Ari Melber Sips Cosmos on ‘The Daily Show’
  • June 19, 2012

Ari Melber Sips Cosmos on ‘The Daily Show’

Ari Melber Sips Cosmos on ‘The Daily Show’

Who knew that Melber can hold a brimming cocktail at an unnatural height and give political advice at the same time?

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Last night we learned that Nation writer Ari Melber can hold a brimming cocktail at an unnatural height and give political advice at the same time. Or at least, if Jon Stewart asks him to.

Ari joined The Daily Show’s Samantha Bee last night as she contemplated attending the $40,000-a-plate fundraiser for Barack Obama held at Sarah Jessica Parker’s house. The spoof, complete with Sex and the City theme music, a few cosmos and a bedroom scene with a campaign finance reform expert, is a lighthearted reprieve from the fundraising horse race.

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