‘Daily Show’: Is Sarah Palin Secretly Brilliant?
Don't worry -- everyone can see those trails you'll observe around Jon Stewart in this "Daily Show" clip. It's not just you. But speaking of weirdness, consider the possibility, which Stewart advances here, that Sarah Palin is actually quite brilliant for mobilizing an entire news network to help her "set the record straight," as Bill O'Reilly puts it.Don’t worry — everyone can see those trails you’ll observe around Jon Stewart in this “Daily Show” clip. It’s not just you. But speaking of weirdness, consider the possibility, which Stewart advances here, that Sarah Palin is actually quite brilliant for mobilizing an entire news network to help her “set the record straight,” as Bill O’Reilly puts it. –KA
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