. He shouldn't have lashed out at the audience. The audience is not the issue. Although I will point out that "college graduate" and "stoned slacker" are HARDLY mutually exclusive.

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Here's the transcript. I saw it. Hilarous. I love that Jon.

Copyright 2004 Fox News Network, LLC

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SHOW: THE O'REILLY FACTOR (20:37)

September 17, 2004 Friday

Transcript # 091705cb.256

SECTION: News: Domestic

LENGTH: 1658 words

HEADLINE: Personal Story

O'Reilly Discusses "The Daily Show"

GUESTS: Jon Stewart, "The Daily Show"

BYLINE: Bill O'Reilly

BODY:

O'REILLY: Thanks for staying with us. I'm Bill O'Reilly. In the "Personal Story" segment tonight, he is the darling of the television critics, the host of "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central, and now has a book called "America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction" -- 'inaction,' one word. Welcome, Jon Stewart, to the no spin zone, everyone.

JON STEWART, "THE DAILY SHOW": How are you, sir?

O'REILLY: OK. You know what's really frightening?

STEWART: Uh oh.

O'REILLY: You know what's really frightening?

STEWART: You've been reading my diary.

O'REILLY: You actually have an influence on this presidential election. That is scary.

STEWART: If that were so, that would be quite frightening.

O'REILLY: But it is. It's true. I mean, you've got stoned slackers watching your dopey show every night, OK, and they can vote.

STEWART: Yeah.

O'REILLY: You can't stop them.

STEWART: Yeah, I just don't know how motivated they would be, these stoned slackers.

O'REILLY: Yeah, it just depends if they have to go out that day.

STEWART: What am I, a Cheech and Chong movie? Stoned slackers?

O'REILLY: Come on, you do the research, you know the research on your program.

STEWART: No, we don't.

O'REILLY: Eighty-seven percent are intoxicated when they watch it. You didn't see that?

STEWART: No, I didn't realize that.

O'REILLY: Yeah, we have that there.

STEWART: We come on right after, I believe, puppets that make crank calls...

O'REILLY: Yeah.

STEWART: ... so we are, I think, the appropriate follow up...

O'REILLY: Yeah, and that's a great lead-in for you.

STEWART: It's a wonderful show, by the way.

O'REILLY: Puppets can't vote, but these dopey kids who watch you can.

STEWART: They actually can -- in Florida, they can.

O'REILLY: Puppets can vote in Florida.

STEWART: As long as they vote Republican.

O'REILLY: And they haven't committed a felony.

STEWART: And they haven't committed a felony, that's exactly right.

O'REILLY: But you do have some influence. Now, how do you see that? You have influence. John Kerry bypassed me and went right over to you. You're only four blocks away. He said, "O'Reilly, I don't think so. Stewart, I'm going to go talk to you."

STEWART: Well, I have to tell you -- and again, I mean no disrespect, but the snack selection backstage, quite frankly...

O'REILLY: Yeah, it's...

(CROSSTALK)

STEWART: You know, I don't want to shake Guantanamo Bay, but it's a little sparer back there.

O'REILLY: It's close, it's close. We want people to be hungry when they come out.

STEWART: I think that's wise. We have, what I like to call, snack- size Three Musketeers, some Snickers, some Milky Ways. If I were a presidential candidate and I had to choose, I think a place that had an energy pick-me-up might be the place I would go.

O'REILLY: Do you think that Kerry does himself any good talking to you? Because I think most of your audience is going to vote for him anyway, aren't they?

STEWART: If I thought...

O'REILLY: The stoned slackers.

STEWART: If I thought honestly that their strategy hinged upon his coming and talking to me, I would suggest that they were in some deep trouble. I don't know. I feel like, you know, we don't have an agenda of influence. If we have influence, it is peripheral. And I don't imagine that people who watch the show are watching it to make up their minds in terms of who they think would best prosecute the war on terror. I think they watch to see who would maybe have the best jokes on the war on terror.

O'REILLY: No, here's what I think. I've been on the show a couple of times. I mean, you obviously make fun of everybody. You know, I'm making fun of your show now. But you get everybody.

STEWART: We are, in fact, crass and immature.

O'REILLY: But you are a show that your target audience is younger, left leaning, so you have to play to the choir sometimes.

STEWART: But the real estate is younger, just because it's Comedy Central.

O'REILLY: And it's at 11 o'clock at night.

STEWART: I don't know if it's left leaning. I mean, would you suggest that -- you know that blue collar TV show that does all the -- like Foxworthy and all that? You'd consider that a red state show -- you know, Foxworthy and -- (UNINTELLIGIBLE)...

O'REILLY: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

STEWART: OK. They're our lead-in on Monday nights, and there's really no difference between...

O'REILLY: But even so, younger people tend to be a little bit more, you know...

STEWART: When you say younger, are you talking 9, 10? What are you talking here?

O'REILLY: No, I'm talking 18 to 25, you know. The people who are on your intellectual level.

STEWART: Thank you.

O'REILLY: They seek that.

STEWART: Yes.

(CROSSTALK)

O'REILLY: You ask some serious questions too.

STEWART: Very rarely. Every now and again.

O'REILLY: Well, you asked me why I was such a bad person, didn't you, or something like that? Wasn't that a serious question?

