The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Recessional Terms

Season 13 E 38 • 03/19/2008

Jon helps translate President Bush's financial jargon into layman's terms.

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St. Patty's Spitzer
The Daily Show with Jon StewartS13 E37

Jason Jones finds out how New Yorkers coped with Governor Spitzer's scandal and resignation.
03/18/2008
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Barack's Wright Response
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Barack Obama addresses race after the hubbub over his pastor and makes history on a Tuesday.
03/18/2008
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The Govs Must Be Horny
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Jon reveals a new segment that uncovers the sexual deviancy of each state's governor preemptively.
03/18/2008
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Moment of Zen - Chew On
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CNN's Tony Harris is chomping at the pen after Barack Obama's speech.
03/18/2008
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Jeffrey Sachs
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Economist Jeffrey Sachs thinks America won't get anywhere while looking at Third World conflicts in purely militaristic terms.
03/18/2008
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Moment of Zen - The White Vote
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The talking heads of the major networks wonder about Barack's appeal to white voters.
03/19/2008
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Arlen Specter
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After surviving cancer, Senator Arlen Specter proves that Jon's audience will laugh at anything.
03/19/2008
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Economic Future
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John Hodgman uses a time helmet to see if we're currently in a recession and bats around economic semantics.
03/19/2008
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The Dialogue Begins
The Daily Show with Jon StewartS13 E38

The 24 hour news networks stumble about in their attempt to contextualize Barack Obama's speech on racial divisions.
03/19/2008
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The Govs Must Be Horny - Alabama
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Jon goes to the Advent map to give us today's gubernatorial sexual perversion.
03/19/2008
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01:52

Recessional Terms
The Daily Show with Jon StewartS13 E38

Jon knows you may not have a Harvard MBA like President Bush, so he translates W's outlook into language we can all understand.
03/19/2008
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Moment of Zen - Saddam's Resume
The Daily Show with Jon StewartS13 E39

President Bush recites the reasons why Saddam needed a takedown.
03/20/2008
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Daily/Colbert - Happy Gun Day
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Stephen and Jon celebrate the Supreme Court's gun rights decisions by brandishing their own weapons.
03/20/2008
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Iraq: The First 5 Years
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Jon looks back in time to see the Bush Administration's benchmarks for success after the start of the Iraq War.
03/20/2008
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International Man of Misery
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Jon recaps Dick Cheney's diplomatic gaffes as the Vice President begins his tour of Iraq.
03/20/2008
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Alex Kingsbury
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The reporter believes that the US will have to reconcile with its enemies before the Iraq War is over.
03/20/2008
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Moment of Zen - Home Run
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President Bush calls the National League's first home run of the season.
03/31/2008
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00:27

Mets Prediction
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Jon has an exceptionally generous prediction for the New York Mets and their season outlook.
03/31/2008
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Chuck Hagel
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The Senator breaks from his party's ranks to denounce the Iraq War and apologizes to the American people for not asking the tough questions.
03/31/2008
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Bush's First Pitch
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President Bush gets a less than warm reception from the Washington Nationals fans and misses calls from the broadcast booth.
03/31/2008
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Our Definest Hour
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John Oliver likens Iraq to a young Jewish man and looks forward to the day that it can take care of its domineering parent.
03/31/2008
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