. >> coming up, dennis leery and john lovitz unleashed. >> i believe in a strong military. >> later,ed koppel and i go head-to-head over the popularity of the fox news channel. >> tonight, actors rob lowe, kevin spacey have become outspoken in the world of politics. we sat down recently with them. >> you say that hollywood is a one-party town, liberal democrat town. is there a reason for that? >> i think that -- i don't know what it says, not meant to be a judgment, but seems to me like creative people end up being democrats, and it's been that way -- >> is that because they feel sorry for the down-trodden? i consider myself a creative person and more of a traditional guy than a liberal guy. >> let's face it. i think that democrats are very long on empathy. artists have to be long on empathy. republicans are long on logic. in my view. >> okay. that might be a little oversimplyfy. >> when every is one way you have to go that way. >> everyone can relate to hearing your parents talk only one view. >> you did work for dukakis when you were 4. he was okay but a very liberal guy and he got

and i know this is gonna be a hit show because i'm on it and we're gonna edit out jon lovitz. 'cause that's what i do. i star in monster tv shows and i cut out the lame parts, you talentless white --. so in summation, and i mean this to all of you from the bottom of my heart, -- you all and suck my $100 million --. good night and thank you. ♪ bob saget ♪ bob saget ♪ bob saget ♪ bob saget news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show with jon stewart." [cheering and applause] [theme music playing] >> jon: welcome to "the daily show." my name is jon stewart. we have a good one for you tonight. newark mayor cory booker will be joining us, but let's begin tonight as i really should begin almost every night, with an apology. we've had a bit of fun here over the years concerning what is commonly referred to this time of year as the war on christmas where a small band of 70% of the country have fought tirelessly for the right to openly celebrate the feast day of their lord's birth, to have a mass on that day honoring their christ, a mass christ, if you will. [laughter] now,

neil: would they think about when jon lovitz came along. >> he's not invited either he's never going to be invited. il: but he said enough of this. >> i thought that was interesting. not many people speak out like that. i have a little business, so i like to not offend anybody. so i don't tell anybody my views either way. neil: i would say i'm a centrist that leans to the right. neil: you have to be moderate on her persona non grata. >> i sell my little life with my organic skincare. neil: that's a lot of money for your little skincare line. >> i didn't leave tv. i was escorted and booted out the door in and fired. i get tired a lot. >> how dare me to expect them to pay me what they pay the men. but then it was good because i thought i will never work for anybody else again. so i work for myself, and i have all these years. >> all the beauty products and things, everything around her image, do you feel a lot of pressure without? to feel autiful? >> i just wake up like this and it's so easy. neil: me too. [laughter] i saw you talk to will tell welsh. >> my thing is that she knows her

you know, one other interesting thing about this is how the senate tends to protecti its ow and to lovitzuestion, i think, that benghazi poses is about security at state department insulations in dangerous parts of the world. and that's a question for hillary clinton. secretary clinton to answer. and it's not being posed in the same sort of sharp way towards its former member of the senate. for that matter, the senate seems to be terribly eager to confirm one of its own, john kerry, as the next secretary of state. so it really is an exclusive club. >> mika, i also think if the president really wanted to take her out of this state of limbo and double down on her as his pick, even his potential pick, he probably could have come out in the last couple of weeks and really answered a lot of these questions, tried to take some of the heat off of her. i think it had to be clear to her that he was keeping some options open, did not want to be penned in. >> absolutely. >> by them sort of daring him to nominate her. and i think that had to factor into her thinking. >> and hillary clinton was quiet