New political tool: hunger strikes

[garbon]

So, is this guy still on his hunger strike, or did the political opposition find this legislative technique too much to handle, and finally give in?  

They gave in not that long after he declared it.

[Malthus]

Yeah.

For one, no mention of the Maple Leafs. 

To be fair I did say it was the Stanley Cup finals.  Even fan fiction must have some amount of believability.

They can't even make it to the finals in Timmay's alternate history. 

Tie Domi and Don Cherry slash fiction.

brrrr.

Somehow, I imagine the phrase "nice Tie you got there" would arise. 

[KRonn]

So, is this guy still on his hunger strike, or did the political opposition find this legislative technique too much to handle, and finally give in?   

They gave in not that long after he declared it.

Lol...

[DGuller]

I remember seeing that guy interviewed on The Daily Show.  It sickened me when the audience applauded as he was talking about nationalizing foreign industries.  Sometimes liberals can be very stupid, or at the very least way too polite.

[garbon]

Lol...

Looked it up, opposition faded after 5 days of Evo and supporters only drinking water and chewing on coca leaves.  So basically Evo used coca leaves to suppress his appetite...

[Josquius]

How annoying.
This is such a childish strategy.

[Syt]

I remember seeing that guy interviewed on The Daily Show.  It sickened me when the audience applauded as he was talking about nationalizing foreign industries.  Sometimes liberals can be very stupid, or at the very least way too polite.

I prefer the interviews on Colbert Report. Daily Show does funnier news bits, but Colbert is the better (more inconvenient) interviewer, asking the uncomfortable questions through his Hansmeister persona.

[DGuller]

I remember seeing that guy interviewed on The Daily Show.  It sickened me when the audience applauded as he was talking about nationalizing foreign industries.  Sometimes liberals can be very stupid, or at the very least way too polite.

I prefer the interviews on Colbert Report. Daily Show does funnier news bits, but Colbert is the better (more inconvenient) interviewer, asking the uncomfortable questions through his Hansmeister persona.

I disagree strongly.  I find Colbert's interviews highly unwatchable, because he doesn't STFU for one second and let his shtick rest, and let his guest actually talk.  His questions are uncomfortable, because being talked over and interrupted all the time is pretty uncomfortable.

I like Stewart's style of getting serious and respectful during interviews, and letting the viewers actually find out something about the guest, or his area of expertise.  It's true that he's extremely soft, but it's not his job to ambush guests Tim Russert style.

[Syt]

His questions are uncomfortable, because being talked over and interrupted all the time is pretty uncomfortable.

That's often, though, because he doesn't let his guests skirt around questions too much and tries to get a straight answer out of them now and then.

[DGuller]

His questions are uncomfortable, because being talked over and interrupted all the time is pretty uncomfortable.

That's often, though, because he doesn't let his guests skirt around questions too much and tries to get a straight answer out of them now and then.

That's not my experience, but maybe I'm just too irritated by his shtick to notice this subtlety.  In general, his guests can't give a straight answer, because they're rarely allowed to say anything meaningful at all.

[Neil]

I remember seeing that guy interviewed on The Daily Show.  It sickened me when the audience applauded as he was talking about nationalizing foreign industries.  Sometimes liberals can be very stupid, or at the very least way too polite.

I prefer the interviews on Colbert Report. Daily Show does funnier news bits, but Colbert is the better (more inconvenient) interviewer, asking the uncomfortable questions through his Hansmeister persona.

I disagree strongly.  I find Colbert's interviews highly unwatchable, because he doesn't STFU for one second and let his shtick rest, and let his guest actually talk.  His questions are uncomfortable, because being talked over and interrupted all the time is pretty uncomfortable.

I like Stewart's style of getting serious and respectful during interviews, and letting the viewers actually find out something about the guest, or his area of expertise.  It's true that he's extremely soft, but it's not his job to ambush guests Tim Russert style.

It's their job to be funny, not informative.  Stewart has gotten a little too full of himself.