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If there were any welling hope about whether pro sports was ready for tolerance in the lockerroom, let that be dashed yet again. It seems there’s some sort of code among the players - a don’t ask don’t tell unless you call me out policy - that caused Brandon Lloyd to speculate about the sexual orientation of legendary Cowboy QB and FOX color commentator Troy Aikman - rumors that have existed before:

Redskins much maligned receiver Brandon Lloyd was on The Junkies (which happens to be our least favorite sports radio program ever) here in D.C. this morning, and may have crossed the line. The first half of the interview is mostly about the game yesterday, and the team’s inability to catch the football. Then, seemingly bitter about Aikman calling him out on air, B-Lloyd suggests that Troy might be gay

I guess cowboys and indians will never get along.

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When they said a female Cheney was going to be on the Daily Show I immediately thought it was going to be the lesbian daughter, the phrase that John Edwards famously repeated ad nauseum at one of the 2004 VP debates. But it wasn’t until I saw her that I realized that Lynne Cheney was the WIFE not the daughter. WOW - The Second Lady - what a get! She even presented John with a peace offering from the administration.

Lynne Cheney, the wife of Vice President Dick Cheney, appeared on “The Daily Show,” Oct. 10. to talk about her new memoir, Blue Sky, No Fences and about life in the White House. But before the interview got started, she brought with her a special gift for host Jon Stewart — a Darth Vader doll.

His interview with former WH Press Sec’y Tony Snow (who’s also battling cancer) wasn’t half as bad.

The night’s guest was former White House Press Secretary Tony Snow. Yeah, I know! I’m just as surprised as you are. Anyway, Tony Snow did look great, I’ll give him that much. I still don’t like the guy, but part of me feels like I shouldn’t dislike him as much as I do. He was just the messenger, after all. The messenger with the shit-eating grin. Ahem. Anyway. It was a super-special two part interview, but the good stuff didn’t come until the very end. The first part of the interview dragged a bit, but at least Jon cut a little deeper in the second segment. It was a good discussion, but not quite as riveting as Jon’s last big-shot political guest, Lynne Cheney. Pretty much, Jon asked a lot about Bush’s choice of words and Snow did his best to defend him. Just like old times!

It was pretty funny how they started to engage in battle - like friends off the court but battle hardened enemies on it. All in all a pretty respectful interview where agreeing to disagree replaced the namecalling and yelling that you constantly see on the cable news channels.

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Tags: tv, dailyshow, darth vader, lynne cheney, jon stewart, tony snow, comedy central, politics

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