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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!

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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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