"We Really Want to Do This"

By Sniffles

One of the reasons we cats love Jon Stewart — aside from the fact that he's very funny — is that he's got more gumption than all the Complicit Enablers in the Mainstream Media combined.

The latest proof: Last night's interview of Scott McClellan on "The Daily Show." Mr. Stewart is one of the few questioners whom we've seen or heard challenge Mr. Pudgy on the robotic Republican talking points he's using to sell his book.



Since the What Happened firestorm first broke out, it's irritated us that the media have been swallowing hook, line and sinker Mr. McClellan's bland exoneration of the Bush Administration's lies as just part of what he calls "Washington's culture of deception." Instead, they should be hacking it up like a nasty hairball and refusing to let him have it both ways. It also would be nice if they would press Mr. McClellan on the fact that today's toxic partisan atmosphere was created by Republicans — starting with Lee Atwater (hello, Willie Horton?).

But, no. So we're left to depend on Mr. Stewart, a comedian, to punch through Mr. McClellan's tiresome script and ask why the Bushies aren't guilty of first-degree murder.

We PURR in Jon Stewart's direction and rub up against his — well, he's so cute, can we just rub up against his whole body?