Visiting Jon Stewart
July 17, 2024

Thought I was in a remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show doing  the "Time Warp."  Yesterday, I once again met my old debating partner, Jon Stewart, on his home field:  The Daily Show.

This came together quickly to show the country that political discourse can actually be fun. It doesn't have to be hateful. The banter was quick and pithy; the mostly young studio audience seemed to enjoy it.

That rarely happens anymore because it requires talent and discipline to conduct a discourse without using the f-word and references to The Third Reich.  Cheap invective is easy; concise framing of your points is not.

America is awash with media haters who want to harm their political opponents, not best them using facts.  We have become a mean country with massive assistance from social media.  Cowards now can throw vicious rhetorical bombs without consequence.

Stewart and I conducted a clinic Tuesday night.  It's a display well worth watching.
Anger always makes things worse. Humor does the exact opposite.

I'll play you some clips on this evening's No Spin News.

Posted by Bill O'Reilly at 12:00 AM
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