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My wife and I often sit on the couch late in the evening watching a Tivo assisted episode of "The Daily Show," and the question inevitably comes up: "Don't these guys know who is interviewing them?"
Apparently not. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich says he didn't realize "The Daily Show" was a comedy spoof of the news when he sat down for an interview that ended up poking fun at him. The interview focused on his executive order requiring pharmacies to fill prescriptions for emergency birth control. Rod's job was to be the counterpoint to the other interview in the segment, an Illinois Republican Rep. Ron Stephens, a pharmacist who opposes the governor's rule. Stephens got the joke - or so he says. It would be a shame if it turned out that the Republicans were the ones with the sense of humor, after all.
Still, one can't help but wonder what kind of experiences Governor Blagojevich has had if he didn't flinch when the interviewer, Jason Jones, pretended to stumble over Blagojevich's name before calling him "Governor Smith." As the piece wore on, he urged Blagojevich to explain the contraception issue by playing the role of "a hot 17-year-old" and later asked if he was "the gay governor." Stephens said, "I thought the governor was hip enough that he would have known that, too."
Maybe all of this is the net result of too much Bill O'Reilly.