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May 8, 2008 12:16

John McCain, Maoist

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Daily Show regular John McCain returned to TDS last night, this time as presumptive Republican nominee, and cited the inspirational words of Chairman Mao:

I somehow get the feeling that people would be making a bigger deal of it had Barack Obama dipped into the little red book. In the second half of the interview, Stewart "enters the octagon" with McCain and asks him about his association with a certain leading American religious figure:

All in all, not as contentious as some recent McCain sit-downs in which Stewart pressed him hard on the issue of Iraq. I can let that pass, though. I'm more surprised that Stewart did not ask the obvious follow-up on McCain's vice-presidential joke: Sir, have you ever actually watched The Office? Give me two names of members of the Dunder-Mifflin Scranton branch accounting department! And if I may follow-up: Team Pam or Team Karen, and why? No waffling!

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Reader Comments (2)

DM:

True to my demographic, I pretty much always watch The Daily Show, so I saw McCain last night. I used to like him (and his appearances) a lot more since he seemed genuinely sincere instead of such a politician (ever since 2000 he's steadily "sold out," in my eyes). But, at the same time, he seems like a good guy, smart and good-humored, to the point that if he wins in November, even though I'm almost certainly not voting for him, I could feel fairly satisfied all the same. It's nice to finally have an election with two (three?) quality candidates,

Posted by DM | May 8, 2008 4:57 PM

Chaddogg:

@DM - amen, sir. Amen. I'm a conservative (former Republican) who will be voting for Obama (assuming he wins the nomination).

I do, however, have tremendous respect for John McCain (despite my personal antipathy towards McCain-Feingold), and I'm looking forward to waking up on November 5th proud of our new President-elect, whether it be my candidate or not.

Posted by Chaddogg | May 8, 2008 6:28 PM

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James Poniewozik writes TIME magazine's Tuned In column, about pop culture and society. Tuned In, the blog version, is about the stuff we used to call "TV," whether it's in your living room, on your computer or--once the networks figure out the technology and line up the advertisers--in your dreams themselves.