Cow, what you missed was the hard questions that Stewart asked Kerry. Stewart alluded to it, but was shouted down by Tucker Carlson. Again, Stewart is on a comedy show, meant to make people laugh, so he has to balance out his questions and be personable while asking them. Its not his job to hold his guests feet to the fire. Its not that type of show. But the interesting thing is that he gets his guests to be much more frank or honest than shows like Crossfire, Hardball and I'm Going to Kick Your Ass ever hope to, because those others are viewed as partisian photo-ops.
Tucker Carlson is a dick. No doubt about it. He's CNN's answer to Bill O'Reilly, which makes him an assclown (or is that assjockey after the release of the charges against O'Reilly). Carlson is likely a little envious of Stewart because he has a much better rapport with his guests and gets more genuine answers out of them in the five minute interview The Daily Show does versus the half house attackfest that Crossfire does. Carlson is considered a jerk by most, even Republicans, and portrays the nerdy little kid that got his lunch money beat out of him daily all to well. To be honest, the bow tie thing suits him.
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