Stewart on GOP Iran Letter: We’re Stuck with Old, Spiteful Senators in Power Forever

STEWART: “It’s widely seen as a disrespectful gesture by House Republicans to a sitting president, so, naturally, Senate Republicans wanted in as well.”
BLITZER [video]: “47 Republican senators meanwhile have now written an open letter to the leaders of Iran warning them about any nuclear deal they may sign with President Obama.”
STEWART: “Iran! Don’t sign a deal with Obama! You can’t trust him! Iran! Be careful! We think he might be a Muslim! Oh, wait, what? No! Why would they be warning Iran?”
CNN [video]: “Anything not approved by Congress is a mere executive agreement.”
MSNBC [video]: “The next president could revoke the next agreement with a stroke of a pen and future congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at anytime.”
STEWART: “They’re not warning Iran about Obama, they’re warning Iran about themselves! You may be able to get Obama to construct a framework of verifiable nuclear limitations in exchange for the lifting of sanctions. But you will never sneak this (bleep) past us! We’re (bleep) cuckoo! We’re cuckoo bananas! We’re the world’s most deliberative body and yet we’re (bleep) nuts. But I have to say this, the Republicans didn’t write that letter just to sabotage a nuclear deal while humiliating the president. They also wanted to condescend to Iran about how our Democracy works.”
FOX NEWS [video]: “Their letter started out with this, “It has come to our attention while observing your nuclear negotiations with our government that you may not fully understand our constitutional system.””
AL JAZEERA [video]: “President Obama will leave office in January 2017 while most of us will remain in office well beyond then, perhaps decades.”
STEWART: “Yeah, that’s right, Ayatollah! In a Democracy, presidents come and go, but Senators stay in power forever! No matter how old or dangerous or spiteful or (bleep) they are! And there’s nothing anyone can do about removing them! But I guess dictators wouldn’t understand that.”