Story highlights Dean Obeidallah says Stewart's biting satire is especially needed now

In an appearance on the Axe Files podcast, Stewart had strong words for Trump and Clinton

Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM's weekly program "The Dean Obeidallah Show," a columnist for The Daily Beast and editor of the politics blog The Dean's Report. Follow him on Twitter: @TheDeansreport. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his.

(CNN) Listening to Jon Stewart mock Donald Trump, and even take a shot at Hillary Clinton on Tuesday while a guest on David Axelrod's podcast, made me realize how much we desperately need him to end his retirement and get back on TV.

True, Stewart hasn't been just sitting around since stepping down from the "Daily Show" last August and growing the typical retired talk show host beard. (Although he is sporting one, it's far smaller than David Letterman's.) Stewart has been busy with projects such as creating a 12-acre farm for abused animals and fighting for Congress to fund benefits for the 9/11 first responders.

But listening to Stewart for just a few minutes made me keenly aware of how desperately we need his voice in this election cycle. First Stewart joked on the podcast that Trump was an "unrepentant, narcissistic ... man-baby," needling him for still being sensitive about a Vanity Fair article from 25 years ago that mocked Trump's small hands.

And then he turned to Clinton, describing her as "a very bright woman without the courage of her convictions." But he added a sentiment shared by many that he would still support Clinton if she were the Democratic nominee "because at this point I would vote for Mr. T over Donald Trump."

A slightly tweaked version of Simon and Garfunkel's famous song "Mrs. Robinson" popped into my head while listening to Stewart: "Where have you gone Jon Stewart? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you."