‘Daily Show’: Crazy Scared Across America

Staff / Truthdig Oct 28, 2008 John McCain's supporters are plenty scared that a secret terrorist-loving Muslim could take over the White House. Meanwhile, Barack Obama's supporters think there's nothing scarier than Sarah Palin. At last, fear has brought both sides together. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Daily Show’: The Governor’s New Clothes

Staff / Truthdig Oct 23, 2008 Jon Stewart found plenty of, er, material for Wednesday night's "Daily Show" episode as the Sarah Palin Wardrobegate scandal, um, unfolded. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Colbert Report’: McCain Courts the Reptile Vote

Staff / Truthdig Sep 30, 2008 Choosing the winner of the first presidential debate proved to be a tough call, but Stephen Colbert has a few ideas about how to settle the issue, starting with John McCain's staggering insights about the differences between various Asian populations around the world -- and ending with the electrifying moment when McCain "reached out to the key swing vote reptiles!". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Colbert Gets Graphic in ‘Spider-Man’ Cameo

Staff / Truthdig Sep 30, 2008 It may sound like an impossible feat to appear in a popular superhero series without even having to physically show up for the job, but that's just what Comedy Central pseudo-pundit Stephen Colbert has pulled off by lending his name and likeness to Marvel Comic's "Amazing Spider-Man" #573. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Daily Show’: Baron Von Moneypants

Staff / Truthdig Sep 24, 2008 Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's proposed bailout carries a price tag of $700 billion, a staggering figure that CNN has helpfully translated into terms that every American can understand by consulting the McDonald's (apple) pie chart. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Daily Show’: Economic Meltdowns Have Their Upsides

Staff / Truthdig Sep 19, 2008 Hey, now that Jon Stewart mentions it, that whole government bailout thing starts to sound a lot better: We, the taxpayers, just bought a really, really big insurance company. That's like having two hotels each on Boardwalk and Park Place in Monopoly, right? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Wait, Bush Doesn’t Have Superpowers?

Staff / Truthdig Sep 19, 2008 When faced with that nagging "Where's Osama bin Laden?" question once again during a press conference about 9/11, White House spokesperson Dana Perino pointed out that President Bush & Co. don't have superpowers. Oh, right! Well, Stephen Colbert has a few suggestions about super-skills specially tailored for Bush. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Daily Show’: The Notorious A.I.G.

Staff / Truthdig Sep 17, 2008 Whither Lehman Brothers? Et tu, Merrill Lynch? What's going on on Wall Street? Jon Stewart breaks down the financial meltdown on Tuesday night's edition of "The Daily Show" -- complete with '80s monster movie allusions. Sweet! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Busted: Rove, Morris and O’Reilly Flip-Flop on Gender Bias

Staff / Truthdig Sep 5, 2008 Consider this the only gender-bias-in-the-media primer you'll ever need, and a handy reminder to the Bill O'Reilly and Dick Morris types (not to mention Monsieur Rove) that gender bias cuts both ways -- and sometimes, as Jon Stewart points out, the same people do the cutting without seeming to remember just a few short weeks later. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Who Invited God to the DNC?

Staff / Truthdig Sep 1, 2008 So what was with all of the invocations of the deity at last week's Democratic National Convention? Stephen Colbert talks about the Dems' public displays of piety with Lori Lippman Brown, director of the Secular Coalition for America, producing another kind of sacred text to take the Bible's place as he swears Brown in for her "Colbert Report" testimonial. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stewart to McClellan: ‘You Talked About Fight Club’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 4, 2008 Scott McClellan, the man voted least likely to spend his summer vacation at Bush's Crawford ranch, paid a visit to "The Daily Show" on Monday night to revel in his newfound infamy among certain White House denizens -- oh, and to promote some book he wrote called, "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception." Heard of it? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Colbert Report’: Finger-Wagging at The Boss

Staff / Truthdig May 23, 2008 In this "Colbert Report" clip, Stephen Colbert gives Bruce Springsteen a televised talking-to about The Boss' recent lefty-leaning lyrics, beckoning Bruce to his show, and drinks himself under the table with the help of a cold Miller Lite. Or was that a Coors Light? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )