The Blue Line

Rattling on about the 2004 election

Tuesday, October 19, 2004

"Crossfire" host announces that he's clueless

Here’s what dweeby “Crossfire” host Tucker Carlson said yesterday about Jon Stewart’s appearance on the show Friday,

"I thought that he looked ridiculous and I think the tape makes that clear."

Huh? Check it out for yourself.

First of all, I can’t stand watching political debate shows on TV, so I haven’t watched “Crossfire” since the 1980s, but I watched the tape and Jon Stewart has it exactly right: Shows like “Crossfire” are to political debate what WWF is to real sports. And it is the utter idiocy of shows like “Crossfire” that have led to the popularity of shows like Stewart’s and Bill Maher’s, both of which accidently convey more relevant information than the likes of “Crossfire.”