The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

False Hope Alive

Season 9 • 08/12/2004

Nothing is more American than false hope.

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04:20

This Week in God - Girls Gone Humble
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The Vatican releases a new video supporting feminine values, and Mecca-Cola hits stores everywhere.
08/11/2004
05:05

Grand Other Party
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The Citizens for a Sound Economy's support of Ralph Nader in order to help George W. Bush is sneaky, but clever.
08/11/2004
03:09

Who's the Goss?
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The new head of the CIA is introduced and immediately calls for Robert Novak to appear in blue dress.
08/11/2004
00:16

Moment of Zen - Sensitive Matter
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Dick Cheney is contradicted by President Bush on the sensitivities needed to fight a war.
08/12/2004
01:00

Al Jazeera
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Al Jazeera's lawyer makes a riveting appeal following the network's closing in Iraq.
08/12/2004
02:30

Sensitive Remark
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It's so unlike the Bush White House to take information out of context and build a misleading case.
08/12/2004
01:06

Mess O'Potamia - Sensitivity
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Just a day after attacking John Kerry for saying the U.S. needs to be more sensitive in the war on terror, President Bush uses the same language.
08/12/2004
02:15

Imam Ali Mosque
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The Bush Administration exercises great sensitivity in not raiding a holy mosque in Iraq where insurgents are camped out.
08/12/2004
02:04

Governor Resignations
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Jon hopes that New Jersey Governor's resignation for being gay isn't the reason he did so, but it probably is.
08/12/2004
07:01

Bryan Keefer
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Author Bryan Keefer discusses his new book, and the sophisticated spin techniques employed by the Bush Administration.
08/12/2004
02:43

False Hope Alive
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Illegal immigrants compete in Fear Factor-like stunts for a chance at a winning a "green card."
08/12/2004
02:26

McGreevey Resigns
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The world is ready for gay people to stand up and proudly say, we can be every bit as corrupt, sick and selfish as "normal people."
08/17/2004
00:10

Moment of Zen - Jim McGreevey
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Senator Jim McGreevey felt ambivalent and confused as a child.
08/17/2004
01:09

High on the Olympics
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The internet and news sources have ruined the excitement of the Olympics for Jon Stewart.
08/17/2004
03:33

GOV Story
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Homosexual Governor Jim McGreevey and his wife are still working on the issues they have to work on.
08/17/2004
04:57

Don't Mess With Don't Mess With Texas
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The popular slogan Don't Mess With Texas was originally aimed at litter prevention but now appears on tons of future litter.
08/17/2004
07:16

Senator Norm Coleman
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Senator Norm Coleman went from being a Jewish Democrat in Brooklyn to a Republican in Minnesota.
08/17/2004
01:08

Moving Private Ryan
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President Bush announces the troops will finally be coming home, but not the troops you're thinking of and not for another ten years.
08/18/2004
05:23

A Round of Shots
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Ed Helms wonders if there is anything more terrifying than a bar full of people without guns.
08/18/2004
02:58

Tough Cell
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Laura Bush attacks stem cell research proponents as sellers of false hope.
08/18/2004
00:18

Moment of Zen - Torch
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A woman holding a torch slides down a wire to a stage in Times Square.
08/18/2004
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