Chris Matthews was the guest on The Daily Show tonight and Jon Stewart gave him the what-for. Not about what you might be thinking, but about something just as important.
Apparently Tweety has a new book about how life is like a political campaign. Stewart committed the ultimate lapse of judgment and read the fucking thing before having Matthews on.
Well the gist of the book, according to Jon (who I tend to trust on such things) is that life is that the way to be successful in life is to be duplicitous and cut-throat, or at least calculating. Instead of playing along with this shit, Jon called him on it.
Tweety was stunned, of course. Visibly shocked that Jon wasn't just glad-handing him. Tweety made a huge tactical mistake and asked him point-blank what he thought of the book. "I thought it was a recipe for sadness."
Jon always demures when people try to take him seriously but really, who else would be so honest with a guest who was there to promote a book.
By the end I think Jon felt badly about it, but he shouldn't. It was great television and great for Tweety to hear.