Thomas E. Ricks, a guy whom I don’t think I know, has a blog on “Foreign Policy” magazine. I was reading another,better, article on FP, and at the bottom was a list of additional articles, including one with the snappy title “Paula Broadwell smokes J. Stewart in PT.” Well, I thought it said “Paula Broadwell smokes J. Stewart in FP,” implying that Paula had recently been on the show and had aced poor Jon on some arcane foreign policy issue. Well, no. It was a link to an item referring to Paula’s 2012 appearance, which Stewart rather famously made fun of when news of her affair with DP came out, as proof of his own reportorial ineptness. So, anyway, here’s what Tommy Boy said about the 2012 show (in full):
Paula Broadwell smokes J. Stewart in PT
Friend of the blog Paula Broadwell was on the Daily Show, I think last night, and challenged poor Jon Stewart to a push-up contest. He lost. Her new book on General Petraeus is out now.
It is indeed, Tom.
