May 05, 2005
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The Daily Show covered a UK campaign event, contrasting the fully-scripted campaign commercials Dubya passes off as town halls with the brutal British ones. A desi guy in the audience virtually yelled at the British prime minister about the Iraq war:
That is a lie. You lied to this country, and that’s why we can’t support you the following election.
Wow, actual political commentary instead of rear entry and a hand job. So Ajai Raj continues to squat on his dubious throne.
Watch the video. The back of the hand is at 2:03 in the clip.
Separately, Raj got his mug splashed all over Fox News. Ann Coulter started off gracious:
He asked one of the more intelligent questions from the liberals… I like question and answer… It was no worse than the other ones…
But then her tone turned nasty:
Challenging questions are a little more fun than someone standing up and engaging in Tourette’s syndrome at the mike, but that’s kind of funny too… Who was he trying to persuade with that?
She added sarcastically:
Oh, and he’s attractive… I can’t really tell them apart. Good-lookin’ guy like that doesn’t really stand out in any leftist crowd…
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manish on May 5, 2005 04:27 PM in Politics, TV · T·r·a·c·k·b·a·c·k address · Direct link · Email post
Y'all need to start a category called "Thappards" for stories like the UK Sepia Smackdown on Blair. And the Office clip of course. ;)
While that desi was one of the better commentors on that program- the quote you selected was the wrong one. Just because you yell liar at someone three times doesnt make you right. The kid had some really good points before that. And this Ajai fellow seems to be an idiot-- he will definitly get his balls cut off with a thalavar by his father.
oh yeah, another point-- British politics is so much better. I swear, I love watching the politicians battle it out on Question time every week. I wish we could bring things like that to the United States.
Sorry, that's all The Daily Show had, and I can't find a complete version on the C-Span site.
I'm down. When do you want to start? I'm free to head down to Congress next week.
Why is Ajai Raj an idiot? For having the balls to stand up to a right wing nut case?
For once someone out-Coultered Coulter. Kudos to him.
For cutting and running. For not standing his ground.
He was there to make a point. He made it and then left. In any case she was so flumoxxed that she couldn't even answer the question.
He ran to the back of the room, making lewd hand gestures and hoping he'd get away before anyone reacted. That's like midnight graffiti tagging. That hardly takes balls.
Balls is standing there and demanding an answer.
Ok, how many people asked her even a moderately tough question? Granted, I wasn't there, so I wouldn't really know. But I would imagine it would take a whole lot of guts to go up in front of everyone and call her bluff. That's my point.
He was going to get nailed whether he stood there or not. And he did seem genuinely suprised when the cops arrested him.
His comments and gestures were lewd, but it couldn't have been addressed to a more appropriate person.
"Sorry, that's all The Daily Show had, and I can't find a complete version on the C-Span site."
BBC has the actual thing up, I believe.
Can't find it, got a link?
Here ya go...http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/question_time/default.stm#
I really wish we could have this sort of thing in the U.S. Question though, I haven't been back to India in a while, do they have this there yet? By "this" I mean programs where the candidates are brought out and rabidly attacked by the public?
uh, karthik, that wasn't a "tough question". it was a stupid prank.
also, ann coulter wasn't being gracious. This line: He asked one of the more intelligent questions from the liberals
was a lefthanded compliment. The implication being that most comments from the liberals were stupider than raj's "what do you think of marriages etc.". Coulter wasn't talking about outlawing sodomy, obviously, but about why marriage is a good thing. If you disagree with that, that's your prerogative, but raj was unable to formulate a cutting counterargument and just resorted to profanity. that was stupid. And cheering him on reflects poorly on desis and on liberals.
To put this in perspective, this wasn't exactly comparable to "You, sir, are no John Kennedy" on the scale of witty comebacks. It wasn't even a funny SNL skit.
Sorry, blah, SNL doesnt count; they havent been funny in a long ass time.
give the guy a break, he wasn't drafting a constitution for world peace