Jon begins by looking at Steve Jobs introduction of the IPhone and then on to Iraq and the White House's public relations offensive to sell Bush's new strategy. Jon discusses Bush's plan further with John Oliver, Senior Policy Analyst. Finally, Jon delves deeper into criticism of the Bush plan with an in depth analysis of Rep. David Wu's comments comparing Bush to Star Trek's Klingons, with Senior Star Trek Analogy Analysts, Leonard Nimoy and George Takei.moreless
 John Oliver (II) |
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 Jon Stewart |
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 Leonard Nimoy |
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 George Takei |
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Leonard Nimoy: The analogy is weak. Klingons, while warlike, are bound by a strong code of honor, while Vulcans, though logical, can also be quite emotional. For example during the mating ritual known as Pon Farr, you remember it from the episode Amok Time. As you recall McCoy had noticed that I was....
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Tony Snow (White House Press Secretary): Ask a simple question, if the U.S. withdraws, does it make Osama bin Laden happy or sad?
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Bush: I've committed more than 20,000 additional American troops to Iraq....Thank you, and goodnight.
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Rep. David Wu (D-Ore.):This president has listened to some people, the so-called Vulcans in the White House, the ideologues. But you know, unlike the Vulcans of Star Trek who made the decisions based on logic and fact, these guys make it on ideology. These aren't Vulcans. There are Klingons in the White House. But unlike the real Klingons of Star Trek, these Klingons have never fought a battle of their own.
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Moment of Zen: President Bush saying he doesn't need to be popular.
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