The reason I’m citing it as evidence that his head has gone back up his ass is that it shows Stewart is unable to accept that his worldview has been (and still is) flawed.

1) Something like 20 reasons were given for the invasion. The liberal press has been busy pretending the only reason was WMDs simply because that none were found after the fact gave them a political advantage. Now they either think they’ve successfully re-written history, or they’re actually buying the shit they’re trying to sell to everyone else.

2) Stewart *never* would have been cool with a “we’re starting WW4 in order to drag SW Asia into the 21st century” justification. C’mon, man, that’s the height of fundy arrogance!

If you read the rest of it - or watch the show but I can’t really advise that anymore - you can see a little sense of the opinion he has of people who aren’t east-coast blue state progressives (if you aren’t one you’re either an amusing bumpkin or an evil fundamentalist redneck).

So, he’s better than some, in that he admits what’s happening is good, and that it’s probably due to the first Bush administration, but he can’t bring himself to admit that it isn’t an accident, or that the second Bush administration even understands what’s happening. But to try to suggest that he would’ve been supporting the winning team all along if only they hadn’t “lied about the WMDs” is just horseshit. If things keep going as well as they are, so many will come forward to claim paternity for Bush’s success that they’ll have to stop calling it Operation Iraqi Freedom and change the name to Operation Iraqi Gang-Rape or Operation Who’s Your Daddy? and start administering DNA tests.

Now, if he’d said “I would’ve supported this thing all along if only a Democratic president has proposed it and carried it out”, THEN I’d believe him.

Maybe I should add this to the post itself?