Jon Stewart: The Daily Show, Thursday, May 16

Jon's guest, George Packer, author of "The Unwinding," America on the verge of dystopian collapse.

Barack Hussein Guevara Stalin Obama began his second term as president with high hopes. His only hope, the media! With the attention span of a concussed goldfish -- more of a problem with goldfish than you might think. There's not just the bowl; there's the treasure chest.

In the race for 2016 (Chuck Todd: "With still 1,000 days to go in the 2016 contest ...") Comedy Central calls the Democratic primary for Hillary Clinton. Joe Scarborough, December 20, 2006: "She will crush Barack Obama. Barack, just sit it out. It's going to be ugly. I promise you; you heard it here first."

Stewart: And the rest was alternate history.

(Segment: The Road To The Road To The Road To The White House)

Video of Chuck Todd, discussing a Biden run, reading the word on his teleprompter "literally" as "light rally." Stewart mocks him, as a "come Dian."

Larry Wilmore, Senior Black Correspondent: The blacks want to hold onto the presidency for a while before relinquishing it to other minorities.
Stewart: The white guys had a good run.
Wilmore: Yeah, 43 out of 44.
Stewart: Well, 43 1/2.

Wilmore: When John Oliver takes over this summer --
Stewart: He's just here for a few weeks.
Wilmore: The Internet's right, Jon -- you are funny.

Segment based on getting laughs from the phrase "can't punt" -- and that's not how you spell "can't."

To Disney: As parents, our job is to keep them in front of the screen; your job is to raise them right. And if you keep teaching them the wrong lessons, then we're going to have to start doing it ourselves, and that's not cool.

George Packer: Good interview. Unlike Colbert, Stewart engages his serious guests in a serious way. I'm a big fan of Packer's articles in the NY Times and the New Yorker.

"Washington is represented [in his book] by Newt Gingrich, who I think history will say did more than maybe any other person to create the pretty messed-up politics that we know today." [Soft pedal much?]

Moment of Zen: Republican bottom-feeder Louie Gohmert in verbal combat with Attorney General Eric Holder: doesn't want Holder to "cast aspersions on my asparagus." Yeah, that's what he said: