Stewart's daily dose of political parody characterized by asinine alliteration leads to a ''holier than art thou" attitude toward our national leaders. People who possess the wit, intelligence, and self-awareness of viewers of ''The Daily Show" would never choose to enter the political fray full of ''buffoons and idiots." Content to remain perched atop their Olympian ivory towers, these bright leaders head straight for the private sector.
In a way, he's right. Insufferable self-righteousness combined with cynical detachment do plague America. But no one's going to flee politics because of Jon Stewart; they're going to flee because their college professors' views are not markedly different from those of Jon Stewart. Nor is the quality of reporting in their local papers. Curtsy to Powerline.
