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October 26, 2004
Jon Stewart on C-SPAN

Jon Stewart was interviewed by author Ken Auletta last weekend on C-SPAN.

In between throwing out some good jokes, Stewart's incredibly sharp mind and his deeply held convictions really come through in the hour-long interview. This is a very smart man.

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"This whole idea that the President has to be a common man, and that is.. every election, people run to the bottom. 'I'm just like you... I'm a common man.' Really, you watch 10 hours of TV a day? You thought the Macarena was fun? You're like me? Don't be like me, I have an idea, be better than me. Be WAY better than me. Be so much better than me that you keep me safe, and get me health insurance. I don't understand why they want to be us; we're fucking idiots."

If you have an hour to spare, I highly recommend it (it's the October 23 edition of American Perspectives).

Posted by ahecht at October 26, 2004 10:25 AM
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I watched it. It was great. So great that I had a hard time watching the game 1 of the World Series which was on at the same. I've been wanting to post something about Stewart and the following interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger, but I can't get the link on C-Span link to work and there's no transcript anywhere. Is the link working for you?

Posted by: Andrew at October 26, 2004 11:14 AM

Yeah, the link has been working for me. You have to make sure you have the latest, worstest version of Real Player installed. That's the only way I've been able to view it.

Posted by: Anthony at October 26, 2004 11:29 AM