They’ll Just Hate to See Jon Stewart Go (So They Say)
By JEREMY W. PETERSFEB. 11, 2015
WASHINGTON — He has all but called them losers and fools, but when Jon Stewart announced on Tuesday that he would leave “The Daily Show” sometime this year, many politicians and news media personalities had something of an unusual reaction: grief.
“When he gives me a hard time, I understand that I’ve arrived,” said Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican whose recent announcement that he was considering a run for president sent Mr. Stewart into a fit of sarcastic ecstasy. “Thank you, Jesus!” Mr. Stewart cried as a six-person ensemble marched onstage playing “When the Saints Go Marching In.”
Mr. Stewart went on to call Mr. Graham, a foreign-policy hawk, “delusional,” but the senator said in an interview on Wednesday that he harbored no ill will.
Does Mr. Graham ever feel offended? “No,” he said. “I’m going to try to go on that show before it’s over with.”