The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Indecision 2012 - Mercy Rule Edition

Season 17 • 11/10/2011

At the CNBC debate, Rick Perry delivers 53 seconds that can change a comedian's life.

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00:20

Moment of Zen - Detroit's Anti-Nickelback Petition
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Detroit Lions fans don't want Nickelback to perform during the Thanksgiving Day game halftime show.
11/08/2011
08:08

The Walking Debt
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Politician Jon Corzine saw Lehman Brothers as a cautionary tale; financial firm honcho Jon Corzine saw it as a dare.
11/08/2011
06:38

Oh, the Hermanity!
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Herman Cain swiftly moves to political sex scandal stage four: the press conference to assuage the damage caused by the mishandling of stages one through three.
11/09/2011
00:24

Moment of Zen - Sexually Harassed Mike Huckabee
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The Herman Cain scandal causes Mike Huckabee to wonder if Popeyes employees have sexually harassed him.
11/09/2011
04:45

Red Dead Rejection
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All in all, the 2011 off-year election proves to be a tough night for the conservative revolution.
11/09/2011
08:50

Nancy Pelosi
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House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi discusses the Congressional approval rating and weighs in on how the super committee should handle America's debt crisis.
11/09/2011
02:20

Indecision 2012 - Mercy Rule Edition - Joy Boners
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Wyatt Cenac, John Oliver and Samantha Bee report on the unintended consequences of Rick Perry's debate debacle.
11/10/2011
00:36

Moment of Zen - Rick Perry Forgets
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ABC's John Berman has three words for what happened to Rick Perry during the CNBC Republican presidential debate.
11/10/2011
06:01

Adam Sandler
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Adam Sandler discusses the shirt-jacket hybrid his wife got him and provides a glimpse at what he does when his family goes to sleep.
11/10/2011
01:56

Penn State Riots
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The firing of football coach Joe Paterno, following news of assistant coach Jerry Sandusky's alleged sexual abuse, outrages Penn State students.
11/10/2011
09:43

Indecision 2012 - Mercy Rule Edition
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Amid self-combusting GOP candidates at the CNBC debate, Rick Perry unearths the Dope Diamond.
11/10/2011
06:34

Leymah Gbowee
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Nobel Peace Prize recipient Leymah Gbowee talks about leading war protests that resulted in the end of the Second Liberian Civil War.
11/14/2011
00:18

Moment of Zen - Allen West on Waterboarding
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Allen West defends the practice of waterboarding, citing its use in "G.I. Jane."
11/14/2011
04:24

Indecision 2012 - Saturday Right Fever - Nuanced Answers
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Aasif Mandvi reports on how facts and mastery of the issues merely complicate GOP candidates' decision making.
11/14/2011
04:30

Indecision 2012 - Saturday Right Fever
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The 3,000th Republican debate provided an opportunity to follow compelling GOP story lines, such as whether or not Mitt Romney's study of humans has paid off.
11/14/2011
04:55

Ugly People Prejudice
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Jason Jones reports on the injustices uglo-Americans suffer due to their below-average looks.
11/14/2011
02:16

Indecision 2012 - Come On, Really? - Herman Cain's Libya Gaffe
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Jason Jones thinks that people can take a sexual creep in the White House, but nobody's going to go for Herman Cain's long, awkward pause.
11/15/2011
00:30

Moment of Zen - Herman Cain's Libya Lapse
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Herman Cain insists that his foreign policy memory lapse was just a pause to gather his thoughts.
11/15/2011
06:56

Mark Kelly
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Astronaut Mark Kelly talks about co-writing "Gabby" with his wife, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, and provides an update on her progress.
11/15/2011
04:39

Jerry Sandusky Phone Interview
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NBC News' Bob Costas asks Jerry Sandusky about the sexual abuse charges leveled against him.
11/15/2011
06:18

Indecision 2012 - Come On, Really?
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A basic foreign policy question about Libya stumps Herman Cain.
11/15/2011
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