Jon Stewart Slams Pundits for OKing Torture, Attacking Wanda Sykes

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May 12, 2009Video

Jon Stewart had some fun last night pointing out the ridiculousness of those pundits who think torture is OK, but that Wanda Sykes' Limbaugh joke went too far. Obviously "bad jokes and gay marriage are destroying this country, but torture can save it."

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Daily Show correspondent John Oliver also weighed in by defending Wanda Sykes' jokes with the same arguments that many conservative pundits use to defend torture (catch it on the flipside):

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