Political quote of the week...

[ocvictor]

[Jon] Stewart defended liberals who oppose the war -- "They believe that this war is being conducted without transparency, without credibility and without competence" -- and slammed Bush for stoking liberal distrust: "He refuses to answer questions from adults as though we were adults, and falls back on platitudes and phrases and talking points, [which] does a disservice to the goals that he himself shares with the very people he needs to convince."

Comments

[scrappylj.livejournal.com]

I saw that episode and LOVED it. Hitchens is a an arrogant blowhard, but he brought out the best in Jon and it was electrifying.

[thegeekgoddess.livejournal.com]

MUCH love for Jon for that. SO MUCH. I totally need to fangirl him someday.

[theodosia.livejournal.com]

Hitchens was/is an arrogant blowhard, but he has some interesting facts to back up the blowhardiness, so it was a very interesting, intelligent conversation that I only wish could have gone longer!

[ocvictor.livejournal.com]

This is what Stewart does -- he boils things down to a conversation that's both mostly civil and informative, as well as being entertaining. It's sheer genius.

Although I question Hitchens' facts these days. He still holds to a lot of things others have discredited.

[chicating.livejournal.com]

Must remember to catch that repeat...was CH all liquored-up again? Last time I saw him on TDS, *I* was embarrassed, he was so plowed-appearing.

[clea-the-cat.livejournal.com]

right on.