Bill Kristol Knocks New York Times, Predicts McCain Win On "Daily Show" (VIDEO)

Bill Kristol knocked his own paper, the New York Times, on "The Daily Show" last night, and repeated his prediction that John McCain will win the White House on Tuesday.

Jon Stewart joked with the error-prone Kristol, who he has mocked before, "You can't look at past performance as a predictor, otherwise you wouldn't be, obviously, still a pundit."

"You're reading The New York Times too much, Jon," Kristol told Stewart, only for Stewart to remind him that he works there. "Oh, it's a very fine newspaper — on one day of the week."

Kristol also predicted that McCain would "win huge," but that even if Barack Obama does pull it off, he ill be a "conventional" president."

Watch:

Previously: Jon Stewart: "Oh, Bill Kristol, Are You Ever Right?"

Comments

[Doofus]

'His own paper' is actually _The_Weekly_Standard_.
He's just moon-lightin' at the NYT, with Dave Brooks.

Since Jon Stewart has got to be looking for a replacement
for Bob Novak's title of 'Major D.o.u.c.h.e.b.a.g',
maybe Billy Kristol is up for it?

[Mamalucia]

Kristol: if Barack Obama does pull it off, he ill be a "conventional" president."
Oh, after 8 miserable years of an unconventional incompetent-in-chief, this country could use a conventional president.
This is from an immigrant who was recently naturalized: http://brandnewcitizen.blogspot.com/
"Isn't it ironic that if a foreigner would have somehow devised a plan to bring the American economy to its knees, that individual would have been designated
ENEMY OF THE STATE?
But because it was the president who did that (probably not intentionally, but a direct result of his incompetence and carelessness), he will just slip away to his place in history, whatever that place may be (not hard to imagine though). "

[rwt1138]

I have actually been nervous that he would predict an inevitable Obama win, I cannot describe the sheer relief and happiness I feel about this prediction. If there are any Bill Kristol fans reading this, I am still waiting for someone to post a link to a prediction Kristol got right.

Just one.

About anything. Been asking for months, so far no takers.

Could we get Kristol a job predicting football games? Or better, could we get Vegas to start taking bets on the things Kristol opines about? Money's tight and I could use a sure bet.

[sclucie]

thanks for the laugh.

[NYNY]

Bill Kristol is not an intelligent conservative. That's an oxymoron. Why does he bother writing for the NY Times? And why did they hire him in the first place? Of all the talent out there, why hire a has been? McCain winning? Which poll is he looking at? More to the point: he and other conservatives are spinning the election polls so that some voters will believe that McCain is actually winning and perhaps vote for him.

[LITU]

Nobody seems to get it. The neo-cons have NO intention of giving up that which has taken them 3 decades to achieve. Never underestimate the en e _my.

I, LITU, am going into this with my eyes wide open.

[BrianMac]

What are you doing to help stop it?

[fumes]

kreepy

[AurigaRa]

Kristol is scum.

He hand-picked Palin. That tells you what he really thinks of America.

[ThePublicRecord]

http://www.pubrecord.org/sarah-palin/442-palin-faces-more-trouble-over-troopergate-.html

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[fedupwiththis]

This was terribly revealing. "It's only an election." These neo-cons just don't take republican democracy seriously. Kristol and his evil old man (the step father of neo-conservatism) don't think the rabble can rule themselves. It requires wiser heads (like theirs) to rule properly. Like John Adams and Alexander Hamilton they think we need an aristocracy to maintain order. I loath this man so much. He has done great harm to our nation.

[hereinmiami]

amen.

[pixy242a]

Why are Libs so darned nice. Jon Stewart should have other Repubs on -- not this hack. Kristol can still smile after being wrong about everything. Thats the thing that irritates me about most rightwing spokespeople, that smirk, whether they have reason to or not. McCain too has this habit of grinning at the end of every sentence, no matter if the content requires it or not. As if his just uttering the sentence is an achievment.

[actionnotwords]

Oh, this is good news indeed! Bill Kristol is wrong about EVERYTHING! Hurray - Obama's going to win!

[BobChippewaWi]

Kristol is a republician and a FOX News Sunday flunky, what do you expect? He is going to sit there and say McCain is going to lose HUGE but then we can't take anything for granted, get out and vote early if you can, get your friends, volunteer; we don't want a repeat of 2000

[LITU]

He is so much more than that! His father is known as the Father of Neo-Conservatism. Billy is one of the original architects of PNAC, and he is DEFINITELY one of the pupper masters.

[dartagnan]

I think it's gonna be more like a repeat of 1932 or 1964 or maybe 1984.

Nah, I'm sure McCain will carry more than ONE state.

[dartagnan]

Kristol obviously is not taking his own statement about a McCain win seriously.

[btanner]

Are we ever gonna know what it is you see in her that makes her qualified? Now is a good time to tell us what we don't already know. A supposedly intelligent person professing his undying love for her. I don't get it.

[dartagnan]

She's a MKLF? (The "K" stands for Kristol.)

[Noogie]

Almost a GKLF.

[PepeLepew]

I seem to remember Bill Kristol also once saying George Bush will go down in history as one of the greatest presidents of all time ... and Jon Stewart was absolutely dumbfounded by him.

[dartagnan]

Do you think maybe Kristol just says some of this stuff to be outrageous? Or is he completely delusional? I really don't know ...

[LITU]

Never delusional, often wrong, but ALWAYS dangerous.

[EileneLepht]

He has to say that .....Afterall, he is/was the chairman of PNAC. Bush was their puppet and did his job well. We are in Iraq now because of "visionaries" like Kristol.

[EileneLepht]

I meant to give the PNAC link in my last post.


http://www.newamericancentury.org/aboutpnac.htm