Jon Stewart held himself responsible for saying Biden was too old and too weak to be president on the Daily Show.
Stewart said: “Which one of you assholes wants to fight? Put on your dukes! Biden is back, honey! I know all that all the haters have been out there, saying I’m shit-he’s too old, he’s too weak, he won’t be able to make it, he is-I see you haters. I know who you are! (Stewart takes out a mirror and blows himself a kiss.) Truly. You know, we said in rehearsal, can you get me a nicer mirror? And boy, did they deliver. Of course, by the way, the State of the Union was just the Democratic message. But does that message survive a concise and intelligent rebuttal? It happened on Thursday. I should read it all, even though I should. Would it survive a concise and intelligent rebuttal from the GOP? Or whatever it was, that Alabama Senator Katie Britt…”
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It was nice to see Jon Stewart take back his tired, corporate media-infused view that Trump and Biden were two equal, same guys, and the country is screwed in this election. Stewart made a nice bookend to his SOTU comments by talking about how Trump is the opposite of the GOP’s performative patriotism and more like a would-be monarch who opposes freedom and democracy.
The first few shows were a little bumpy, but Jon Stewart may be getting his sea legs back in the fake Daily Show anchor chair.
This week’s episode was very good and narratively the strongest so far.
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