Jon Stewart is hurt. A man he respects and cares "very deeply" for called him racist over a few Daily Show segments focusing on Herman Cain's sexual harassment allegations.

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Colby Hall | Mediaite

Yesterday we reported a strange story that brought attention to the intersection of satirical writing, hyper-partisan politics, and how the viral nature of the Internet has little regard for the truth, when fake quotes from a piece of comedic fiction were passed off as real by conservative bloggers.

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With Halloween just around the corner, Stephen Colbert on Wednesday had some tough words for those trying to spoil the spooky fun.

Apparently there's a new trend this year: costume swapping, to keep old costumes from ending up in landfills.

"This is political correctness gone bad," Colbert said. "Before you know it, we'll need to buy carbon offsets to leave a flaming bag of poop on a doorstep."

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Nando Di Fino | Mediaite

President Barack Obama was a guest on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Tuesday night and hit on a wide range of topics, from pulling the troops in Iraq to working out in the gym every morning with his wife. Leno asked about Occupy Wall Street -- which Obama said he can understand, as people are frustrated -- and even who he likes in the World Series (since the White Sox are out, he doesn't really care who wins). Some of his strongest moments came in the third of the three segments, when Leno asked more loose, personal questions, but the first two were still a little revealing.

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Jon Bershad | Mediaite

President Obama stopped by the Tonight Show today, his fourth time chatting with Jay Leno (second while actually in the White House). There he discussed his reaction to Muammar Gaddafi's death as well as the race amongst GOP contenders On the latter, Obama said he wouldn't start paying much attention until some more of them are "voted off the island."

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Democratic San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee, appointed after former Mayor Gavin Newsom resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of California, originally pledged not to run in this November's mayoral election. But in August he reversed his decision -- and now we know why: He's simply too legit to quit.

At least, so say musicians will.i.am and MC Hammer, along with San Francisco Giants pitcher Brian Wilson and others, in a new web video.

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Keith Olbermann often has tough words for Fox News, but not often like this.

During Countdown's "Worst Persons" segment on Monday, Olbermann harangued the weekend crew of Fox and Friends.

"Yes, they're the 'B Team' to the weekday dingbats, so they're astoundingly bad," Olbermann said.

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Rick Perry's new foray into birtherism actually represents progress for the Republican presidential hopeful, Jon Stewart said on Monday.

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by Jennifer LaFleur ProPublica

A proposed rule to the Freedom of Information Act would allow federal agencies to tell people requesting certain law-enforcement or national security documents thatrecords don't exist - even when they do.

Under current FOIA practice, the government may withhold information and issue what's known as a Glomar denial that says it can neither confirm nor deny the existence of records.

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Bill Maher has a new rule for Republicans: Stop calling the Occupy Wall Street protesters "hippies."

"Yes, they're peeing outdoors and having sex in sleeping bags, or, as Bristol Palin calls it, 'dating,' but they're not hippies," Maher said on Real Time Friday. "The hippies are all gone."

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The details of former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi's final moments are still sketchy. Several graphic images emerged Thursday, some showing a bloodied Qaddafi appearing to be alive in rebel hands, others showing him apparently dead in the street.

In short, it's unclear exactly how Qaddafi was killed. His burial is being postponed until the circumstances of his death can be further investigated, the AP reports.

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Stephen Colbert on Thursday was "shocked" to hear that a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan apparently burned a bunch of donated copies of Bill O'Reilly's book, "Pinheads and Patriots."

"I don't know why they would," Colbert said. "It is a perfect gift for these warriors. I know reading his books always makes me want to kill somebody."

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The death of former Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi sparked celebrations in Libya and congratulations from world leaders. But one group of American lawmakers were cautious to give the Obama Administration any credit.

Enter Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) who heaped praise on the British and French efforts in Libya. And while Sen. John McCain commended the administration, he also focused on the European efforts.

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Lauri Apple | Gawker

New Jersey state senate candidate Phil Mitsch knows just what America needs to get his awful state back on track: tax reductions, something called "mandatory mortgage loan modifications on at risk residential properties," and a more pronounced Madonna-whore complex. "Women, you increase your odds of keeping your men by being faithful, a lady in the living room and a whore in the bedroom," he recently tweeted.

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Lauri Apple | Gawker

The residents of Tea Party Nation always come up with the most innovative solutions to America's problems--bold ideas that would never come to the mind of your average, mediocrity-embracing sane-American. The latest comes from TP national Melissa Brookstone, who wants small businesses to stop hiring people until Obama's "war" against their businesses and their country ends.

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Stephen Colbert loves the "action packed" 2012 Republican presidential primary. With so many characters and twists, "it's like a Mexican telenovela that wants to deport itself," he said Tuesday.

But all eyes have been on Herman Cain recently, as the former Godfathers Pizza CEO enjoys a surge in the polls. But Cain stumbled a bit recently when he claimed to "joke" about an electrified border fence that could kill illegal immigrants.

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Jon Stewart on Tuesday set his sights on Republicans' calls for Americans to "take this country back." And what do you know? It's happening now in anti-Wall Street protests in lower Manhattan and elsewhere.

So an epic Daily Show mash-up of sound bites from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and others once calling for a popular uprising contrasted nicely with new cries of "class warfare" at President Obama and Occupy Wall Street protesters.

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Frances Martel | Mediaite

Tonight's red-hot Republican debate has so far delivered several soundbites per candidate (Jon Huntsman and Gary Johnson notwithstanding), mostly swiped at each other. But one candidate, Rep. Michele Bachmann, took a direct hit at President Obama- or rather, his family- in a personal and profoundly unnecessary hit for having family members with immigration status issues.

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Stephen Colbert has an idea to get America out of its current jobs crisis: look out for the little guy.

Enter Florida state Rep. Ritch Workman (R), who is fighting to repeal Florida's 22-year-old ban on "dwarf tossing." Workman claims he's just looking to create jobs in Florida. "All (the ban) does is prevent some dwarfs from getting jobs they would be happy to get in this economy," he has said.

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Jon Stewart on Monday revisited Occupy Wall Street, surprised that protests have spread to dozens of U.S. cities and abroad.

"They're like the Hard Rock Cafe of leftist movements," Stewart said.

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