The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Robert Draper

Season 17 • 04/26/2012

Robert Draper makes Jon uncomfortable with his nuanced, human portrayal of freshman House members.

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Moment of Zen - An Outrageous Price
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News correspondent Drew Griffin reports on the Secret Service prostitution scandal in Colombia.
04/24/2012
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Jason Segel
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Actor Jason Segel looks forward to working on more human-related projects like his film "The Five-Year Engagement."
04/25/2012
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Moment of Zen - George W. Romney's Aspirations
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Mitt Romney relates an upwardly-mobile tale of his father's humble beginnings.
04/25/2012
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Endless Suffrage 2012 - The End of the Beginning's Middle
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Newt Gingrich plans to drop out, Mitt Romney reboots his campaign for the general election, and President Obama slow-jams the news on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon."
04/25/2012
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Intro - Mitt Romney Inspires Apathy
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Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney sweeps five state primaries, solidifying his hold on the Republican nomination.
04/25/2012
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Space Innovators
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Wealthy "spend-o-nauts" announce plans to mine asteroids for precious minerals, and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson reveals whether or not it's bulls**t.
04/25/2012
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Moment of Zen - The President's Stick
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Joe Biden applies the timeless advice of Theodore Roosevelt to President Obama.
04/26/2012
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Citizen Shame - Hairlander
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Former Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump testifies that wind turbines will obstruct the view from his Scottish golf course.
04/26/2012
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Citizen Shame
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Parliament opens another inquiry into whether Rupert Murdoch used his media entities to improperly influence the British government.
04/26/2012
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04:46

Tarred Heels
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John Edwards' trial begins, and North Carolina's Democratic Party chairman, David Parker, faces questions over the alleged sexual misconduct of his subordinate, Jay Parmley.
04/26/2012
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06:41

Robert Draper
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Robert Draper discusses his book "Do Not Ask What Good We Do," which covers a year inside the House of Representatives, following the 2010 midterms.
04/26/2012
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06:39

Zach Wahls
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Zach Wahls, who addressed the Iowa House Judiciary Committee in opposition to a proposed amendment to ban gay marriage, discusses his book, "My Two Moms."
04/30/2012
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Game of Loans
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President Obama and Mitt Romney agree that student loan interest rates shouldn't double, but the parties disagree on the best way to keep aid funded.
04/30/2012
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Game of Loans - Discretionary Social Spending
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There's an interesting, fundamental debate to be had over how to pay for government aid, and then there's the bipartisan debate actually taking place in Congress.
04/30/2012
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Gaywatch - Workplace Protections, North Carolina's Marriage Laws & Candy Divorce
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President Obama opts for legislation over an order banning workplace discrimination, North Carolina proposes an anti-same-sex marriage amendment, and Mike & Ike break up.
04/30/2012
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Moment of Zen - Jimmy Kimmel at the White House Correspondents Dinner
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At the White House Correspondents Dinner, Jimmy Kimmel remembers an influential high school teacher.
04/30/2012
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Back in Black - Artisanal Foods
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Lewis Black warns that, chances are, you're not eating what you think you're eating -- unless it's a hot dog, then you know you're eating pig snouts and anuses.
05/01/2012
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Moment of Zen - Obama's bin Laden Victory Lap
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Suggesting President Obama's oversight, Fox News' Eric Bolling thanks the Navy SEALs, the CIA, and the Bush administration for the assassination of Osama bin Laden.
05/01/2012
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David Barton
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In "The Jefferson Lies," evangelical author David Barton argues that Thomas Jefferson isn't the secularist that many historians make him out to be.
05/01/2012
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Victory Lapse
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On the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death, Republicans are unaware that the frontal lobe of the cerebral cortex allows people the ability to store and recall past events.
05/01/2012
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Victory Lapse - Politicizing Osama bin Laden's & Saddam Hussein's Deaths
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In a cacophony of galling forgetfulness, Republicans accuse President Obama of failing to share credit and thanks with all those involved in killing Osama bin Laden.
05/01/2012
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