| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c |
| Mike Huckabee Extended Interview Pt. 1 | |
| Mike Huckabee Extended Interview Pt. 2 | |
| Mike Huckabee Extended Interview Pt. 3 | |
This might be the best discussion of the abortion issue I've seen on TV but I think it still falls short and I mostly blame Stewart. He didn't quite follow up on things. Huckabee calls him out that murder is too strong a term but it was ok when he framed it as can a human own another human (is it better that he didn't use the word slave?).
Huckabee brought up the recent poll that showed people identifying themselves as pro-life and Jon talked about polarization without actually saying that when you boil it down to yes/no it loses all meaning and that many of those pro-life people also felt that abortion should be legal in some cases, so what does it mean? Jon mentioned allowing women to make their reproductive choices, Huckabee said yes but once those choices result in another human life... What about rape or incest? Huckabee doesn't want to allow abortion when a woman didn't make a reproductive choice.
Still this was quality television, well um quality internet video interview. I think next time (and I hope there is one), they devote the whole episode to the interview.
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