Jon Stewart, Again in the Crossfire (washingtonpost.com)

“Let me say something about Jon Stewart. I don’t think he’s funny. And I know he’s uninformed,” Novak said, peering meaningfully at the audience.
“I think he’s funny,” said Carville. “I just think he’s a pompous ass.”

Novak is not much of as judge of comedy, and Carville should talk (although I tend to agree with him most of the time). Stewart has beccome a cult hero for this. He expressed what so many in the progressive community have been wanting to say.