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Posted on 08/25/2004 9:16:03 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
When my boyfriend and I heard that John Kerry was slated to be the guest on last night's Daily Show,we all but raced to the TiVo to set it on "record." (Not that we ever miss The Daily Show anyway, but this would be one worth keeping.) What a "get" for Jon Stewart, the court jester of the 2004 election! And finally Kerry would have the chance to step down from the campaign stump and show people who are desperate for a reason to vote for him what's he's really made of: his passion, his conviction, his much-vaunted (at least by his wife) sense of humor. Except, as Jon Stewart has been known to say: Eh, not so much.
From the moment the senator appeared and sat down on the gray sofa where, just last week, Bill Clinton basked in the audience's applause like a cat lapping up cream, Kerry's charisma was less than zero: it was negative. He was a charm vacuum, forced to actually borrow mojo from audience members. He was a dessicated husk, a tin man who really didn't have a heart. His lack of vibrancy, his utter dearth of sex appeal made Al Gore look like Charro. (I've always found Al Gore sort of hot, actually, like a stuffy high school principal just begging to be broken down. But I have some issues with authority.)
Watching Kerry strike out was especially heartbreaking given that Stewart was pitching, not just softballs, but marshmallows. Puffy interview marshmallows with rainbow sprinkles on them, and Kerry was letting them sail by as if he planned to get to first base on a walk. That may be how he hopes to win the presidency as well, but before he gets there, he'll have to jump through hoops a lot tougher than...
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Oh dear Lord.
He needs a bain and a sense of humor too.
Next for Kerry is to ride his motorcyvle again onto the Tonight Show stage.
If The Lurch can't get a friendly audience cheering madly out of the stands for him, I can only imagine his turnout in November. This should be a cinch and he's falling short in the one forum where he should be scooping up brownie points.
I saw a couple of balls Stewart teed up for Kerry, but Kerry was oblivious. It was a disaster, and Stewart could not have made it any easier.
Maybe he should learn to play the sax.
Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites), D-Mass., left, appears on Comedy Central's 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart' Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2004, in New York. (AP Photo/Conrad Mulcahy, HO)
I've always found bains to be a plus.
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He's politcally tone deaf.
Or have the American Chopper crew churn him out a RAT soft tail for ricey asse.
What a great line.
I liked the Charo line..but I stopped reading when she said Gore was a hottie..this girls obviously has some Oedipal issues with her father..buy hey, it's Slate..
This really did make me "LOL".
It seems to me that this might be the first election since Kennedy-Nixon where the debates were crucial. I think Bush at his best can beat Kerry at his best because Kerry at his best is just plain awful. Ever since he sewed up the nomination, he's adopted that faux, pompous "presidential" drone, and he sounds silly when he talks that way. (Hannity does a pretty good imitation of that voice.)
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Great, I'm now wiping coffee off my monitor and all moy co-workers are staring at me like I have three heads. That's one of the funniest descriptions I've read in a LONG time!
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