January 06 2009 

Auntie Sam and Uncle Sam Want You

Auntie and Uncle Sam

Samantha Bee knocked one out of the park tonight in her Daily Show report on good ol’ Joe Lieberman’s defeat in the Connecticut primary. In her droll way, she articulated the rage of millions of Americans who see the war in Iraq for the sham that it is. She may be Canadian, but Samantha has become Auntie Sam for a lot of Americans. She compared Lieberman’s refusal to admit defeat to male stalking, saying “We just don’t want to go out with you anymore, Joe”. However, Bee’s line of the evening was a riff on the Sherman Statement: “If not nominated, he will run. If not elected, he will serve.” She even suggested that if he loses his seat, he’ll go so far as to form his own Senate. Ouch!

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