“He talked to young people. Young people watch him. Young people vote,” McCain said. “So I don’t think that there’s any doubt that with his comedy” — the senator smiled and held up two fingers like quotation marks as he said ‘comedy’ — “that he had an effect on the workings of government.”
AND, QUITE OFTEN, that effect took the form of either prodding, or working in concert with, the Obama administration.
In Stewart’s first show after his February 2014 visit to the White House, he picked up on the Russia-Ukraine news that Obama had spoken about in the press briefing room a few hours after their private chat. In a segment titled ‘It’s a Vlad, Vlad, Vlad, Vlad World,’ Stewart giggled as he displayed a picture of the shirtless Russian leader — “Heil Titler,” he joked. Then he showed a video of Vladimir Putin at the Winter Olympics in Sochi and wondered if he was “even paying attention at the Olympics? … Or did you consider the parade of nations a browsing opportunity?”
Obama White House officials enjoyed it when Stewart was singing from the same hymnal. But they also were quick to pay attention when he turned against them.
“He’s an expert shamer,” said Dag Vega, a former White House staffer who was in charge of booking the president and other administration officials onto The Daily Show.
Axelrod, a frequent Stewart guest, kept in touch with the host by phone and email. In an interview, Axelrod said Stewart was “a useful prod” for the administration.
More at Politico
Interesting.
So, they were seeing one another, on top of their official appearances on TV.
The LATimes puts it this way:
The Times then goes into details of each stage.
Was there any actual sex?
Who knows.
Obama previous same-sex partners either keep quiet or die.
That Stewart was a useful idiot for Obama is beyond a doubt.
Idiots tend to be Jon Stewart’s favorite targets.
@Greg: you must be a daily target greggie boy,but your heart would probably melt like that girl that got hit in the head with a brick thrown by ignatz