Thursday, November 04, 2010

William Blum: "Anti-Empire Report, Number 87" @ Killing Hope

Jon Stewart and the Left

The left in America is desperate; desperate for someone who can inspire them, if not lead them to a better world; or at least make them laugh. TV star Jon Stewart is sometimes funny, especially when he doesn't try too hard to be funny, which is not often enough. But as a political leader, or simply political educator for the left, forget it. He's not even what I would call a genuine, committed leftist. What does he have to teach the left? He himself would certainly not want you to entertain the thought that Jon Stewart is in any way a man of the left. ...

More from William Blum at "Killing Hope."

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