Reply #38: What's wrong with being a moderate?

[DutchLiberal]

You make it sound like it's something horrible.

For instance, you act like he did something wrong in his interview with Huckabee. But I thought he was being very respectful. He doesn't say he agrees with Huckabee, but he acknowledges that Huckabee is probably sincere in his beliefs and believes he's doing the right thing. Well, *we* also believe we're doing the right thing, don't we? So why should that be any different for Huckabee? You don't have to agree with somebody or even condone his points of view to recognize they're sincere.

But you got to acknowledge that he has been much more critical with some serious politicians or opinion makers than the 'real' journalists. Jim Cramer, Dick Armey, Eric Cantor and even Tony Blair got their toughest treatment on 'The Daily Show'. Yes, he doesn't go after all his guests with the same vigor (like Condi Rice), but then again... he's a comedian, and why should he do the job all our real journalists are supposed to do?

I never had to 'brush something of' or ignore in order to continue to watch his show. Because I don't have to agree with somebody 100% of the time to respect them.