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I'm here for "Jon Stewart's Daily Political Therapy Hour"
It's just a half hour of screaming, followed by a half hour of crying
But that’s already every Monday, I don’t understand
Make him President you foolish yanks
I like him too much to do that to him.
No thanks. We don’t need more celebs as president.
It takes a lot more then just being a personality on TV to be a good president.
It’s supposed to take common sense, rationality and the ability to unite people. Things Jon Stewart celebrity or not, has.
It also takes a hell of a lot more than that. You don't just need to convince an audience of people who mostly agree with you, you also have to convince a room full of rich legislators who only want for themselves (and occasionally their constituents) that they should do what he wants instead of what they want. It takes compromising your ideals for the sake of accomplishing something, even if it's not everything you wanted.
Just because he'd better than Trump doesn't mean he'd be good.
It's almost like a medieval peasant mentality, still regarding the presidency as some sort of faux-monarchy, with a certain aura, missing the point that an executive branch is not just a president who can work the cameras and microphones, that is just the tip of the iceberg, as there are a myriad employees chosen by the president and his top appointees.
There's an old chinese curse - "May your children live in interesting times", and there is a saying that the best leaders are practically invisible, as the whole group works towards a common goal.
We seem to always be living through interesting times, gravitating towards interesting characters, when what we really should want are boring government nerds who operate on reason and science, with no need nor inclination to make a loud splash.
Being a celebrity shouldn't be disqualifying. Trump was a dumb, loud criminal before being president and stayed a dumb, loud crimnal as president.
Stewart is in one of the most intelligent, articulate, charismatic and compassionate people in the public sphere and one can only hope he would be such as president. If he wanted to run, which he doesn't.
intelligent, articulate, charismatic and compassionate people in the public sphere
Great but it takes a lot more than that to be a GOOD president.
You need to be more than just popular. I know it’s a common mistake to think celebrities will make good presidents because they have charisma.
That is how we ended up with Trump.
Have higher standards.
The most important qualification a leader can have is the trust of the population.
Everything else is what advisors are for, and despite what you want to believe Stewart has seen how the kosher sausage is made, when he bullied Congress into taking care of the 9/11 first responders.
There are many, many worse candidates out there, and quite frankly not many better.
Is that a sad state of affairs?
Sure. But it's also reality.
And, just fyi, Trump wasn't a bad candidate because he was a TV celebrity.
He was a bad candidate because he's an idiotic fascist.
The most important qualification a leader can have is the trust of the population.
Nope. Not at all. Again this is how we get people like Trump as president.
He was a bad candidate because he's an idiotic fascist.
And yet half the population trusts the moron so we’re gonna agree to disagree.
That's why I didn't even mention "popular", and listed a bunch of other traits besides charisma.
Comparing Stewart with Trump is lazy and simplistic, do better.
He's the one we need, but not the one we deserve.
No more fucking celebrities, please.
It's always a disaster.
I like that he's doing this on Monday morning. It will be interesting to see how much he can influence the news cycle in that position.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Jon Stewart is opening up about his highly anticipated return as host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, nearly nine years after leaving the nightly gig.
Though he has thoughts, Stewart — joining hosts Gayle King, Tony Dokoupil and Nate Burleson for an in-studio interview — was modest about the influence that his version of the show could have on real-world events.
Just weeks after the 2016 presidential election, Stewart had a similar approach speaking at an event in New York, quickly rejecting arguments put forth online that his version of The Daily Show could have influenced the results.
Ahead of his Monday return, Stewart also spoke with The Daily Show’s Ears Edition podcast about why he wanted to come back now.
“Generally, I will be doing it with choreographed dance moves,” Stewart joked of how that shift would affect his approach, before turning serious and arguing that quality content will find an audience.
The rest of the week, the series will be hosted by a rotating team of the show’s correspondents, who include Jordan Klepper, Desi Lydic, Ronny Chieng, Michael Kosta and Dulcé Sloan.
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This will definitely be good.
I really enjoyed the clips of him on the apple show.
