The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Jack Rakove

Season 15 • 05/10/2010

Jack Rakove describes America's founding fathers as a group of politicians with some exceptions.

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Roland Martin Wears an Ascot
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Roland Martin wearing an ascot while discussing immigration might be the best thing Jon's ever seen on CNN.
05/05/2010
00:17

Moment of Zen - Rick Sanchez Ad-Libs a Tease
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Instead of ad-libbing a tease, Rick Sanchez mistakenly reads aloud the instructions on his teleprompter.
05/05/2010
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Family Research Council's European Gaycation
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Faisal Shahzad forgets his keys, Greece drowns in debt, BP tries to cap the oil spill, and George Rekers rents a male prostitute.
05/06/2010
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Moment of Zen - The World Stinks More
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Neil Cavuto has always argued that as much as America stinks, the world stinks more.
05/06/2010
03:22

Suspicious Behavior on Cinco de Mayo
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Jason Jones tries to spot illegal immigrants by looking for suspicious behavior on Cinco de Mayo.
05/06/2010
06:47

Mario Batali
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Mario Batali has considered eating KFC's Double Down because he's not averse to the idea of using protein as bread.
05/06/2010
02:09

Roland Martin Defends His Ascot
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Roland Martin fights for the abandoned stylistic principles of America's founding fathers by wearing an ascot.
05/10/2010
03:50

A Nightmare on Wall Street
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The Dow plunging 700 points is blamed on a perfect storm that, for some reason, takes place every two weeks.
05/10/2010
07:03

Clustershag to 10 Downing - Hung Parliament
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Great Britain has a ludicrously arcane system for breaking electoral ties where the queen appoints one of her Corgis as interim prime minister.
05/10/2010
00:35

Moment of Zen - Argument on Sky News
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Alastair Campbell and Adam Boulton clash on Sky News over Gordon Brown's resignation.
05/10/2010
07:12

Jack Rakove
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To bring America's founding fathers alive, Jack Rakove says you have to think of them as political actors.
05/10/2010
00:22

Moment of Zen - Obama's Katrina
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A Fox Business poll shows that most Americans see the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as President Obama's Katrina.
05/11/2010
07:40

Sebastian Junger
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Sebastian Junger recalls the months he spent with soldiers in a remote outpost on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
05/11/2010
04:44

God Smacked
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Jason Jones meets a pastor who teaches mixed martial arts and an evangelist who breaks inanimate objects in the name of Jesus.
05/11/2010
07:46

Release the Kagan
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President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan, is exactly like Harriet Miers except for the dumb part.
05/11/2010
05:51

Michael Patrick King
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Michael Patrick King saw at least four dead bodies when he was filming "Sex and the City 2" in Morocco.
05/12/2010
00:17

Moment of Zen - Wolf Blitzer Celebrates 20 Years
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Wolf Blitzer tells Paul Begala and the Washington Wizards mascot about his best interview with Nelson Mandela.
05/12/2010
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Clustershag to 10 Downing - New Prime Minister
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Before David Cameron can officially assume office, Great Britain makes Gordon Brown do his televised walk of shame.
05/12/2010
05:55

Back in Black - Glenn Beck's Nazi Tourette's
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Glenn Beck plays "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon," except there's just one degree and Kevin Bacon is Hitler.
05/12/2010
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Ian Bremmer
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Ian Bremmer believes that America has to defend its free market principles to succeed in the world economy.
05/13/2010
01:06

Intro - Jon's Teddy Bear
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It turns out Jon only keeps things from his childhood under the desk, including his teddy bear.
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