Jon Stewart smacks down Mike Huckabee on gay marriage

By John Amato
from CrooksandLiars

When I saw Huckabee strut out on TDS right after his opening comedy bit last night I was disappointed because I wondered why the heck does this guy, who has his own show now need that much air time and why is he on anyway? Well, Stewart set him up for a fall. He let Mikey ramble on in the first segment about his new book "Do the Right Thing," and how if every one treated each other like they want to be treated, then life would be simply marvelous. The Jesus principle. Fair enough, but then Stewart slammed him with those sentiments right over the head.

Stewart: You write in your book that all people are created equal and yet for gay people you believe that it is corrosive to society to allow them to have the privileges that all humans enjoy.

Oooops. When John Cusack complained that Stewart gives neocons and theocrats too much air time to make them appear normal, I agreed. But as long as Stewart takes the argument to them head on then at least he exposes the Huckabees to a debate which always ends badly for them. And one that they rarely ever have to face because network/cable news would never go toe to toe like this. When have you ever seen Huckabee at a loss for words? He does in this segment. Pam Spaulding writes: Jon Stewart slays the homophobic Huckabeast without breaking a sweat.

This man ran for president and intends to do so again. Journalists, particularly openly progressive ones, have an obligation to bore in on pols like Huckabee because their views are often wrapped up with a wink and a smile and sold as protecting family, children, the word "marriage", etc. as if this is all a benign act that hurts no citizens in this country.

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