chapotraphouse

What is going on?

As far as unlikely but plausibly imaginable scenarios, Jon Stewart (D) vs Joe Rogan (R) feels like there's at least a couple alternate timelines where it happens. Libs would eat up the "comedian with principles telling it like it is" schtick of Stewart and draw and fawn over him as "America's Zelensky" if that's still relevant in 2028, and his record of fighting for healthcare and benefits for 9/11 first responders gives him flag-wavin' patriotic cred.

Rogan's been chud adjacent and has cozied up to multiple right wing politicians and media people before, but also was sympathetic to Bernie so he could pitch himself as being "previously apolitical but had to throw my hat in the ring when I saw how crazy PC culture and wokeness were getting" or whatever. He could carve out a path for himself as a rich famous macho bro that's also vaguely hippie-ish and conspiratorial like Jesse Ventura did.