"President Obama’s turn on Jon Stewart’s Wednesday comedy show was a bit of bait and switch, in that the tone, the content, and the message turned out to be pretty darn serious. It was a half-hour that would have fit nicely in rotation with those Sunday morning shows – think “Meet the Press” or “Face the Nation.”" CSM
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I think this was a bad idea. Stewart is a clever man, but he is a comedian. The president of the United States should not act as a "straight man" for a comedian. Obama is trying to reach more potential voters? I understand that, but the gravitas of the office is damaged by participation in such events.
"Dude?" Stewart addressed the commander in chief of the armed forces as "dude?" The president has the actual power to order death en masse and does so order death in the form of national security "findings." Should someone with that kind of power participate in political grandstanding and clowning?
The Democratic Party may benefit from this but the republic will not. pl
