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I try quite hard to stay away from political conversation with just about everyone except a chosen few. It's not that I don't have opinions...I just don't want to listen to other people's crap. However, John Stewart's appearance Friday on CNN's Crossfire "debate" show is just too damn good to pass up.

And if you really listen to the interview and what Stewart is saying, he isn't even being partisan (though he is obviously a leftist Kerry vote). What he's really striking out at is the media in general, both left and right.

MTV (of all places) sums it up pretty well...

In an era when the media is increasingly fragmented and viewers can surround themselves with programming that falls right in line with their own views, be they on the right or the left, Stewart's blast seemed especially on point. It seems fitting that the tirade came on a day when much of the media attention focused on the presidential race was directed at the mention of Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter during the last presidential debate, as opposed to the issues addressed at that debate.

Politics have gotten so far away from "issues" that a normal shmuck like me can't make heads or tails of what the real talking points are. I now depend on people like Ed to explain this stuff to me...but then I'm just repeating his opinions...and then what kind of American am I?

I absolutely love John Stewart for one reason and one reason only: he makes me laugh. He makes me laugh really hard just about every night he's on TV. But beyond that, he seems pretty good at pointing out the idiocy of the current political process from BOTH the left and the right. Go John!

• Watch the interview
• Read the transcript of the interview

(Thanks Farwell)