The New Republic
just doesn't get it. Let me clear one things up for them: The Daily Show
is funny. And political. It engages and educates young people. It skewers the pompous. Here's the key graph from the piece:
But by aligning themselves with an ideology, with a politics, Franken, Maher, and Miller weigh their comic negativity down with a positive premise. They actually believe in the power of the ballot box to shape the country's future. That's not funny.
So it's not just bizarre but disappointing to see Jon Stewart blazing the same trail. To be honest, I was never a huge fan of Stewart's humor, which he custom-crafts for a mostly college-age audience.
Got it...evidently, as Wonkette
pointed out, voting is for old people, who have no sense of humor.
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