'You think you're Saddam Hussein?' Jon Stewart tackles Nicola Sturgeon on SNP success
Daily Show host told by Scotlands first minister that US doesnt usually ask permission to invade oil-rich countries
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jun/09/jon-stewart-daily-show-nicola-sturgeon-snp-success?CMP=share_btn_tw
Nicola Sturgeon has proved her comedy credentials in the United States, despite being compared with Saddam Hussein, after risking a late-night audience with the Daily Shows combative host Jon Stewart.
Monday nights interview on Comedy Centrals hugely influential satirical news programme marks another spike in the Scottish National party leaders burgeoning international profile, as she becomes the most senior serving UK politician to appear on the show.
Stewart, whose trademark style is to mercilessly tease guests, made the comparison with Hussein after Sturgeon joked she had ordered an inquiry into why the SNP won just 56 out of 59 Scottish parliamentary seats in the UKs recent general election.
The host responded: You think youre Saddam Hussein? You get 99%?
I think you should always aim for more, Scotlands first minister shot back.
Sturgeon also took her host to task after the Daily Show website described her in error as a comedian.
She told Stewart in mock outrage: You billed me on your website as a comedian, so youve raised all these expectations that Im going to be funny.
And Im a politician, and as you know, politicians are rarely very funny.
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