I love it when the Daily Show (TDS) points out contradiction of a politician's current position with a comment that was made in the past. This was from 2 nights ago:

Jon Stewart: A couple of weeks ago, Congressman John Murtha, a very hawkish democrat and former marine from Pennsylvania came out with a support of withdrawal of U.S. troops. And this drew a response from Ohio freshman Congresswoman Jean Schmidt after she had talked to a Marine colonel.

[Footage of Jean Schmidt speaking]

Jean Schmidt: He also asked me to send Congressman Murtha a message that cowards cut and run, Marines never do.

Jon Stewart: Boy freshmen grow up so quickly. You know what. I remember (eh...) Congresswoman Schmidt, back in September, (eh...) her first address to the Congress. This is how she was talking:

[Footage of Jean Schmidt speaking]

Jean Schmidt: I pledge to walk in the shoes of my colleagues and refrain from name calling or the questioning of character. It is easy to sink to the lowest form of political debate.

Jon Stewart: Yeah, it is (eh…) amazing. But clearly Jean Schmidt is (eh...) showing us that the shelf life of idealism in Washington is [John counting fingers, whispering September, October, November...] 2 1/2 months. Ouch...

12/2/2005 2:41:12 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

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