When Mehdi Hasan sat down with Jon Stewart last month, the roles were reversed. This time, the Emmy-winning host of The Daily Show was the one asking the questions — about corporate media, Gaza, Do…
  • Serinus@lemmy.world
    51·
    4 months ago

    Maybe. But the time for Jon Stewart was 2024. There wasn’t a single person alive in a better position to take down Trump.

    • redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      13·
      4 months ago

      Are you familiar with Jon? He’s qualified. The Rock or Tom Cruise would be poor choices. So would Mark Cuban. But Jon knows government and all the individual assholes that make it up at the top. The only other hope the democrats have is AOC. Bernie and Warren are too old.

    • favoredponcho@lemmy.zip
      251·
      4 months ago

      Jon Stewart has his heart in the right place and even knows where the democrats are really lacking

    • Omega@lemmy.world
      11·
      4 months ago

      Having Jon only excites me in that he could get things done using his popularity. Biden got a lot done, but he used backroom deals and clever policy negotiations. But he’s one of the worst communicators of our generation. And his stubbornness may have lead to Trump (no guarantees Trump would have lost, but Biden almost guaranteed he won).

      Honestly, I would have been excited to have Biden a second time over Trump, and I don’t love him to begin with.

      Hell, at this point if Trump dropped dead and we somehow got Romney as president instead of the nut jobs in the maga party, I’d be pretty stoked.

      TLDR: I want anyone who can move us back towards okay.

    • psivchaz@reddthat.com
      16·
      4 months ago

      TBH we need to bring back fireside chats. A more direct communication from President to people. Imagine if that was just the expectation

      For my part, if I were President, I would explain what I am working on and who is in my way. Just every week. “This week, my main goal is still universal healthcare. I want everyone to be able to get the medical care they need. Here is a list of the senators currently opposing, and the state they represent…”