re: #9 Killgore Trout

I watched that earlier. Stewart went easy on him and it was a rather dull interview. I used to think lefties went easy on Paul because he makes Republicans look crazy but they do seem to like him. He does have a lot of crossover appeal to liberals for some reason.

Three major points of appeal (whether these are truly defended by him or not is a different matter) for “the left”: anti-war, pro-pot, pro-civil liberties.

Recently, he also touted himself as more for social programs than the other Republican candidates (something about cutting military spending before cutting medicare) and even voted for DADT repeal, so…

And yeah, Jon was too soft on him. He always is too soft. I guess that is why so many high-profile people even from the other side of the isle come on his show.