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Top Story

Talking the Talk, Walking the Walk

June 12th, 2009
By Jake Friedman
The Daily Show, one had to believe, had fallen off. Sapped of his steady stream of Bush- and Cheny-isms, Jon Stewart exposed himself as just another starstruck commentator from the time President Obama became a major player in the 2008 presidential campaign. Stewart still hasn’t come up with a consistent angle on the new president, but I think he hit on something a few weeks ago; after playing a clip of Obama’s recent Gettysburg-esque speech on gas mileage, in which he rejects the notion that “our nation [is] too divided, our people too weary of broken promises and lost opportunities to take up a historic calling,” Stewart said, “don’t blow your load on mileage, baby. Save it for when the Chinese invade.” Obama is indeed the consummate load-blower, capable of conjuring weighty addresses from the most workaday policies. It’s this epic oratory that seemed to form the real contrast in Thursday’s “dueling speeches,” which pitted Obama against Dick Cheney on national security. Of all the conservatives trying to revitalize the Republican party, Cheney is the wonkiest; his ability to nimbly tiptoe — and overstep — the letter of the law without regard to stirring speech is both chilling and weirdly refreshing. Read More


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