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Conversation is upsetting. really sad. >> depressing. i totally agree. we took him for granted because he was so good so smooth so funny. so all of it. i know that david you've written a lot about this show and you've said in part that the genius of "the daily show" with jon stewart has been that it's not really a spoof on the news it's humor is the news, the absurdities of tone deaf politicians so much so out of touch with reality that they fail to see how ormoronic they are. more importantly, stewart is also reminding us these people are making decisions that impact the lives of millions. te...

Years to do what we've always done in this country and that is to point out the absurdities in the extremes wherever we find them. and obviously for many many years that's been in the islamic militants' violent extremist corners where there's such extremes and absurdities that some have used satire to try to understand or explain it. so i had that conversation with him and indeed at that time you know again, this is all in hindsight and it's really actually quite difficult to talk about when ten of our colleagues potentially, or 12 have been murdered that there were criticisms that perhaps the...

The fact is, cockfighting never was a big thing in kentucky. go to the coastal states, it wasn't a big deal. [ all speak at once ] >> i never wanted to. did he ever hear about michael vick either? it's very bizarre. but it's like every guy who runs for president tells you they're a hunter. >> trying to show he's down-home kentuckian. it's absurd. >> that's what happened when you're out of order, out of place. he was not mimicking the true values of kentucky. >> was this like belgian endives? [ laughter ] anyway, the florida gubernatorial race was full of absurdities, but the contest will forev...

Amendment. amendment. well, the professor claiming the amendment itself leads to killings but is that even close to true? radio talk show host dr. jean lou den joins us now on that topic. thanks for joining us this morning. >> happy to be with you. >> do you see the irony at all of a university professor, someone whose job is to explain the constitution, among other things attacking the document that preservative his right it to spout this nonsense? >> you took exactly what i was going to say that it is. the bill of rights that he cites when he talks about this district of columbia vs. heller ...

Loves you. ♪ ♪ >> i'm joni ernst, i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm. so when i get to washington, i'll know how to cut pork. >> joni ernst, mother, soldier, conservative. we're back with michael, michelle, and howard. it was of course the year of absurdities on the campaign trail. joni ernst ran away with the iowa senate race, thanks in part to the wild ad you just saw. that was just the tip of the iceberg this year. it was one of the nastiest midterm elections ever. some of the big races it went from nasty to absurd, especially toward the end. here's the best of the best from th...