The Daily Show Best Unlikely Political Candidate Moments

The beauty/curse of the American Democratic system is that any can throw forth their hat/rhinestone-studded diaper into the political ring and announce their sincere and inspiring/hilarious intentions to achieve elected office. What a great/ridiculous country this truly is…

Mary Carey

More clips after the jump.

The Daily Show airs Monday through Thursday at 11pm / 10c.

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Tags: Al Franken, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Fred Thompson, Jesse Ventura, Jon Stewart, Linda McMahon, Sports, The Daily Show, Video, Wrestling

Ten American Politicians Who Are Very Ugly

Ugly Americans premieres this Wednesday after the season premiere of South Park, and in order to celebrate, we've decided to create a list of the ugliest American civil servants. I don't know if you guys knew this, but the whole donkeys and elephants thing is actually a metaphor for politicians' ugly faces. Let's do this thing!

Click through the jump to continue reading this list of the ugliest politicians America has to offer.

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Tags: Al Franken, House of Representatives, Joe Biden, Joe Lieberman, John Kerry, Sarah Palin, Senate

Colbert's Best Air America Moments

Once upon a time, after years of hearing blowhard conservative assholes on talk-radio, some liberals decided they too would like to have some blowhard assholes on talk-radio, and Air America was born. Finally, people who thought NPR was too balanced and Randi Rhodes-deficient had something to shove in their ear holes. It couldn't possibly fail. And yet, late last month, it did. Probably on account of some sort of vast right-wing conspiracy. Anyway, let us now take a few moments to remember the ragtag radio network that couldn't with this hand-picked collection of Colbert Report clips.

Tip/Wag: Air America

Unlike Air America, the list continues below.

The Colbert Report airs Monday through Thursday at 11:30pm / 10:30c.

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Tags: Air America, Al Franken, Arianna Huffington, Liberals, Rachel Maddow, Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report, Video

Al Franken Slaps Down Joe Lieberman on the Senate Floor: Redux

Here's an adaptation of yesterday's incident involving Sen. Al Franken and Joe Lieberman…

(via Reddit)

Tags: Al Franken, Democrats, Joe Lieberman, Kanye West, Senate

Al Franken Slaps Down Joe Lieberman on the Senate Floor

I wonder if Al Franken is feeling a little bitterness toward Joe Lieberman these days…

Childish? Sure.

Fun to watch? Without objection.

Tags: Al Franken, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Senate