The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Indecision 2006 Botched Joke

Season 11 E 137 • 11/01/2006

John Kerry loses an election he's not even in.

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01:10

Ohio Voter ID Pt. 1
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Acceptable forms of Ohio voter ID include: a platinum credit card, signed golf score, yacht license or large public building named after you.
10/31/2006
05:29

John Mueller
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Political Science professor John Mueller believes that the actual threat of being killed by terrorism in the U.S. needs to be put into perspective.
10/31/2006
05:29

Midwest Midterm Midtacular - Midterm Spotlight: The Senate
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Jon checks in on contentious Senate races in Ohio, West Virginia, Montana, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia.
10/31/2006
00:13

Moment of Zen - This Message
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Several candidates have personally approved their midterm campaign messages.
10/31/2006
01:46

Midwest Midterm Midtacular - Ohio Voting
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Ohio voters suffer from long lines and insufficient voting booths in many neighborhoods -- oddly enough, minority neighborhoods.
10/31/2006
05:09

Trendspotting - Clubs
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Demitri Martin explores the over 800 student organization at the Ohio State University.
11/01/2006
03:53

Indecision 2006 - Insult to the Troops
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After an election season where the GOP was beaten up by reality, the party rediscovers a winning issue - beating up John Kerry.
11/01/2006
00:17

Moment of Zen - Marching Band
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The Ohio State University marching band plays The Daily Show theme song and spells out "The Daily Show" on a football field.
11/01/2006
04:27

Indecision 2006 - Wham, Bam, Thank You Heartland
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In 2004, Ohio was the belle of the political ball. In 2006, John Oliver discovers a state jilted by the empty promises the politicians never kept.
11/01/2006
03:01

Indecision 2006 - Comedy Is Hard
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Aasif Mandvi explains that in order to win the election, Republicans must reanimate the bloated political corpse of John Kerry so they can kill him again.
11/01/2006
03:06

Indecision 2006 Botched Joke
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Samantha Bee interrupts a report on developments in Iraq to break news of John Kerry botching a joke.
11/01/2006
02:58

Midwest Midterm Midtacular - Midterm Spotlight: The House
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One reason the House of Representatives may change hands is because of the "Foley effect," caused by being in the same party as Congressman Mark Foley.
11/02/2006
03:12

Midwest Midterm Midtacular - Goodbye, Columbus
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Some people might expect Midwesterners to be skeptical of New Yorkers coming into their territory, but that has not been the experience of these senior correspondents.
11/02/2006
01:28

Brutus Buckeye
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Senior Ohio State Campus Affairs Correspondent Brutus Buckeye runs for his life, chased by a horde of nut-hungry squirrels.
11/02/2006
00:13

Moment of Zen - OSU Marching Band
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The Ohio State University marching band spells out "The Daily Show" on the football field.
11/02/2006
04:20

Midwest Midterm Midtacular - E-Voting Pt. 2
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Introducing three new voting machine models: ES&S Model 100 optical voting system, Diebold Accuvote TSX direct record touch screen and Diebold Accuclaw -- which is a claw.
11/02/2006
05:12

Borat Sagdiyev
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Borat explains that Kazakhstan leaders are not elected by votes, but by seeing who can suspend the heaviest weight from his testes satchel
11/02/2006
02:27

Midwest Midterm Midtacular - E-Voting Pt. 1
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Computerized ballots can get thrown off when you use a nickname and a last name, which is why this show was briefly known as The Daily Show with Jon S. Spanky.
11/02/2006
00:08

Moment of Zen - Let Me Clear My Throat
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Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein clears his throat.
11/06/2006
01:07

Daily/Colbert - Their Powers Combined
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Jon Stewart ends the show and checks in with Stephen Colbert at The Colbert Report.
11/06/2006
02:48

Daily Show Rock! - Mid-Term Elections
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Mid-term elections are not quite presidential, they're much, much less essential but they're kind of influential in their way.
11/06/2006
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