Barb's Burblings

...And don't call me 'sunshine'

My love of Jon Stewart has managed to grow even more. He was brilliant on last night's show, to the point where I want to carry him around with me so he can articulate my opinions about politics. Here's a partial transcript, courtesy of Wonkette, of his interview with Christopher Hitchens from last night's episode:

Hitch: I'm sorry, sunshine... I just watched you ridicule the president for saying he wouldn't give. . . . Stewart: No, you misunderstood why. . . . That's not why I ridiculed the president. He refuses to answer questions from adults as though we were adults and falls back upon platitudes and phrases and talking points that does a disservice to the goals that he himself shares with the very people needs to convince.

[Audience erupts in applause]

Hitch: You want me to believe you're really secretly on the side of the Bush administration. . .
Stewart: I secretly need to believe he's on my side. He's too important and powerful a man not to be.