Lynne Cheney should be afraid of Jon Stewart, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND

[derby378]

An observation from ginbarn after watching tonight's Daily Show. Jon did manage to lure Lynne into a couple of zingers, but he did seem much too timid. Your thoughts?

[Az]

1. I think he is still sensitized about the Tweety interview

He landed funny after that interview. Even Koppel called him on it.

[derby378]

3. I must have missed that episode...

When did the Tweety interview air?

[Az]

6. Last week

Ripped his new book to pieces. Would not let it go. Just kept calling the idea of living your life like a campaign stupid (to be honest it is stupid). Tweety called it the worst interview he'd ever had.

[MidwestTransplant]

10. He was a dick. I am not a huge Tweety fan but if you invite somebody on your show

you should be at least a little polite.

[Missy Vixen]

18. He was polite. He told the truth

and Matthews wasn't having any part of it.

Matthews shouldn't have gone on the show if he wanted to be fellated instead of interviewed.

IMHO, YMMV
Julie

[RevCheesehead]

20. I agree.

You'd think after the "Crossfire" thing, Tweety would realize that Jon doesn't play the game.
Or maybe Tucker set him up? :evilgrin:

[Missy Vixen]

22. Hey, Rev, what's up?

It's good to see you!

BTW, I almost wet myself laughing when Matthews demanded Jon Stewart appear on "Hardball" -- I was hissing at the TV, "You'll get the "Crossfire" treatment!"

Don't the kids today call what happened to Chris Matthews on TDS being "pwned"?

LMAO,
Julie
still president for life of the PFEB

[RevCheesehead]

23. Poor Tweety wants to be loved like Keith is.

There will NEVER be a TEB. Or a TTB, either.

I'm good, thanks. Gonna watch The Daily Show again and see if Jon was "acting" afraid. The lead-in to the interview was cutesy.

What's ol' Patrick up to lately?

[Az]

32. I think Tweety was operating under SOP

Standard Operating Procedure. Book interviews are supposed to just be extended advertisements for the book. They aren't supposed to be critical. If a critic becomes known for being critical of whatever they are reviewing then the circuit is certainly going to bypass them. So most critics suck up to whatever it is they are reviewing. And that is what Tweety was expecting.

[question everything]

31. Matthews is actually proud to have rely on Machiavelli

in writing his book and Stewart called him on this one.

Matthews is used to having his own show where he can say what he wants when he wants, to shout down guests and all of a sudden someone put him on the spot. This was one of Stewart better interviews.

[Az]

33. And he calls his show Hardball

Sheesh... can't take it can he.

And anyone that praises Machiavelli or sees The Prince as a guide... yeah... they got problems.

[Cha]

9. There was at least one editorial

that said Jon gave a good interview and tweety blew it. Can't always care what Koppel says.

[LiberalFighter]

11. Koppel?? When he had his 30 minute show it was a waste of time.

[Az]

12. I am not the one caring on the matter

I am suggesting that Jon gets nervous about these sort of things. When Koppel confronted him about it he back peddled pretty quick.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

2. He asked her about Iraq. Had nothing to do with her book.

MKJ

[movonne]

4. Maybe he values his life....look what her husband could do to him...

[daninthemoon]

5. I thought he showed respect for the WIFE of the evil ,scumsucking

torture promoting, Constitution spitting, (well this could go on) politician. Point is, she didn't do the evil, she just married it.
I think he did the right thing.

[abluelady]

7. Jon's a Genius

He "acted" the way the Cheney's would want him to while actually putting Mrs. Cheney in her place. The total lack of applause she is used to getting was obviously not there.

[daninthemoon]

14. Exactly. The silence was deafening, and spoke volumes. He

handled things perfectly. If he had savaged her, he would have accomplished nothing and appeared as a bully, which is probably what many of her "friends" expected.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

8. are you serious? He's armed with humor; she has a Dick.

and her Dick passes Blackwater in the nearest urinal.

[TahitiNut]

13. I think they BOTH did a good job.

There wasn't a single moment where I doubted that Jon had at least a dozen zingers locked and loaded ... and he, having the advantage, showed more compassion for that turdette in 10 minutes than she's shown to anyone her entire life.

