A left-leaning comedian and a far-right Republican candidate in his late 70s, Ron Paul and Jon Stewart may not be the most natural political alliance. But by all appearances the two have struck up an extremely friendly relationship in recent months, trading kind words in the press throughout the campaign.Now with Paul’s campaign descending into an ugly feeding frenzy over a series of racist newsletters he published in the 1980s and 90s, it will be interesting to see how things progress next month. Stewart’s show has been on break for the holidays, but will return in January and the story seems unlikely to go away so long as Paul threatens to make some serious noise in Iowa.
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