Daily Show's Stewart On Cable News & Question Marks ("The Cavuto")

[JABBS]

Sharp analysis from The Daily Show crew Wednesday night.

To read an unofficial transcript of this very funny skewering of cable news (and particularly Fox News' Neil Cavuto), click here.

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Cavuto is not "saying" these things. He's just asking, like, "Is your mother a whore? What? I'm not saying she's a whore. I'm just wondering out loud if she is a whore. All I'm saying is reasonable people who have banged your mother for money can disagree."

[NightOwwl]

1. Is Bush a war criminal, a drooling idiot or both?

Gee, I could get used to this.

[babylonsister]

2. Stewart skewered Fox tonight; it was a sight to behold! nt

[JABBS]

3. best line of the night

It's a similar punctuation symbol known as "The Cavuto." It's named for the journalist? (shrugs) who pioneered its use in sentences like:


... you have to appreciate the description of Cavuto.

[Up2Late]

5. Best line was, "Is your Mother really a Prostitute?"

"What? I'm just asking?":rofl:

[JABBS]

6. a whore

but yes, very funny. transcript is available with the link, btw

[Up2Late]

8. Sorry, I've had trouble here, when using that word...

...(message was deleted) so be careful with it.

[JABBS]

9. it's in my original post here

... and lasted. (see above)

but thanks for the word of caution. i don't want to be deleted, either.

[neoblues]

4. Olbermann-Colbert for President...

(let them figure out which one gets V.P.) I wonder if they'd get any right-wing votes, but still...

Okay, okay, it's not realistic, but what we really need is a candidate that has the communications skills and intelligence and personality of either of these guys. At the very least, surely whichever Democrat gets the nod for President could offer either or both of these guys considerable money to either run or serve as chief adviser to their campaigns...

They show the kind of perceptiveness, smarts, courage/strength and integrity I long for in a Democratic leader. Someone who will tell it like it is and rip the repubes a new arse. Who is also smart enough, cares about what's right and has enough personal integrity to make a reasonable leader. I guess I also mean someone who actually has some personal charisma (including via television) and personality--which, alas, seems to be utterly lacking in most Democratic politicians (of course, to be fair, even if they did have both charisma and the courage to speak the truth, they'd have to get their message actually on television--and that's not easy if it's even possible).

[JABBS]

7. that's the plot of a new movie

with Robin Williams. I think it's called "Man of the Year." Trailer looked funny. It's directed by the guy who did Wag The Dog.