Obama's State of the Nation: Curing Cancer, Eating Baconnaise, and Slapping Down Bobby Jindal

We tried our best to offer an insightful analysis of President Obama's speech on Tuesday night, but I think we have to put our hands up before the incisive, surreal, and downright weird perspective of The Daily Show. Jon Stewart has a bit of fun with the Messiah who is Barack Obama --- "What are you, a wizard?!" --- in the second clip below. First, however, witness the decimation of wannabe Republican challenger Bobby Jindal, the Governor of Louisiana into children's TV icon Mr Rogers, "the besweatered friend of the trolley people" (and, oh yes, don't forget the Baconnaise):

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Bobby Jindal's Republican Response

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Dick Cheney: How Can We Ever Forget Him?

Really, how can we? Far from receding (dis)gracefully into the past, the former Vice President has been trying to build a legacy by trashing the newcomers and whipping up fear of a terrorist attack now that he isn't guarding us. Our own Mike Dunn tried to stop this, but still Dick keeps on grumbling. So let's bring in a couple of other friends --- Jon Stewart and Keith Olbermann --- to despatch the villain:

Jon Stewart: "Why Are You Such a Dick?"

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Why Are You Such a Dick? - Audio Tape

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Keith Olbermann: "Cheney Doing the Work of Terrorists"

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