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Jon Stewart jokes, then criticizes

Rathergate.com found this 8/28/2008 on firstread.msnbc.msn.com

From NBC's Mark Murray DENVER -- Chatting this morning with about two dozen political reporters here, comedian Jon Stewart cracked plenty of jokes. On the reporters in the room: "It is very difficult to fake what you do." On which candidate would be the better source of laughs for the next four to eight years: "Mr. T." And on which candidate is funnier: "Neither," he answered. "You know who makes me laugh? Chris Rock. But I don't want him as president." Yet not everything was a joking ...