Stewart Takes On The RNC Chairman Debate (VIDEO)

Before "The Daily Show" went on break, Jon Stewart did one of his most entertaining interviews ever with none other than Michael Steele -- in puppet form -- on his seeking re-election. Tuesday night, Stewart continued to rip on the current Republican National Committee Chairman, but also turned his attention to the other RNC Chair candidates and their behavior in the debate held Monday.

The person who took the most heat was Missouri's Ann Wagner, whose look Stewart said needed to be "grizzlied" and who thought one of the debate questions was "What is your favorite bar" instead of "book." Her answer? "My kitchen table."

"I'm not sure 'kitchen table' is a good answer for either question," Stewart said. "Yes, I like to sit alone in the same place I eat breakfast and get sh*tfaced."

But Steele also made a snafu during the favorite book question, responding that his favorite was "War & Peace" and then quipping "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," which is the opening line of "A Tale Of Two Cities."

Watch the rest of the clip to see Stewart's take on the other debate questions asked, which consisted of yes/no questions about Planned Parenthood being de-funded and whether or not Sarah Palin can win a general election, as well as how many guns each candidate personally owns.

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Comments

[thepostalfeminist]

06:28 AM on 01/14/2011

This clip should come with a warning:
"No eating or drinking as convulsive laughter may cause choking!"

[TILL]

12:56 PM on 01/07/2011

“Unbelievab­le. Norquist, before ripping lobbying money off Indian casinos with Abrahmhoff­, was ripping lobbying money off Muslim terror organizati­ons. His work with the Muslim terrorists organizati­ons, fronts of course, and their funding of him, got terrorist folk into seeing W. This connection was probably the reason Norquist escaped the federal pen, while Abramhoff did not. It was just too hot for the Bush administra­tion, to sacrifice Norquist with him being the connection between Bush and the Muslim money. Moral is it's about money, first and foremost, we come a distant, I don't know. Pick a number. Everybody is playing everybody, and we don't count. Only big money is in the game, so to speak. Norquist is played by an actor in the movie Casino Jack, I haven't seen it yet. Spacey plays Jack. I think there is also a doc. out on Abramhoff, Norquist, haven't seen that one either. Coincident­ly it's a republican thing, and is plutocrati­c driven, coincident­ly. N. has quite a checkered career. See, http://nat­ionalcorru­ptionindex­.org/pages­/profile.p­hp?profile­_id=21”

[lisaman]

10:14 AM on 01/07/2011

Really, who is worse, the people asking the questions or those having to answer them? For instance, what purpose does it serve the RNC to know how many guns a nominee owns? Does it matter when voting for their chairman? One huge issue with Steele was fundraising and accounting, perhaps that would have been a better road to drive down? Of course this process gave them Steele so once again they are proving they don't learn from their mistakes.

[thepostalfeminist]

06:31 AM on 01/14/2011

Excellent point. Judging by the questions asked, the bar is set pretty low.

[Busterman]

02:40 AM on 01/07/2011

It's only funny to make fun of whites

[Layman23]

02:48 AM on 01/07/2011

Selective memory? Michael Steele was the butt of the jokes in that segment !

[LebronJeremy]

11:39 PM on 01/06/2011

We are so effed.

[Tails]

07:44 PM on 01/06/2011

I have a wild idea.

How about instead of @bortion quesitons, they all get asked, "How many kids have you adopted?"

Or...

Instead of "how many guns do you own?" They get asked, "How many wars have you fought it?"

[3x3org]

01:28 AM on 01/07/2011

FANNED AND FAVED!!

[Tails]

02:33 AM on 01/07/2011

Just a shot in the dark.

[GSR]

07:05 AM on 01/06/2011

You can't be serious America.

[rich24h]

04:57 PM on 01/06/2011

head south enough said

[Tails]

07:43 PM on 01/06/2011

Or Iowa.

[isb782]

04:14 AM on 01/06/2011

John was funny as usual last night. The whole bit about RNC debate was crazy, I could not stop laughing.

[goingstrong]

03:53 AM on 01/06/2011

Jon Stewart is hilarious and anyone who feels threatened by his antics and comedy DESERVES to be!

[TheGreyDuck]

02:52 AM on 01/06/2011

Michael Steele... whadda schmuck

[Irregardless]

02:05 AM on 01/06/2011

OH this is bad. This is REAL bad. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

[isb782]

04:16 AM on 01/06/2011

I decide to laugh instead.

[Shami Khan]

11:48 PM on 01/05/2011

It would be funny if it wasn't true. So, the lady with tons of guns get to be new RNC chair?

[lookingforintegrity]

09:48 PM on 01/05/2011

Oh dear. Is this not embarrassing to Republicans? This is called a debate? It is more like a bunch of 12 year olds testing kids to see if they can be in the "cool" club.

[Dr Jimmy and Mr Jim]

09:33 PM on 01/05/2011

What's the matter, Jon? Are you all through ripping on Keith Olbermann and Ed Shulz?

Did you find that having Texas Gov. Rick Perry on your show to plug his book and you kissed his back-side and didn't ask him ONE tough question... You didn't ask him about his desire for TX to secede from the Union, perhaps this cost you some ratings???

So you're back to rippin' on the GOP? Think it might help? Not me. I've seen enough. You had me, then you lost me.

[TheGreyDuck]

02:48 AM on 01/06/2011

Hello,
This is Jon Stewart. I'm mortified that I had you and then I lost you. How will I live this down?
Sincerely,
Jon Stewert

[Dr Jimmy and Mr Jim]

08:17 PM on 01/06/2011

"GreyDuck, I served with Jon Stewart, I knew Jon Stewart, Jon Stewart was a friend of mine. GreyDuck, you are no Jon Stewart."

[SouthernJewel]

09:10 PM on 01/05/2011

Hilarious...just hilarious.
Thanks to the staff of The Daily Show and of course, Jon Stewart.
Loved it!

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"

Michael Steele quotes from War and Peace
*snicker*

[KillgoreTrout43]

09:16 PM on 01/05/2011

They should have asked him who the author was.

[Tails]

02:33 AM on 01/07/2011

The default person answer is Reagan. To all questions.

[isb782]

04:38 AM on 01/06/2011

I burst out laughing when he quoted Charles Dicken classic instead.