comedians as political leaders?

Jon Stewart? He doesn't think he's doing journalism and contributing to the political scene, but I think he is. And Al Franken? shit, Al's been doing a hell of a job. You should follow Senator Franken on Facebook, if you aren't already. If the insane party did more actual work and stop blowing shit out their collective asses, he could teach them a lot about governing. but who am I kidding? they don't care about governing. anyway, this is a good article on Stewart.

The Dec. 16 show focused on two targets. One was the Republicans who were blocking the bill; Mr. Stewart, in a clear effort to shame them for hypocrisy, accused them of belonging to “the party that turned 9/11 into a catchphrase.” The other was the broadcast networks (one of them being CBS, the former home of Mr. Murrow and Mr. Cronkite), which, he charged, had not reported on the bill for more than two months.

I don't care what Stewart calls it, it's what our actual media should be doing.