Primary Hangover (politically speaking)
There was a time when I watched The Daily Show with Jon Stewart almost every night–back when I worked second shift at a hotel and caught the 1am re-run on Comedy Central when I got home. Moving to Utah screwed up my Daily Show viewing because NOTHING is as it should be in Utah, including network or cable broadcasts. Jon Stewart graces the TV with his presence at midnight Mountain Time, with re-runs the next day at 9pm.
I watched a little TV last night to see how the polls were coming in from the Primaries (to make sure that Huckabee didn’t have a fighting chance [he doesn't, but won more votes than I'd liked] and to see if there’s any indication of whether Obama or Clinton are pulling ahead [not really--it's going to be a tight race]). I didn’t realize that there has been a late-night macho fight going down between Conan O’Brien, Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart about who made Mike Huckabee that came to a head last night:
The build-up and the premise are of course a lot more amusing than the actual fight sequence (though I do love that late night comedy hosts aren’t shy about using horribly disguised doubles). But Mike Huckabee does make a guest appearance at the end, and I find it interesting that he would have done that during the daytime taping before any polling results were in. Not surprising, but just a little post-it note in my brain of "how things work."
I think it might be time to pull out and watch some of the “Indecision 2004″ DVDs that I have to remind me of the hope I had then, and the confidence that I have now, of Bush no longer being president. I know that there’s still a chance that Bush will call a state of emergency and shut down voting so that he remains president for an unspecified and horrifyingly long period of time.
Let’s hope that God will really bless America like all the politicians request and not let that happen.
