Inside the Barack Concert

By The Daily Show

January 20, 2009

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Many feared that the reverence and respect of the public for Barack Obama would make political comedy difficult in the post-Bush era. Jon Stewart seems to have gotten over it and taken all of us on the Soul Train to Martin Luther King the Third fat jokes. In this clip from The Daily Show, Stewart has a field day with the "We Are One" inaugural concert.

--Gabriela Resto-Montero

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