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Jon Stewart, on McConnell's odd defense of Rice's nomination to replace Colin Powell as Secretary of State; The Daily Show; January 26, 2005; http://kydem.blogspot.com/2005/01/they-said-it-not-me.html http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0501/27/ltm.01.html
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Republicans like Kentucky's Mitch McConnell were quick to defend Rice with trivia. (MCCONNELL): Her parents aptly named her Condoleezza, after the Italian musical term "con dolcezza," which is a direction to play "with sweetness". (STEWART): Her last name is a starchy side dish, often served with beans. I vote 'yes'!

— Jon Stewart on Mitch McConnell

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Republicans like Kentucky's Mitch McConnell were quick to defend Rice with trivia. (MCCONNELL): Her parents aptly named her Condoleezza, after the Italian musical term "con dolcezza," which is a direction to play "with sweetness". (STEWART): Her last name is a starchy side dish, often served with beans. I vote 'yes'!" in the context of "Jon Stewart, on McConnell's odd defense of Rice's nomination to replace Colin Powell as Secretary of State; The Daily Show; January 26, 2005; http://kydem.blogspot.com/2005/01/they-said-it-not-me.html http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0501/27/ltm.01.html" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Jon Stewart

About Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz 28 November, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. He was also the host of the Emmy-award winning program, The Daily Show, author of Naked Pictures of Famous People and co-author of the New York Times bestseller America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction.