Friday, July 8, 2022

Opinion | The (Fairly Serious) Case for Jon Stewart in 2024 — Juleanna Glover (MMT related)

 To get the “seriousness” question out of the way right off the top: Stewart’s definition of being an entertainer has him wrestling with the kind of big, serious topics that actual politicians specialize in avoiding. He spends his time recording an AppleTV show and podcast interview show on policy issues such as abortion, climate change, gun control, misinformation, modern monetary theory and other wonky-current topics, with the occasional Judd Apatow and Mark Cuban appearance thrown in for gloss.

So he’s clearly engaged enough for the job. But the bigger reason is that he’s a better fit than most politicians for what modern politics has become....
Politico
Opinion | The (Fairly Serious) Case for Jon Stewart in 2024 
Juleanna Glover
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/07/08/jon-stewart-2024-democrats-00044146

1 comment:

Peter Pan said...

Stewart-Dore 2024 !

Lots of laughs.
What could go wrong?