On Monday night, Jon Stewart asked the audience to make things really hard on him for the next four years. 
I actually thought the show went rather well, and that Jon Stewart didn’t act like he’d just suffered a crushing defeat.
Well, Jon wasn’t the one being defeated, and he will get a lot of good material over the next four years. But I do think there was an undertone of sorrow in the show.
I’d say we get a few days or weeks of crying, then the funny. Pretty much like after September 11th.
When they called Illinois for Obama, the graphic read 88% to 10% (the final tally was more like 71 to 25). Jon said “So, clearly, 10% of the people in Illinois wear tinfoil hats and diapers… that’s really the only explanation.”
I’m watching the rerun now. Stephen Colbert’s delivery of the following was absolutely outstanding:
“Somewhere in America, in a McDonald’s, perhaps, a young man is spilling hot coffee on his lap. Who will help him, and his scalded groin?”
What did she ask the guy from the strip joint? We were laughing so hard by that point that we missed what was said.
It’s kind of ironic.
The Daily Show’s key demographic didn’t actually vote all that much.
Eh, maybe in '06.
A giant douche and a turd sandwich?
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I loved her delivery of that line, too.
No, but I’m not sure if Im allowed to use the words I want in Cafe Society.
Unfortunately, I spent the early part of the evening watching “actual” news, which I kicked myself for once I remembered the Daily Show would be covering the election, too. I came in right in the middle of the Weld/Sharpton interview, and I have never seen anything so funny and political at the same time. Kudos to Weld for being a Republican with a sense of humor, props to Sharpton (who I usually hate) for keeping his spirits up despite all the nail-biting suspense, and I have never loved Jon Stewart more than when I saw him desperately trying to reel Sharpton in.
Fantastic news coverage … bad ending. sigh continues packing for move to Canada
“Florida… where if you aren’t careful, the sun will tan you into a dark, ineligible-to-vote brown.”
This morning’s press conference should give Stewart enough material for several shows. "Now that I have the will of the people behind me . . . " and something about being invited to Iraq? Stewart’s job is secure.