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Seriously, if you missed tonight's Daily Show, catch a rerun or go check out Comedy Central's site. It was one of the most biting things I've seen on TV, possibly ever. Their convention coverage focused on the Larry Craig Men's room in the Minneapolis-St. Paul's Men's room. Yes, that men's room. In the airport in the city the convension is in. *Facepalm* It also features John Stewart asking really tough questions about Palin including stuff about her stance og forcing women who were raped to carry to term. His far right guest kept trying to soft pedal, and stewart kept nailing him to the wall. It was beautiful. They also had a collection of right wing pundits doing about faces on various issues. If you only ever watch one of their shows, watch this one. Colbert was pretty good, but completely upstaged by Stewart.

BTW, I think that attacking Bristol Palin is beyond not cool. Choice means choice and on top of that, I was against asshats attacking teenaged Chelsea Clinton's looks back in the day; I'm against making Bristol the whipping girl for both sides. She's 17 and she didn't choose to go into politics, so lay off folks. Attacking her Mom for being against sex ed in schools during the rising teen pregnancy epidemic? Fair game as long as we don't make it personal. Point out that the lowest numbers for teen pregnancy in my lifetime were under the Clintons and have been rising steadily under abstinence only? Go to town. Highlight Sarah Palin's belief that there is no reason ever to have an abortion even if someone is raped or the victim of incest? Completely fair game. Poking fun of her seventeen year old daughter, or as I've heard a couple of times, her child with down syndrome? Way the ******** out of line. Let's take the high road folks and leave the creepy stuff to folks on the Religious Right.