WATCH: Jon Stewart finds the two people who can't criticize Obama

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last updated 8 January 2015

On Wednesday, Jon Stewart delivered another night of commentary on "Hurricane Scandy, the continuing tropical sh--storm that is rocking the Obama administration." And while Stewart's Daily Show monologue was not as substantive as Monday night's takedown, it packed some tough punches.

If Obama ordered the IRS targeting of Tea Party groups or subpoenaing of AP phone records, "that is Nixonian," Stewart says. And if Obama found out about them through news reports, as he claims, that means "the president's inner Magoo is being revealed — it's Magoovian." (For what it's worth, Eric Kingsbury documents at The New Republic how every president since Gerald Ford has been compared unfavorably to Richard Nixon.)

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.

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