twirlgrrl | Jon Stewart

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I got one of those email forwards today that said this:

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I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!
The Correct Response

In Larry King's recent interview with Jon Stewart, Larry brought up the subject of the primaries and asked him if America is ready for a woman or a black president.

Jon looked at him quizzically and said "This is such a non-question. Did anyone ask us in 2000 if Americans were ready for a moron?"
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I love it too, but I wanted to check it out before posting it. I googled a couple key words and found several similar quotes. Then I found the actual transcript of the program. It turns out that what Jon Stewart said and the context in which he said it were a bit different. But the intent was basically the same. I loved reading the entire transcript; you might too if you (1) have time and/or read really fast, and (2) have some sense of Jon Stewart's general style and delivery.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0802/20/lkl.01.html

Here is the excerpt in question. It's interesting to compare the original with what it was boiled down to for an email forward.

KING: We're back with Jon Stewart. He's back with writers and everything and he's going to host the Academy Awards again this coming Sunday night.

OK, give me your analysis of Barack Obama.

STEWART: My analysis?

KING: Your read.

STEWART: I don't have much of an -- I mean, he's clearly an inspirational figure. I think my favorite part of the Obama candidacy and Hillary candidacy, to the same extent, is the hand-wringing over whether America is ready.

Is America ready for in this?

I don't -- are they ready for a black president?

Do we think they think they might freak out?

Are they worried maybe he'll...

KING: He'll do what?

STEWART: ...let the black people do whatever they want.

(LAUGHTER)

STEWART: You know, are they ready?

What about a woman president?

And are guys not going to get to be able to drive?

What's going to happen?

(LAUGHTER)

STEWART: You know, there's this very strange feeling of, you know, is America -- you know, I could understand them saying is America ready for a moron or is America ready for... (LAUGHTER)

STEWART: But the idea that somehow, you know, are we ready?

Will people flee, as though Godzilla was attacking the cities?