I Miss Jon Stewart

I miss Jon Stewart so much. The writer's strike, which I fully support, is hurting me this country.

Before it began, I started researching two articles, one on the Daily Show's Best Gay Moments, and the second on the Daily Show's Best Lesbian Moments. The first one came out a month or so ago, and I linked to it at that time. The lesbian version just came out a minute ago.

Literally.

And here it is:

When it comes to fodder for scathing political comedy, lesbians aren't the first group that comes to mind. That's because powerful, closeted lesbian conservatives rarely get arrested in public restrooms or are exposed as prostitute-soliciting, meth-using televangelists. No, that ground definitely belongs to the guys.

So where did all that lesbian material come from? A big hunk of it comes from one of the longest-running displays of political hypocrisy in the history of American government, Mary Cheney.

Mary Cheney is, of course, the out lesbian daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, or as Stewart describes him: "Dick Cheney: Conservative. Draconian. Drinks the blood of puppies."

So just what bugs Jon Stewart about the vice president and his daughter? Maybe it's the way he claims to love her and support her while his political party devotes vast amounts of energy to making sure she never gets better than second-class citizenship. Or the way questions about the Republican Party's policies on LGBT issues are somehow an invasion of Cheney's family's privacy — even though Mary Cheney is out, lives with her partner, and wrote a book about being the out lesbian daughter of the vice president.

Lesbian political content on The Daily Show doesn't end with Mary Cheney, however. From same-sex marriage to right-wing values pundits like William Bennett and Dr. Laura, there's a whole lot of lesbian gold to be mined in the Daily Show's brand new clip archive.

Read the rest here. Laugh. Think good thoughts for the writers. Make fake news come back. We need it.

Comments

[Dan Gauss]

Miss Jon no more :)
http://www.topix.net/entertainment/2007/12/daily-show-colbert-set-for-return