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[winterbadger]

Wow. I've just watched President Pervez Musharraf's appearance tonight on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. To think that a military dictator of a Third World country that is seriosuly infested with Islamic fundamentalists could not only be more sensible and rational than the democratically elected leader of my own country, but also more clever, urbane, and witty than our president *and* most of the members of our Senate or House of Representatives that I've seen says something amazing. And damning. About someone. Fortunately, I am far too tired to figure out what and about whom. I can only say that, given about 15-20 minutes of banter, I would be far more comfortable voting for him than anyone I've been given the opportunity to vote for since I turned 18.

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[silme.livejournal.com]

I will look forward to watching this tonight! (We get this show a day later.)

[jan-rosencrantz.livejournal.com]

This thought struck me last night, and I find it fucking hilareous [in a BAD way]:

Given what Bush has done to his own country, the damage worldwide and the wholesale slaughter of the Democratic ideal, the extent to which he has lied and manipulated, his own phenomenal greed and occlusion, and the blatancy with which he has been placed in power....


Hitler was a better man. Just so happens he was a third-phase syphilitic psychopath and utterly insane.

[snow-lion.livejournal.com]

Wasn't that something? I think I would rather have seen him in his military uniform. The suit always makes him look like he's had to dress up for a wedding where he doesn't know anybody.

Still. I wonder what Jon Stewart thinks about having the president of Pakistan on his show.

[winterbadger]

I think he really doesn't know what to think. :-) I wonder if they asked as a joke, expecting to be told "no". And got a "yes". :-)

That was a wonderful start, though. "The tea? Jasmine green tea. Do you like the tea? We didn't get cut-rate tea, did we? We didn't really offend you? It's OK? The tea is good? Where is Osama bin Laden?" :-) I crack up just thinking about it. :-)