"The Daily Show": Week of 9/15/14

[Toaster Strudel]

That "tribute" was awkward, cringeworthy and lasted what seemed like forever.  I couldn't believe that they thought this was a good idea.  It was very uncomfortable.

[Fremde Frau]

It was pretty awkward. They referenced it in the bit, but it's hard for any farewell to live up to what John got last December. That one was just beautiful in so many ways. Even Stephen's "impromptu" tribute this year felt small by comparison... although I'm guessing they have something big and emotional in store for his last show. (I wonder what Jon's last show would be like? Would he try to sneak out the back door, so to speak, or would he get the grand send-off like Letterman or Colbert? I get the feeling that he'd rather retire with as little fanfare as possible.)

 

Back on topic (sorta): I wonder how much of a given it is that Clinton will be the Democratic candidate in 2016. Who else could run with any hope of success? It's definitely not Biden. I wish Warren would run, as I frankly prefer her to Clinton, but she's said no pretty unequivocally, hasn't she?

[scarynikki12]

She has plus I think she'll also have more potential to get things done if she remains in the Senate.  Besides, if Hilary does run, and gets elected, she'll need as many allies as she can get and Warren has the added benefit of being honest so there wouldn't be any backstabbing from her end. 

[Hanahope]

Back on topic (sorta): I wonder how much of a given it is that Clinton will be the Democratic candidate in 2016. Who else could run with any hope of success? It's definitely not Biden.

 

For the most part, I think anyone else who's given it some thought has laid low, expecting that Clinton will run and certainly for now, has a huge amount of expectation she'll get it.  I presume Biden will at least give her someone to compete against, but I think everyone expects it to be token at best.  That said, didn't Obama pretty much come out of nowhere to run against Clinton before?  I know Edwards was already in the race, but at least for me, Obama was really unexpected and he was able to get a huge amount of momentum going pretty fast.  So I suppose there's always the possibility that someone will try that again.

[Fremde Frau]

After his 2004 DNC keynote address, I kept dreaming about a presidential run for Obama, but I was convinced that it would be Clinton vs. McCain in 2008. Obama actually running came out of nowhere, at least for me, but it was amazing how quickly that energy and excitement spread. I suppose it could happen again.

[ChelseaNH]

Things I look forward to finding out:  Whether the Republican hissy fit over President Hillary Clinton is more or less pronounced than the Republican hissy fit over President Barack Obama.

[Victor the Crab]

Things I look forward to finding out:  Whether the Republican hissy fit over President Hillary Clinton is more or less pronounced than the Republican hissy fit over President Barack Obama.

 

I expect the level of hissy will go unchanged, if and/or when Hillary Clinton becomes president. There's plenty of unfounded topics the right will try and use against her (Whitewater, Vince Foster, Benghazi). Not to mention some less than subtle coded messaging of a woman as U.S. president.

[ganesh]

I'm sure they'll bring out something like, "she wants to take us back", or "this isn't the 90s!" bon mots. Which I find ironic because it's always "take America back" with the tea party.

[Bastet]

I just got caught up on the episodes from this week, and I liked the mocking tone of the Michael Che sendoff, especially when Jason called him Wyatt.  Except I was enjoying the casual racism bit and wanted it to continue. 

 

The "Threatflix" segment on the ISIS video was rather ho-hum, but I did like Jon's comment, "You can always get a job creating graphics for CNN."

 

I loved the NFL segment, from the alliterative descriptions of the players to the fucked-up nature of needing an "in-house special victims unit" to the "beer pressure" joke I saw coming a mile away yet still laughed at when it got here to the takedown of Hannity's special brand of spiteful ignorance to the proposed Madden cover of Michael Sam kissing his boyfriend.

 

The only thing better this week was the segment on Lindsay Graham's reputation for even-keeled understatement.  That could be a weekly bit and I'd never get sick of it.