Long-Ass Answers

Thanks to alert reader Errol, we get this from the Sacramento Bee.

I've always been amazed that the Daily Show "reporters" can find people who have no idea what the Daily Show is, and then rake them over the coals. I've also always been very, very amused that they do so.

Jill LaVine, Sacramento County's top elections official, didn't expect her cable television debut to go like this.

LaVine, still in her first year on the job, had just given a full explanation of the threats facing California's electoral system when her interviewer asked for clarification.

"Now, can you take that long-ass answer and put it in a nutshell like I asked you?" said Rob Cordrry, one of the satirical correspondents for "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," Comedy Central's Emmy-winning send-up of the media, public officials and the news.

LaVine stammered, and a perplexed look crossed her face. She started again. "Elections in California are a mess," she said.

I'm so tempted to get cable, just so I could watch Jon Stewart & the gang.