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* The Jon Stewart vs. Jim Cramer "showdown" had huge ratings. Entertainment Weekly:Thursday night's anticipated appearance by CNBC financial guru Jim Cramer on Comedy Central's The Daily Show With Jon Stewart netted big ratings, the cable network announced on Friday. The program drew a crowd of some 2.3 million viewers, making it the year's second-most-watched Daily Show installment, after the episode that aired on Inauguration Day (which garnered 2.6 million pairs of eyeballs). Overall, it was among the top 10 shows in the 12 1/2-year history of the fake news program.
Although the Daily Show calls itself "fake news" or satire, it is important to note that Stewart has turned it into a fine art. Not everyone can do it.
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*** ABC NEWS has debunked the latest Fox News talking point:
The treasure trove of documents obtained by Judicial Watch from the Department of Defense regarding Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's use of military aircraft doesn't seem to prove the organization's allegation that Pelosi has made "unprecedented demands" for the flights.
In fact, it appears that Pelosi uses military aircraft less often than her predecessor, former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert....
....The documents obtained by Judicial Watch also disprove another frequently repeated rumor about Pelosi's travel: that she regularly flies home to San Francisco in an Air Force C-40, the military equivalent of a Boeing 737. According to the documents, Pelosi did not make any domestic trips on a C-40 during the 23-month period from January 2007 to November 2008. Her trips to San Francisco have all been on smaller executive aircraft, usually an Air Force C-20 (the equivalent of a Gulfstream G-3) or a more plush C-37 (a Gulfstream G-5)....
The Republicans need to stop demonizing Speaker Pelosi. We all know the Republicans are operating without ideas, plans, and leadership. The GOP has nothing to offer and so they attack Speaker Pelosi. I think Americans will continue to support President Obama and the Democrats because they are offering hope and a plan for fixing the country. The Republicans? Not so much.
