What makes a comedian and politican satirist less qualified to run a country than a lawyer, a war hero, or a man who abused drugs and alcohol into his 40's by his own admission (i.e. Bush)? He has public support and recognizability most certainly, he knows how to debate, he almost singlehandedly took down CNN's show Crossfire by appearing on the show once, and he really has some intelligent opinions on the Middle East: http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item...stewarts_plan/ , he knows how to make political ads (see Daily Show on 10/31/06), and certainly he doesn't bother with the bickering that plagues the American government today. Now I'd like to ask you something. What do you think a politician should be? Should a politician be a former judge? Soldier? Drug addict? Just what is a politician to you? Come on, I want something a bit more substantial than "Im sure everyone here is smart enough to know the difference between speaking for a TV show and speaking for a country". Speaking is irrelevant, no politician writes their own speeches, although Stewart showed that he's quite capable of ad-libbing on Crossfire. The point is that a lot of people, including myself, believe in what Stewart has to say. Although he'd be the first to say that he'll never run for president as he said when he was interviewed for the cover article of Time, I have no doubt that he would make a great leader.

And actually I would call Kerry among the most morally incorruptable and strong willed politicians out there: despite Rove's constant immoral attacks on him, Kerry refused to sink to his level and ran his race rather than trying to trip up his opponent. You might call this wishy washy, I call it courageous. In the meantime, before you bust out flip-flopping, first of all I'd rather have a leader who is capable of admitting when he is wrong rather than one who tries to deceive his followers into thinking that he was right, and second of all, if you talk about flip-flopping, Bush constantly alternated between calling Kerry a "flip-flopper" and a "consistently liberal senator". Is it just me or are those oxymoronic? Besides, calling a decorated war hero weak willed and wishy washy is like calling Bush a sober life-long devout Catholic. If Kerry is weak willed, then you and I are little more than puddles.