‘Daily Show’: The Eerily Familiar ABC Debate
"The Daily Show's" custom-made moniker for Sunday's Democratic debate, "Clusterf@#k to the White House," perfectly captured the skewed spirit of ABC's déjà-vu-inducing coverage of this latest Q & A session with the left-leaning presidential candidates -- or at least with Sens. Clinton and Obama -- as a "bored" fly alighted on Sen. Chris Dodd's shellacked hairdo.“The Daily Show’s” custom-made moniker for Sunday’s Democratic debate, “Clusterf@#k to the White House,” perfectly captured the skewed spirit of ABC’s déjà-vu-inducing coverage of this latest Q & A session with the left-leaning presidential candidates — or at least with Sens. Clinton and Obama — as a “bored” fly alighted on Sen. Chris Dodd’s shellacked hairdo.
Follow this link to see the clip, as well as The Largest Minority’s roundup of clips from Sunday’s debate.
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