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By Matt Lewis - Politics Daily"Daily Show" host Jon Stewart sat down recently with Terry Gross, host of NPR's "Fresh Air," in front of a live New York City audience. Stewart, the popular liberal comedian and satirist, made a point about political civility, which I think deserves attention. When asked about his criticism of the radical Muslims who made death threats against the creators of "South Park," Stewart said: There's a difference between disagreeing with people, like newscasters on Fox News that I think are incorrect in their analysis of the days events, and people that threaten to kill you for putting a cartoon ...
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By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyThe war in Iraq just isn't going gently into the night, is it? Sunday's parliamentary election took place amid a backdrop of mortar, grenade and bomb attacks in Baghdad and other major cities. The good news is that the elections went ahead and people voted. But the extreme political fragmentation that characterizes the country -- with some 6,000 candidates, from more than 80 parties, chasing a mere 325 parliamentary seats -- means that whatever coalition government results will be necessarily fragile. And even as President Obama praised Iraqi voters for their bravery in casting their ballots, ...
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