February 23, 2006
A Literal Need for a Cluebat
Ill. Governor Confused by ‘Daily Show’ Bit
Gov. Rod Blagojevich wasn’t in on the joke. Blagojevich says he didn’t realize “The Daily Show” was a comedy spoof of the news when he sat down for an interview that ended up poking fun at the sometimes-puzzled Democratic governor.
“It was going to be an interview on contraceptives … that’s all I knew about it,” Blagojevich laughingly told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in a story for Thursday’s editions. “I had no idea I was going to be asked if I was ‘the gay governor.’”
The interview focused on his executive order requiring pharmacies to fill prescriptions for emergency birth control.
Interviewer Jason Jones pretended to stumble over Blagojevich’s name before calling him “Governor Smith.” He urged Blagojevich to explain the contraception issue by playing the role of “a hot 17-year-old” and later asked if he was “the gay governor.”
I don’t often use the word “Cluebat”. Too often, it is a partisan term used to deride leftists for, well, being leftists. Sure, there are quite a few on the left without a clue, but many more of them are just honestly wrong.
This guy, though, needs a cluebat upside the head. I might understand if some governor representing the Christian right didn’t have an idea what the Daily Show was. I’d expect a staffer to step in and intervene, but you never know. This guy, though, is a Democrat. If he doesn’t know the Daily Show, he doesn’t have his finger on the pulse of those who voted for him. And if none of his staffers are smart enough to give him a heads-up on this? That’s pretty sad…
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The Daily Show and the Colbert Report are two of my guilty pleasures. Besides, I tend to laugh at lefties on principle; but this way, it’s actually encouraged.
Clueless, yes.
But oddly, there are people who are too busy to watch tv. Let alone spoof-tv.