STEWART: Did I ask you why you were a bad person?

O'REILLY: Yeah, I think so.

STEWART: No, I wouldn't have done that.

O'REILLY: ... "scum of the earth, O'Reilly," I think that's the way you put it.

STEWART: No, I wouldn't have put it that way. I think it would have been, why do you have such je ne sai qua?

O'REILLY: Yeah, some French. We're boycotting France, so I couldn't answer...

STEWART: By the way, I couldn't agree with you more about the French thing. They are such an important country, and I think really deserve a boycott.

O'REILLY: Yeah, they do.

STEWART: Because of the influence they wield in the world.

(CROSSTALK)

O'REILLY: Well, you know, I know you don't agree with...

STEWART: They have a variety of cheeses, and...

O'REILLY: I was just going to say, you have to have your brie before you go on.

STEWART: Do you really believe France is, in any way, worthy of a boycott?

O'REILLY: I do. I think France has really hurt the USA, to be...

STEWART: Really?

O'REILLY: Yes, I do.

STEWART: More than like Saudi Arabia? You would advocate a boycott...

O'REILLY: No, I'm not going to say more than Saudi Arabia. But I'm saying we do a lot...

STEWART: So why not boycott them?

O'REILLY: France is supposed to be our friend. Saudi Arabia is...

STEWART: Since when?

(CROSSTALK)

STEWART: Since the revolution they haven't been our friend.

O'REILLY: OK, when you get a guy like Kerry on...

STEWART: Yes.

O'REILLY: ... and again, he bypassed me, so I took it personally, he went over to talk to you...

STEWART: But you and I are not competitors, let's be frank about it.

O'REILLY: Well, we're on our second rerun on THE FACTOR -- is now at 11 o'clock.

STEWART: I don't mean in terms of -- we're not competitors in terms of content. You're a news show, and we are a comedy show.

O'REILLY: That's true. But what do you want the audience to get out of your discussion with Kerry? Just yucks, or anything else?

STEWART: First of all, I shall rarely refer to it as yucks, and I think you should reconsider.

O'REILLY: OK, I'm sorry about that arcane term.

STEWART: "Shnicks," we call it shnicks -- shnicks and giggles.

O'REILLY: Thank you.

STEWART: All right. I am very uncomfortable going more than a couple of minutes without a laugh, because the same weakness that drove me into comedy also informs my show. So that same, what we call, neediness, neuroses...

O'REILLY: If you're not hearing the audience laugh, you're getting a little nervous.

STEWART: That would be exactly correct, because it is, at heart, a comedy show. But it's a comedy show about things we care about. So naturally, it's informed by relevant issues and important information.

O'REILLY: What do you think Kerry wants to get out of coming on your show?

STEWART: He wants to get what any politician does: access to a new constituency. He wants to get...

O'REILLY: The stoned slackers.

STEWART: ... that's exactly right, because the stoned slackers, this election is going to rely on the undecided. Who is more undecided than...

O'REILLY: Than the stoned slacker, right.

STEWART: ... the people who are high. Right now, they're thinking to themselves, ice cream or pretzels, ice cream or pretzels.

O'REILLY: Don't you think that these guys want to be hip, when McCain was on with you -- Bush hasn't been on with you, right? You would remember that...

STEWART: George Bush?

O'REILLY: Yeah.

STEWART: I don't recall the president stopping by the program.

O'REILLY: But McCain's been on.

STEWART: Yes.

O'REILLY: OK. Kerry's been on, as we mentioned.

STEWART: Yes.

O'REILLY: I've been on. So you've had the three most powerful people beside him on.

STEWART: That's probably right.

O'REILLY: What do you think Kerry wanted to get out of it?

STEWART: A hug -- just a sweet hug. I'm sure what he wants out of it is, again, that access -- it's the same thing that Budweiser wants out of it. It's the same thing that Dell computers...

(CROSSTALK)

STEWART: No, it's access to this market that may be untapped, an untapped potential, a reserve, an ANWAR, if you will. He wants to drill in an area that has previously been un-drilled. And don't make a dirty remark about that, because I see it coming.

O'REILLY: All right, your book is...

STEWART: But what do you think he wants out of it?

O'REILLY: I think he wants to be hip. I do. I think going on your show is a cache, and he's considered the hipper candidate than the square.

STEWART: So you think he's not looking for votes. This is middle- aged crisis?

O'REILLY: No...

STEWART: This is a mid-life crisis...

O'REILLY: No, he just wants to get that tag...

STEWART: ... buying a Corvette.

O'REILLY: ... that he's with it, that's all. And he probably wants to get hair tips from you. Look at that hair. It's great. All right, Jon Stewart, buy his book, here he is. And I'll see you on your show in a couple of weeks.

STEWART: You will see me on my show.

O'REILLY: Right back with Dan Rather -- how can you not watch it -- in a moment.

(Edited by MissSeptember at 10:40 pm on Sep. 29, 2004)

That's so NA.

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Posted Thursday, September 30, 2004 at 10:01 AM

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Hot, funny and smart. I love me some Jon Stewart.

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Posted Thursday, September 30, 2004 at 1:15 PM

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Thanks for posting that. I need to start watching the Daily Show again. Well done, Mr. Stewart.

I TOTALLY AGREE!

Keith, you are destined to rock. Never forget this.
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