Episode
The Daily Show: Gen. Rupert Smith
Overview
Tonight former British Army General Rupert Smith, author of <I>The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World</I>.Jon begins with a look at the President's State of the Union Address and Bush's strong use of the word strong. Jon discusses with Jason Jones, Senior Political Analyst, the piece of mind we Americans sacrifice when we watch the news about Iraq. Jon briefly looks at all the new nominees who dropped their hat into the presidential race of 2008. Finally, Jon looks at the online newspaper versus the paper kind, and how people are using the vows section of the N.Y. Times to tell their life story as well as living obituaries, where the dead person speaks his own obituary.
Details
- Series
- The Daily Show
- Season
- Season 12
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 2007-01-22
Episode context
Gen. Rupert Smith is Episode 9 in Season 12 of The Daily Show. It aired on 2007-01-22.
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