Apr 08, 2009 -
Jon Stewart called out a few high-profile Republicans last night who are terrified of President Obama. One example: conservative Andrew Breitbart thinks Obama somehow made his kids' school change "St. Patrick's Day" to "Potato Day."
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Apr 03, 2009 -
Hillary may never answer the 3 a.m. call she was so ready to take, but a whole other genre of late-night calls was made last night. Journalists got a sex line when the White House accidentally gave out a wrong number to a conference call with the secretary of state.
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Mar 17, 2009 -
On St. Patrick's Day everybody wants to be a little Irish. But the American president doesn't have to fake it.
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Mar 15, 2009 -
In honor of the Indiana Live! Casino's grand opening, advertisers created a TV ad featuring an endorsement by someone who sounds a lot like Barack Obama. The fake-Obama voiceover says: "Months ago we began the work of making sure that the Indiana!
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Mar 12, 2009 -
Stephen Colbert always has his eye out for naming contests. He's managed to get his name on an ice cream flavor, a Hungarian bridge, and a bald eagle. Thanks to his fans' enthusiasm for write-in campaigns, he might get a room in the International Space Station!
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Mar 11, 2009 -
Last night Jon Stewart provided the latest round of laughs and blows in the case of Stewart vs. Cramer. Earlier in the day, CNBC host Jim Cramer went on an press junket to respond to the criticism he's been taking on the Daily Show.
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Mar 06, 2009 -
Hillary Clinton's message that the US wants to reset its relations with Russia got lost in translation today.
Like all good diplomats, Hillary brought along a prop to her meeting with Russia's foreign minister.
What prop, you ask?
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Mar 05, 2009 -
Last night Jon Stewart treated CNBC host Rick Santelli to an eight-minute-plus verbal/video smack down. A while back Santelli stood up for Wall Street when he said Americans don't want to bail out loser homeowners. Upset that Santelli canceled on the Daily Show, Jon gave CNBC the hypocrisy montage treatment, showing how the network's advice proved to be wrong over and over again.
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Feb 26, 2009 -
Yet another 30 Rocker has taken on the Republicans. I almost hope Louisiana's governor, Bobby Jindal, stays in the spotlight so we can see more of Jack McBrayer's (aka Kenneth the page) imitation. (Besides, Jindal's exorcism story hasn't even hit the mainstream yet.) Check out "Jack McBrayer's response to the Internet response to the Republican response to the President's address to Congress" in this preview clip from Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.
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