Jon Stewart Exercises His Brain

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I am really not trying to be a crotchety old man, but this Obamania is really out of hand. I get it, you hated George Bush, and Obama is the opposite of George Bush.

Or is he? (HT2 "KRM")

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  1. Anonymous5:56 PM

    Hey Bob,

    Apropos of this clip from the "Daily Show," I thought I'd draw your attention to this post from Daniel Larison both commenting on the clip and making a number of really good points about the significant rhetorical and ideological continuity that is missed in the Obama-mania and all the talk of 'Change' one hears in the press and elsewhere.

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  2. Anonymous5:57 PM

    Dangit, I left out the link:

    http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2009/01/21/ideology-of-national-security/

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