Y'all gotta see Jon Stewart give it to the Crossfire dipsticks.

They seem to be under the delusion that Jon Stewart is a journalist and not a comedian. As the Aussies say, "Bewdy, mate!"

Jon Stewart's Crossfire appearance on bittorrent. Xeni Jardin: BoingBoing reader bryan says,

"Jon Stewart blasted the hosts on CNN's Crossfire for hurting the democratic process instead of helping. He also calls Tucker Carlson a dick. Bittorrent: Link, and transcript here.

BoingBoing reader Hal points us to Salon's coverage (Link), and describes the interview/buttkicking alternately: "Tucker Carlson gets his ass handed to him on a platter -- without falafel to sweeten the taste." [Boing Boing]

MTV News has the best headline: Jon Stewart Bitchslaps CNN's 'Crossfire' Show

Such simple beauty:

Reaching well outside his usual youthful "Daily Show" demo, Stewart took to "Crossfire" to promote his new book,

"America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction" (see "Jon Stewart Writes A History Textbook That — At Last! — Features Nudity"), but instead of pushing the tome, Stewart used his time to verbally slap the network and the media for being "dishonest" and "doing a disservice" to the American public. After co-host Tucker Carlson suggested that Stewart went easy on Senator John Kerry when the candidate was a guest on "The Daily Show," Stewart unloaded on "Crossfire," calling hosts Carlson and Paul Begala "partisan hacks" and chiding them for not raising the level of discourse on their show beyond sloganeering.

"What you do is not honest. What you do is partisan hackery," Stewart said. "You have a responsibility to the public discourse, and you fail miserably.

"I watch your show every day, and it kills me. It's so painful to watch," Stewart added as it became apparent that the comedian was not joking.

I'm feeling the love.

UPDATE: There is now an iFilm stream (in multiple formats, no less!) available.

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"How can Republicans claim to be for free elections in Iraq when they are trying to suppress votes here in America? [from the Daily Kos]

This is big, from reader MK: Found the following links which all seem to point to the same company that is suspected of tearing up Democratic voter registration forms in Las Vegas. It has set up registration drives in Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, Florida and Nevada and is accused of the same things in most if not all of these states.  Sproul & Associates is a Republican consulting firm run by Nathan Sproul, former head of the Arizona Republican party and Arizona Christian Coalition.

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