Alex Massie Alex Massie

The Cool Black Guy and the White Nerd

That’s how Jon Stewart described Barack Obama and Gordon Brown. Actually, Brown comes out of it fine as Giftgate receives an airing on the Daily Show. Bonus: there’s chuckling at Hillary Clinton’s expense too. A trifecta then.


 
 
 

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