“We agree that, of course, on the scale of repulsiveness in general, Teddy Kennedy is so completely repulsive that you just can’t compare him to anyone else. So the question is: Who next? I have to go for Specter. Richard’s thinking maybe Schumer, and Chuckles had only been speaking for about 30 seconds when he said it. The way I figure it, Alito is sitting there, reciting multiplication tables in his head to keep his expression completely still. Either that, or he has secretly replaced himself with a wax dummy.”

Jon Stewart is funny and shows his intelligence and knowledge of issues. “Teddy Kennedy is so completely repulsive” doesn’t quite have that same air of intelligent joking/debate.