Really, do they say this stuff to keep the Daily Show writers employed, or what?

That's my thinking for why the White House does anything. They secretly WANT Jon Stewart to become the most influential and powerful man in the world... and then the're going to have him killed in some freak accident that'll keep the nation preoccupied while they put their bodies into statis and blast themselves into space.

Frankly, I don't find it as far-fetching a thought as I did four years ago.