Ouch. Jon Stewart smacks down Oregon's Tucker Bounds
Last night, on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart went off one of his patented comic tirades - and this time his target was McCain spokesman and Oregonian Tucker Bounds.
He was interviewing CNN's Campbell Brown, whose interview with Tucker was a YouTube sensation, about retribution from the political campaigns.
Brown: I did an interview with someone from the McCain campaign that the McCain campaign thought was too tough.Stewart: Tucker Bounds --
Brown: Exactly.
Stewart: -- who I have seen on almost every network being kicked around like one of those things - you know, he's terrible. I mean, he is.
I don't say this lightly, but to see a stupid person put out there as a spokesman. (You could just nod you head.)
Brown: I don't think he's a stupid person, but he's not answering questions, and it's a waste of my time, it's a waste of the audience's time. I don't want to hear it. If you're going to come on and just blather -- spare us all!
Stewart: Send someone with a functioning cerebral cortex.
Sensing, perhaps, that his court-jester act had crossed the line, Jon Stewart closed the show this way:
Join us tomorrow night at 11 o'clock. Tucker Bounds will be our guest! I'm kidding. I really don't know who he is. I'm sure he's very smart. I was being glib. I'm an asshole. Actually, our guest tomorrow night will be one of my favorite all time, Steve Martin.
Here's the interview that Campbell Brown and Jon Stewart were talking about:
I'll post the Daily Show video clip as soon as it's online.
Update: Here's the clip:
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Posted by: Ian McDonald | Oct 28, 2008 9:00:39 AM
"Tucker Bounds" isn't a real spokesmodel; he's a character played by Six Feet Under'sPeter Krause. Has anyone ever seen them in the same room together?
Posted by: Glen HD28 | Oct 28, 2008 9:41:20 AM
Tucker Bounds is an absolute schmuck, yet another example of McCains's poor judgement about who is on his team. No wonder they are getting crushed.
Posted by: Sue Hagmeier | Oct 28, 2008 10:15:36 AM
And our side has this guy. Thank you very much.
Posted by: Not Really Jacoby Ellsbury | Oct 28, 2008 10:38:22 AM
I love the part of the interview where Dan Senor's wife presses him to name one decision Sarah Palin made as commander-in-chief of the Alaska National Guard. As he struggles to come up with any example of such a decision, he responds petulantly, stating that "Any decision she has made as the commander of the National Guard that is deployed overseas is more of a decision than Barack Obama has been making as he has been running for President for the past two years." The "I'm rubber and your glue..." tone in his voice as he says it is priceless.
Posted by: DanOregon | Oct 28, 2008 10:52:18 AM
Why the McCain campaign didn't bring on Kevin Madden is something I'll never know. That guy is solid.
Posted by: Karol | Oct 28, 2008 11:39:20 AM
Kari,
The clip is online at the Huffington Post under "media."
Posted by: Ron Hager | Oct 28, 2008 4:21:20 PM
Tucker Bounds, an apt name since he bounds from one lie to another with total disregard for the truth. I live in Oregon and he could easily be the contractor that repaired my house last year. That guy lied through his teeth. Or he could be the mechanic that repaired my car - the truth does not cross that guys lips either. Or he could very easily be the guy that twice swore on his bible he was going to bring me firewood and lied better that the contractor and the mechanic combined and almost as much as Tucker Bounds. I grew up in a time in America when a man prided himself on telling the truth no matter how painful it was. Not any more - today the lies come so thick and fast it is impossible to research them all for the truth. Gee, maybe that is what Bounds, McCain and Palin are hoping for.
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Posted by: janek51 | Oct 28, 2008 8:44:47 AM
You gotta feel sorry for young Tucker, though. He's got his hands full with the train-wreck Republican campaign. I think the latest is the question of whether Palin is going to vote for Ted Stevens. Of course, she won't directly answer the question. I would hope that people like Bounds and especially Nicole Wallace will go away after the election or take a job in the private sector and never be heard from again.