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Jon Stewart's "Daily Show" retirement is barely two weeks old, but there's already a push to bring him back to the airwaves next year -- this time as moderator of one of the upcoming presidential debates.
"Over the last 16 years, Jon Stewart has played an influential and iconic role in covering U.S. politics and media," the petition on Change.org reads. "We believe he should continue that tradition as a moderator at one of the 2016 Presidential Debates."
The petition notes that Stewart has interviewed 15 heads of state, 22 members of the Cabinet, 32 U.S. Senators and seven members of the House of Representatives, as well as "scores of other political leaders from this country and around the world while establishing himself as the most trusted person in (satirical) news."
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So far, more than 120,000 people have signed the petition addressed to the Commission on Presidential Debates, the nonprofit and nonpartisan organization that sets the locations and chooses the moderators for each debate.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jon-stewart-presidential-debate_55d68977e4b020c386de3650?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067
Petition
https://www.change.org/p/we-want-jon-stewart-to-moderate-a-2016-presidential-debate
Renew Deal
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(42,714 posts)But not could as "he might"
Never going to happen.
Renew Deal
(81,863 posts)But I doubt he wants to get too far onto the serious side of things.
cui bono
(19,926 posts)I don't think he would be good at it after seeing how sweet he always was to the evil doers such as Bill Kristol, Rummy and Condoleeza Rice who were on his show. Why he let them on there so they could make money off their crimes is beyond me.
We need someone who is always on their game and who is not nicer to the a-holes than to the ones actually on the people's side.