The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Moment of Zen - Tortured Ashcroft

Season 13 • 04/15/2008

John Ashcroft wonders how the future will see the torture council.

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War of the Words
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Jon takes President Bush's dire warnings about Iraq and creates a new game for people who hate parties.
04/14/2008
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Too Many Stars
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Jon theorizes how Senator Chris Dodd could pose double duty as a legislator and a Blue Man.
04/14/2008
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Judd Apatow
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Judd Apatow admits that the best thing about his Hollywood pull is the power to make actors show off their tits.
04/14/2008
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Headlines - Gaffe-In
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Barack Obama's claims about western Pennsylvania, God and guns puts Hillary Clinton and FOX News into overdrive.
04/14/2008
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Moment of Zen - Hillary's Holy Spirit
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Hillary Clinton describes what it's like to feel the Holy Spirit while communing with nature.
04/14/2008
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Jack Goldsmith Pt. 1
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Former White House Counsel Jack Goldsmith is not surprised that Dick Cheney asked if he could squeeze a terrorist's balls.
04/15/2008
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Pope Pick-up
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Pope Benedict's visit to the States turns President Bush into everyone's favorite slacker buddy.
04/15/2008
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Jack Goldsmith Pt. 2
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The former White House Legal Counsel tries to agree with Jon's characterizations of the Executive Branch.
04/15/2008
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House of Pain
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Jon imagines the Bush Administration's committee on torture with a painful take on a classic children's game.
04/15/2008
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Olympic Mascots
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Kristen Schaal is nearly traumatized before she unveils new Chinese Olympic mascots.
04/15/2008
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Moment of Zen - Tortured Ashcroft
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John Ashcroft ponders how history will view the Bush Administration's torture talk.
04/15/2008
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Fights, Camera, Action
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Rob Riggle interviews both sides of the paparazzi debate and pulls out the tricks to get celebrity photos.
04/16/2008
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Headlines - Pope in America
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The media's treatment of Pope Benedict's visit to the States has all the grandeur of its golf coverage.
04/16/2008
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Blessed Week Ever
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Samantha Bee tries to get on His Holiness' good side by putting on her best Catholic facade.
04/16/2008
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Moment of Zen - Little Head
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FOX News' talking head has a less than flattering summary of the Pope's knowledge.
04/16/2008
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Peter Steinfels
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The New York Times columnist and religion professor gives an even-handed breakdown of the media's papal visit coverage.
04/16/2008
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Moment of Zen - The Crowd Turns on Gibson
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The audience at the Philadelphia Democratic debate does not appreciate Charlie Gibson's final throw to commercial break.
04/17/2008
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Uma Thurman
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Actress Uma Thurman discusses her return to straight drama after a string of action and comedy films.
04/17/2008
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Indecision 2008 - Philadelphia Democratic Debate in Review Pt. 2
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In all fairness to Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos, when they had an incredibly stupid question for the candidates, they let someone else ask it.
04/17/2008
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Indecision 2008 - Philadelphia Democratic Debate in Review Pt. 1
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Elevating out-of-context remarks and trivial miscues into subjects of national discourse is Jon's job, not a moderator's.
04/17/2008
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Indecision 2008 - Philadelphia Democratic Debate in Review Pt. 3
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Naturally, the number one issue on the mind of all Americans ranks as the 16th question in the Democratic debate.
04/17/2008
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