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NEIL: HERE'S HOW BAD A WEEK IT'S
BEEN FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA.
FORGET ABOUT ISSA, BUT I THINK
HE LOST JOHN STEWART.
I'M NEIL CAVUTO.
THE MOST TRUSTED MAN IN AMERICA,
PRESIDENT OBAMA LOSING ARGUABLY
THE FUNNIEST MAN IN AMERICA
BECAUSE WHILE JOHN MAY RIP FOX,
TAKE IT FROM ME, THE FOCUS OF A
NOW AND THEN TRUE, JOHN STEWART
IS FUNNY, AND FOR PRESIDENT
OBAMA, HE'S RELIABLE, GENERALLY
EASY GOING ALI UNTIL LATELY WHEN
THE COMIC SLOW AND STEADY
SUPPORT TURNED OVER SOMETHING
FAST AND FURIOUS.
DON'T LISTEN TO ME.
LISTEN TO JOHN.
>> TURNS OUT THAT DURING THE
BUSH ADMINISTRATION, EXECUTIVE
PRIVILEGE WAS SEEN BY THE
DEMOCRATS AS A REFUGE OF
SCOUNDRELS AND UPSET MANY, MANY
PEOPLE BACK THEN.
HERE'S ONE OF THEM CHOSEN AT
RANDOM.
>> IT'S A TENDENCY ON THIS PART
OF THE ADMINISTRATION TO TRY TO
HIDE BEHIND EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE
EVERY TIME THERE'S SOMETHING A
LITTLE SHAKY THAT'S TAKING
PLACE, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW,
THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD BE BEST
SERVED BY COMING CLEAN ON THIS.
[LAUGHTER]
THAT HANDSOME YOUNG SENIOR IS
RIGHT.
[LAUGHTER]
IF THE CURRENT PRESIDENT IGNORES
THIS YOUNG MAN'S ADVICE --
[LAUGHTER]
THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOW IN THE
POSITION OF HAVING TO DEFEND AN
EXECUTIVE ACTION THAT THEY
THOROUGHLY DENOUNCED IN THE BUSH
ADMINISTRATION NOT FIVE YEARS
PRIOR MEANS WE HAVE NO CHOICE
BUT TO PLAY EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE
GAME!
♪ ♪
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE FROM THE
PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
NEIL: ALL RIGHT.
DON'T LAUGH.
WHEN IT COMES TO SWAYING VOTERS,
#E AND AT THE VERY LEAST, HE'S
NOT JUST A COMIC, BUT POLITICAL
EXPERTS SAY HE'S INFLUENTIAL
TODAY AS AN ANCHOR WAS IN THE 50
YEARS AGO.
>> IT WAS INCREASINGLY CLEAR
THIS THIS REPORTER THE ONLY WAY
OUT THEN WOULD BE TO NEGOTIATE,
NOT AS VICTIMS.
NEIL: YOU KNOW, JOHNSON SAW THAT
FAMOUS REPORT ON VIETNAM AND
IMMEDIATELY CONCLUDED IF I LOST
CONTACT, I LOST MIDDLE AMERICA.
LBJ WAS RIGHT, WASN'T HE?
CRONKITE DID SERIOUS HARM, AND A
COMEDIAN COULD BE HARMING THIS
PRESIDENT.
I DON'T THINK, AND I DON'T THINK
JOHN THINKS HE MOVES THE MASSES,
BUT HE SETS THE DEBATE AND HELPS
SET THE TONE, AND FOR THE
PRESIDENT'S INCREASINGLY
RESTLESS BASE, JOHN DOES SPEAK
TO THE DISQUIETING TONE.
CERTAINLY AMONG LOYAL ALLIES WHO
YEARS AGO SHOUTED, "YES, WE
CAN," AND NOW IN A DAILY SHOW
DRUM BEAT SMIKER, NO, I GUESS WE
CAN'T.
TAKE IT FROM A GUY WHO TAKES
LITTLE PITY FROM WHERE I WORK.
MR. PRESIDENT, YOU ARE A PIECE
OF WORK, AND I'M NOT SAYING HE'S
ON THE WAY TO BEING A PUNCH
AMONG THOSE WHO MAKE US LAUGH,
HE'S BECOMING SOMETHING