She did as well as she could. I think it's a 'Good Thing' that he got her to affirm that GLBT are "just people" and deserving of ALL the rights and privileges of any person. It doesn't hurt to have that said by folks of ALL political postures.

It was challenging to have her on the show ... since, no matter what, he'd take flak. I think he did VERY well. HE was the 'class act' with the home court advantage ... and made points without being a lousy host.

[jpgray]

15. Completely agree

[Mira]

16. I agree with you - you said it very well TahitiNut n/t

[Mnemosyne]

19. How pitiful that she has to be 'enticed' into admitting it, the hag.

And I have to catch the rerun at 1 am est, as I haven't even watched it yet.

Well said in regards to folks of all political 'ideologies' speaking truth to the thoughtless.

Jon does show his class way more often than I feel I could possibly ever summon for some of the monsters from the "asses of evil" he interviews.

Going to watch now. Please god let Jon imitate the Dick tonight. So Lynn can show she is a great sport, of course.


And she is Lynn "Halliburton" Cheney.

[Missy Vixen]

24. TahitiNut, seriously, I don't even think she felt the knife

The silence when she expected applause was stunning. I was also telling my husband that she was probably 30 seconds away from an UGLY meltdown at the end of the interview. She did NOT like being called on her opinions, and Jon's joking questions about her husband's privacy issues obviously incensed her.

Julie

[TahitiNut]

26. I was reminded of bull-fighting.

Jon was a matador and he maneuvered her expertly. She's a formidable challenge, able to spew the vapors of Satan's Pit at will. He avoided the horns and didn't get Gored ... and he sliced and diced her with a very sharp wit.

I would never call it a 'tie' (the bull always loses) but I surely think Jon did better than anyone. Remember, she barely has to pick her teeth after having an interviewer for an appetizer. SHe has absolutely no compunction being brutal - much like Barbara Bush. With all that, Jon did precisely what he wanted to do - kept his 'home town' audience's respect and gave the reichbots nothing.

[Laurab]

25. I agree with you, too - he did well.

I wasn't sure what to expect from him, really - there was quite a bit of non-verbal communication there, too, with him saying "okay", but dismissively. He was polite, he was nice, and he did make points with both the gay/lesbian point, and Iraq.

How he could stand to even sit near her is beyond me, though!

[RamboLiberal]

27. I agree - also kudos to Jon's audience

They too showed respect, but yet restraint. Didn't boo her and gave her a polite welcome and exit.

Well done Jon.

[Missy Vixen]

17. Not at all

Jon was cordial and polite. There would have been fisticuffs if she had been on that stage another two minutes, because at the end, she was getting VERY testy.

Don't kid yourselves. Lynne Cheney did not come out ahead, and the administration's little trial balloon ("Let's reach out to the kids with that Jon Stewart. He won't dare say anything snotty to us, would he?") has now failed.

Julie

[RevCheesehead]

21. The beauty of sarcasm lies in its subtlety.

I was surprised she brought a voodoo doll of her hubby, though.

[muryan]

28. i think that was a good touch

it showed she had a sense of humor. Jon did well by challenging her in certain areas while backing up in others. You could tell that there were times when he wanted to say more than he did but he held back out of respect. She made concessions by coming on the show, and by letting the convsersation be steered to the one area that she and her husband disagree with conservatives knowing full well itll get serious blog time as a result. He honored that concession by going just a little bit easier on her than he would have liked too but i was very happy with the interview. Kind of a subtle waltz around each other the entire time..

Im not a fan of lynne, i dont like where she stands but she gained a little bit of my respect for the way she handled herself

[blogslut]

29. It went pretty much the way I expected

He poked the beehive a few more times then I would have. In the end, she was outta there.

[question everything]

30. In general, Stewart is not a good interviewer

and, with only five minutes on average, he really has to rely on fast give and take.

I have seen him wasting scarce time trying to compose a question. And Cheney was right when, at some point, she asked him what was the question.

It shows the importance of the Daily Show that all the arch conservatives go there to promote their books. We speculate that this is the only show where the viewers actually read books.