Obama To Appear On Daily Show Just Days Before Jon Stewart’s ‘Sanity Rally’

Boy is Glenn Beck‘s head going to explode when he hears this. President Obama is going to tape a segment for The Daily Show next week when Jon Stewart is in town preparing for his ‘Rally to Restore Sanity.’ From the New York Times:

President Obama will make his first appearance as president on the comedy program “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” next week, days ahead of the midterm election, a White House spokesman said…Mr. Stewart is bringing “The Daily Show” to D.C. next week, culminating in the rally on Oct. 30. Dan Pfeiffer, the White House communications director, said Mr. Obama’s interview would be taped on Oct. 27.

While other members of the Obama administration have appeared on the Comedy Central program, this will be the president’s first appearance.

So much for arguing this rally is not political. Without knowing what Obama will say about ‘Sanity’ it’s hard not to see this as an endorsement on behalf of the President of the United States, and simultaneously a slam against both Glenn Beck and Fox News and in the broader sense against the hyperbolic, race-to-the-bottom coverage Obama has been receiving from various parts of the media.

The interview will air next Wednesday night. Stewart’s rally, which Oprah has endorsed both on Stewart’s show (she’s flying his audience there) and on her own, is a week from Saturday.

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