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Fellow freepers, for an interesting tidbit of "humor," I thought I'd like to share a story with y'all. I'm housesitting for my parents right now and at about 6:00 or so, the phone rings. I check the caller ID and it reads "Unknown Number". Immediately I go into time-to-make-fun-of-another-telemarketer-without-them-realizing-it mode. I pick up the phone and hear a slight pause...suddenly, a voice comes on the line: "Hello, this is the 1 Minute Presidential Poll. Please stay on the line to answer this two question survey." I figure, "What the hell, I'll do it. It's only two questions, who can it...

HOLLYWOOD - When Jon Stewart sat before an audience of TV critics last week, he was like a seasoned major league hitter sitting on a fastball. It came when he was asked what Madonna's endorsement of Ret. Gen. Wesley Clark for President would mean to the race for the Democratic nomination. "I think he's -ing her," Stewart replied. "You know how chicks love a man in uniform, baby." The hotel ballroom erupted with laughter. Welcome to the new age of TV politics, with anti-anchor Jon Stewart of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" as this generation's Walter Cronkite. Stewart makes fun...