well, i guess i will get accused of pushing the thread in question to a political one. i didnt intend to do that. someone said in essence that "stewart will be missed" my comment was just a "?", followed up with me not thinking he was funny. that is when the barrage of assumptions were made that i was a conservative blah blah blah.. and, as you so aptly stated, it seems like the liberals were the ones drawing conclusions and somehow overlooking some missteps their fellow libs have historically made. i doubt many will show up. IMHO, most libs are flamethrowers, and when the going gets tough, most deflect, or run.