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“The Daily Show” Does the Speaker’s Race

The long-awaited Daily Show segment on alleged anti-Semitism in the 2011 Speaker's race was, predictably, funny. And that John Oliver: such a punim!

By Evan SmithFeb. 4, 2011, 6:41 a.m. CentralUpdated Feb. 4, 2011, 6:41 a.m. Central

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“The Daily Show” Does the Speaker’s Race

by Evan Smith, The Texas Tribune
February 4, 2011

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<p class="byline">by Evan Smith, The Texas Tribune <br />February 4, 2011</p>
<p>Last night we finally got to see <em>The Daily Show</em> segment on alleged anti-Semitism in the 2011 speaker's race, complete with a brief clip of <a href="http://www.texastribune.org/directory/joe-straus/" target="_blank">Joe Straus</a> at our TribLive <a href="http://www.texastribune.org/videos/2010/jan/18/conversation-joe-straus-video/" target="_blank">conversation series</a> in January 2010. While it wasn't everything as advertised &mdash; the promised interview with state Rep. <a href="http://www.texastribune.org/directory/elliott-naishtat/" target="_blank">Elliott Naishtat</a>, D-Austin, got left on the cutting room floor &mdash; it definitely elicited a few laughs. And that John Oliver: such a <em>punim</em>! Happy Yom Chechecheche...</p>
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“The Daily Show” Does the Speaker’s Race

Evan Smith, The Texas Tribune
February 4, 2011

Last night we finally got to see The Daily Show segment on alleged anti-Semitism in the 2011 speaker's race, complete with a brief clip of Joe Straus at our TribLive conversation series in January 2010. While it wasn't everything as advertised — the promised interview with state Rep. Elliott Naishtat, D-Austin, got left on the cutting room floor — it definitely elicited a few laughs. And that John Oliver: such a punim! Happy Yom Chechecheche...

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