Roger Ailes calls him “crazy” but he sounds reasonably sane here. (Especially for “sort of an atheist.”) Is there any better proof of how stupid the hyperventilating over Bristol and “Dancing With the Stars” has been than “The Daily Show” feeling obliged to open the program with a defense of the Palins? Even if it is basically just a lead-in to a segment goofing on her new show? This is like flipping over to Maddow’s program and being greeted with the segment, “Maybe we’re being too hard on Jim DeMint.”

You guys realize that if Bristol wins the DWTS finals, we may well see a full-blown media nervous breakdown, right? Reason enough to hope it happens.