Video: Gerson on The Daily Show (by Ryan Rodrick Beiler)
As an addendum to Jim's post on Mike Gerson and his new book, I thought I'd share Monday night's Daily Show interview with Gerson, who held his own quite well. If he hadn't provided the speechwriting for Bush's rush to war, I might really really like him, instead of just liking him. But for now I'll leave the skewering to Jon Stewart:
Mike: I'm sometimes disappointed with the Republican Party, which was a difficult audience for a lot of these ideas. Fact of the matter is, the Republican Party, if they don't adopt these themes: environment, global warming, AIDS - they're going to lose and they're going to deserve to lose.Jon: ... Here's what that sounds like to me. What you're describing is the Democratic Party.
Ryan Rodrick Beiler is the web editor for Sojourners.
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Of course, you and all of Sojourners disagreed heartily with Jon Stewart's quip.
Posted by: kevin s. | November 1, 2007 10:09 AM
Jon's quip was a quip.
I appreciate Gerson and others who stretch us beyond the liberal/conservative, Republican/Democrat, us/them box. Refreshing!
I hear him questioning the "group think" he experienced in discussions at the White House.
And I'm thankful for Jon Stewart who uses humor to uncover the truth of how insane we can be across the political spectrum.
Peace, Duh-sciple Tim
Posted by: Duh-sciple | November 1, 2007 4:22 PM
So where has Mike Gerson been for the past 40 years? Probably in the same place as Father John Danforth - caught in the web of the catastrophic
right where traditional Christian values have no
place at all.
I think Tom Delay's calling Indians "monkeys"
qualifies him as a poster child for the
Catastrophic Right Christian Conservatives.
Posted by: linda | November 3, 2007 2:55 AM
Of course, you and all of Sojourners disagreed heartily with Jon Stewart's quip. Posted by: kevin s.
Quite the contrary and proud to admit it.
Moreoever, I think that this guy talks a good talk but as long as he wants to hang out with the same crowd (i.e., Conservative Republicans) it will remain just that- talk. But what the hey, he wrote some nice speeches as part of a concerted effort to lead America into an unnecessary war. He accomplished something with his life even if it wasn't good.
Posted by: JamesMartin | November 3, 2007 1:57 PM
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