On his radio show, Mark Levin said, "As you know, from time to time, we monitor Jon Leibowitz, a.k.a. Jon Stewart, as well as some of the other nudniks out there." While discussing remarks Stewart made on his Comedy Central show, Levin stated, "I'm really tired of these phony intellectuals -- and that's what they are, phony -- arrogantly looking down their sizable noses at our armed forces."

During the July 16 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Mark Levin said, "As you know, from time to time, we monitor Jon Leibowitz, a.k.a. Jon Stewart, as well as some of the other nudniks out there." Levin aired an audio clip from the July 15 broadcast of Comedy Central's The Daily Show in which Stewart said of the Transportation Security Administration's "terror watch list": "You know that expression, 'kick ass and take names?' Turns out this country is really good at one of those. We -- we take a lot of names." Levin responded to Stewart's comment, saying, "I'd say this country is pretty damn good at kicking ass when we have to. ... I'm really tired of these phony intellectuals -- and that's what they are, phony -- arrogantly looking down their sizable noses at our armed forces, at all the people who actually have to make an effort to save this -- this society, to liberate people, and to fight this enemy. I'm so sick and tired of it, you have no idea. We know how to kick ass, you little dwarf, you five-foot-seven phony."

From the July 16 broadcast of ABC Radio Networks' The Mark Levin Show:

LEVIN: As you know, from time to time, we monitor Jon Leibowitz, a.k.a. Jon Stewart, as well as some of the other nudniks out there. And yesterday, he said this, cut 5, go. STEWART [audio clip]: The terror watch list is hitting the big 1-0-0-0 -- LEVIN: All right, stop a second and cue it back. "The terror watch list." Is he sitting on a cucumber? Go ahead. STEWART [audio clip]: The terror watch list is hitting the big 1-0-0-0-0-0 ... 0! You know that expression, "kick ass and take names?" Turns out this country is really good at one of those. We -- we take a lot of names. It really is an incredible accomplishment. Let's try and put it in perspective if we can. A million people on the terrorist watch list. LEVIN: There aren't a million people on the terrorist watch list. STEWART [audio clip]: If you were to take all the people that our government suspects of terrorism and stack them one on top of the other -- that would be considered an acceptable method of interrogation according to the Justice Department. LEVIN: Very funny, but notice the line, "You know that expression kick ass and take names? It turns out this country's really good at one of those." Another put-down of the armed forces in this country. I'd say this country is pretty damn good at kicking ass when we have to. We don't look for fights. We don't look to go to war, but we don't shy from them if we must. I'm really tired of these phony intellectuals -- and that's what they are, phony -- arrogantly looking down their sizable noses at our armed forces, at all the people who actually have to make an effort to save this -- this society, to liberate people, and to fight this enemy. I'm so sick and tired of it, you have no idea. We know how to kick ass, you little dwarf, you five-foot-seven phony. Yeah, we really do. And your show's a joke, which is why we continue to monitor it. I don't mean funny, I mean you're a joke. Let's go to Cody, Fort Hood, Texas, the great WBAP, go.

From the July 15 broadcast of Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: