On Face the Nation last Sunday, retired General, Supreme NATO Commander and argyle sweater model Wesley Clark argued that John McCain's experience catapulting himself out of a flaming fighter jet doesn't actually qualify him to lead the free world, increasing production in your average Fox & Friends host's salivary glands by approximately 6800%.

Needless to say, things weren't always this way, as evidenced by this classic Daily Show clip from a time when the cable news-o-sphere still thought it was totally cool to cast a little bit of doubt on a genuine war hero's war record every now and again.