Nailed it!

On a day when every news channel was going hammer and tongs at the pathetic extra-marital affair of a much married governor who gave an all too juicy press conference, Jon Stewart nailed it. He spent about 2 minutes on the whole sordid affair, in which he managed to give it the status it deserves...just another politician with a conservative mind and a liberal penis! And then, he talked about real news. The emerging threat from North Korea. The conflict in Iran. He had Reza Aslan as his guest, a guy who knows Iran and talks intelligently. In other words, Jon relegated this whole sorry Sanford saga to the backburner. Where it belongs. And therein lies his genius.

For all her professions of prudishness, Rachel Maddow spent 40 minutes of her 1 hour show dissecting his evident lack of composure, his lying habits, his wife's statement and even his amorous emails to the mystery woman. Here is another pathetic hypocrite whining about his mistakes, and this is headlines! As opposed to the demonstrations that have paralyzed Iran, the nuclear tests carried out by North Korea and the Talibanisation of Pakistan. Some idiot Governor who couldn't keep it in his pants is news. Here's the deal...till today, I didn't know who this Mark Sanford dude was. And now, I do. Unfortunately.

It was one of the funnier Daily Shows I've seen lately. With Bush out of office, there's only so much matter for Jon to make fun of. And Reza Aslan speaks well, even if he does gel his hair too much!