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"Bush's Bucket List": President Bush, in his final year in office, has been continuing to do things that he should have done quite a long time ago. He also had an interview with Nightline's Terry Moran, which had its fair share of strange moments.

"10 Suckin' Years": It's been ten years since the Monica Lewinsky, um, situation broke, but it still doesn't look like the fellatio jokes about the administration have completely died. Just ask Carson Daly, who still uses them for his monologue sometimes to further confuse me as to why he has his own talk show. By the way, I was pretty young when the scandal happened and it caused me to believe for the longest time that "intern" was a very dirty word. Imagine my horror when I heard about the popularity of college students applying for internships to gain experience. Anyway, Correspondent John Oliver stopped by to show off his fabulous improvisational skills and talk about TDS' coverage of the scandal. He shared lots of old clips to illustrate his points (check this out for all sorts of videos from that time).

Actually, It turned out to be less about Lewinsky and more about how incredibly young Jon looked when TDS first covered the affair. He poked fun at Jon's ill-fitting suits (shoulder pads like whoa) and flamboyant bouffant (sans the current salt-and-pepper look), and the giggling that ensued between the two of them was very endearing. I was reminded of why I had a really bizarre crush on Jon Stewart back then. Yes, back in 1999, when all my friends' bedrooms were plastered with posters of *NYSNC, but I had a crush on a political satirist. I don't really get it either.

"Wait and Switch": Samantha Bee filed a report about sad, sad lobbyists. It looks like lobbyists aren't allowed to hire people to queue in lobbies for them anymore. The best part of the segment, apart from the pain of that incredibly awkward Sally Hemings remark, was Dennis Kucinich's wordless cameo. It was pretty funny and a minor, but smart move. Just think about it: Kucinich got street cred with the TDS crowd without risking anything with a face-to-face interview. Well played, sir. Then again, it may not have been pre-mediated. The crew probably just saw him on location and asked him on the spot.

TDS: Mr. Kucinich! Mr. Kucinich! Do you have time to do a really quick cameo for The Daily Show?
Kucinich: Um... What do I have to do?
TDS: Just stand in line for us.
Kucinich: Do I have to say anything?
TDS: Nah. Don't worry about it.
Kucinich: Yeah, sure. Oh, and in case you didn't know, MY WIFE IS INSANELY HOT.

Yup. That's probably exactly how it went. Verbatim.

The night's guest was Allen Raymond, author of How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative. Of course, the interview focused mainly on the 2002 New Hampshire phone jamming scandal (I love you, Wikipedia), for which Raymond was sentenced to prison. As Jon mentioned at the end of the interview, Raymond's transparency was refreshing.

Jon/Stephen: None! Again! Super sad. In other news, I'm totally going to check out Colbert's portrait on Monday. I'm not even going to pretend I wasn't already planning on art geeking out at the National Portrait Gallery that day anyway. Moment of Zen: An old Moment of Zen from young Jon Stewart... Monica Lewinsky, looking slightly confused and crushed by her massive hair.