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" In August, he&amp;#039;ll be in New York City to cover the Republican convention and, in his own words, &amp;quot;sift the corn of truth from the turd of the 24-hour news cycle.&amp;quot; ESQ: How do you make a candidate feel relaxed and trust you? SC: I approach all interviews with fear. I&amp;#039;m frequently afraid that somebody is going to take a punch at me. It&amp;#039;s only cowardice that keeps me from laughing. ESQ: Is it true you once described John Kerry as &amp;quot;cadaverous&amp;quot;? SC: I&amp;#039;d like to officially change that to &amp;quot;Lurch-like.&amp;quot; Wait, how about &amp;quot;thoughtful zombie&amp;quot;? Does that sound better? He&amp;#039;s a thoughtful, caring, intelligent, committed zombie. ESQ: How will your election coverage be superior to the networks&amp;#039;? SC: One word: pyrotechnics. And lots of smoke machines. All of the correspondents are going to be flown in on harnesses in spider costumes, and our new motto is &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ll catch you in our satirical web!&amp;quot; ESQ: Any chance you&amp;#039;ll get that coveted interview with Bush Jr.? SC: I don&amp;#039;t see why he wouldn&amp;#039;t talk to me. I&amp;#039;d make him look like a genius. He could bat me around like a redheaded stepchild.  ESQ: The Daily Show has received a lot of accolades during the last few years. Does all the attention help you or hurt you? SC: It&amp;#039;s actually made things more difficult. Now everybody knows about the show and they&amp;#039;re more wary of us. I&amp;#039;ve caught aides trying to look at my questions before I do an interview. They suddenly think there&amp;#039;ll be some consequence to talking to me. I don&amp;#039;t need that. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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