Why does Bill Kristol go on the Daily Show, not to mention Stephen Colbert? Is he a glutton for punishment. The poor fellow is hopelessly outclassed, as his latest round with Jon Stewart proves.
Why must we turn to a “comedian” if we want to see one of these guys called to account? As a certified “serious” pundit, Kristol normally enjoys the luxury of unaccountability. He can pontificate freely about anything, secure in the knowledge that no one will ever point out that he is always wrong. He can make any assertion, secure in the knowledge that no one will pursue a point far enough to make him look like the hypocritical pompous ass that he is.
So, I guess we should give him credit for his willingness to expose himself to someone like Stewart, who can unmask him for what he is. The interview is well worth watching. I’m not posting it here because it’s quite long in the unedited for TV version. Stewart deftly gets him to admit that the military gets the best health care in the country, in a government run program that none of the rest of us, according to Kristol, deserve. This from a guy who wants to assure us that the quality of our health care will surely deteriorate if we have the option of getting our health insurance from the government.
Getting back to my original question, perhaps the only reason Kristol goes on the Daily Show is that, despite taking a shellacking, he can spread his lies secure in the knowledge that, unless Stewart is forearmed, he won’t be able to catch him up. I call my wife to attest that I said “That’s not true!”, when I heard Kristol say this:
“One reason the price of health care is going up so fast is because of government programs. The price of Medicare and Medicaid have gone up faster than private insurance. That’s well-documented.”
Stewart didn’t have the facts as his finger tips, but as Ezra Klein well documents here, the statement was totally false.
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