John Kerry was on the Daily Show last night, and of course the ads came up right away. Kerry commented on the campaign not being focussed on issues any more, and how no-one was talking about plans for the future. He then proceeded to not lay out his own plan (OK, maybe that wouldn't be good Daily Show viewing, but -something- could have helped). Instead, standard lines on the numbers of jobs lost, problems in Iraq, health care issues, etc. All important issues, sure, but he needed to get off the talking points more.
On another note, I was rather disappointed by John Stewart. Of course, he can't be just a news interviewer, since he has to make jokes too. But he is usually better at asking tough questions (of the non-Hollywood types), and getting real and often unexpected answers. And this goes for those on both the right and the left. But last night was all softballs, and was as a result a much weaker show.
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John Kerry was on the Daily Show last night, and of course the ads came up right away. Kerry commented on the campaign not being focussed on issues any more, and how no-one was talking about plans for the future. He then proceeded to not lay out his own plan (OK, maybe that wouldn't be good Daily Show viewing, but -something- could have helped). Instead, standard lines on the numbers of jobs lost, problems in Iraq, health care issues, etc. All important issues, sure, but he needed to get off the talking points more.
On another note, I was rather disappointed by John Stewart. Of course, he can't be just a news interviewer, since he has to make jokes too. But he is usually better at asking tough questions (of the non-Hollywood types), and getting real and often unexpected answers. And this goes for those on both the right and the left. But last night was all softballs, and was as a result a much weaker show.
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