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Michael Moore to Have Cameras at Polling Places
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Eminem Takes on Bush in Animated Video
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Bush Voted Year's Top Film Villian
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Former President Bush Jokes That Wife 'Steamed Up' Over Attacks on Son
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Bill O'Reilly Hit With Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
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Cheney Blunder Lauded Anti-Bush Web Site
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Fox News Runs Fake Story Mocking Kerry
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Orgies Are the Way to Ease Social Tensions, Scalia Says
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Who Are the 'Stoned Slackers' Watching 'The Daily Show'?
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Lynne Cheney Jokes About Kerry's Tan
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Conan O'Brien to Replace Jay Leno in 2009
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Kerry Laughs It Up on Letterman Show
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Jon Stewart Spars With Bill O'Reilly: Transcript
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'Daily Show' Viewers Prove Better Informed About Presidential Campaign
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Boston Globe Duped into Publishing Bogus GI Rape Photos
Boston Herald 

Washington Power Players Test Knowledge on 'Jeopardy'
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Michael Moore to Hit the Road With 'Fahrenheit 911"
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Al Franken Eyes Senate Run
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'Doonesbury' Character Loses Leg in Iraq
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Washing Instructions in French Slam Bush
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Al Franken Launches Liberals' Air America Radio
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Washingtonian Get Buzzed on 'Jeopardy'
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Bush Cracks Jokes About Lack of WMDs in Iraq
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Washington Post 

Late Night Jokes Jab Democrats More Than Bush
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'The Daily Show' Beats Fox in the Ratings
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Russert, Franken to Appear on 'Jeopardy'
AP

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Boston Herald

Al Franken, Seriously
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AP

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Zug.com

Bush and Kerry, a Running Gag on Late Night
Washington Post

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Newsday

Jon Stewart at 'Daily Show' Through 2008
AP

Candidates Both Good for a Laugh
USA Today

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Reuters

Kerry Jockstrap Size Revealed
Wonkette

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Miami Herald

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AlterNet

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Wired

Franken, Garofalo to Bash Bush on New Liberal Radio Network
Boston Herald

Bush's Own Flip-Flops
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Kerry's Web Site Keeps FCC on the Run
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Dennis Miller's Crossing
AlterNet

Hillary and Rudy Rib Each Other at Gridiron Dinner
New York Daily News 

Cheney Jokes About Kerry Botox at Gridiron Dinner
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AP

Left-Leaning Political Humorists Root for Candidates with Quirks
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Conservative Group Runs Parody of MasterCard Ad in Assailing Kerry
AP

Young America's News Source: Jon Stewart
AP

Yale Bones Connect Bush and Kerry
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Schwarzenegger, Gray Davis Joke, Campaign on 'Tonight Show'
AP

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Campaign Zing-Off
AOL News

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Cheney's Daughter Takes Web Hits
New York Daily News 

Did George W. Bush Have a Nose Job?
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Schwarzenegger Hints at White House Interest
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New York Daily News

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AP

Late Night Becomes Must-See-Me TV for Presidential Candidates
San Diego Union-Tribune

Genealogists Call Bush and Kerry Kin
Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Monica Lewinsky Outraged Over Kerry 'Affair' Furor
Ananova 

Michael Douglas Wins Popular Vote for Best Movie President
USA Today

Woman Denies Affair With John Kerry
Washington Post

Larry Flynt Plans to Publish Bush Abortion Rumor
New York Daily News

It's True: White Teeth Can Lead to the White House
Newark Star-Ledger

John Edwards Wins Over Jay Leno
AP

Texas Congressman Challenged by His Ex-Wife
Washington Post

CIA Web Site Notice Seeks Iraq WMD Information
Reuters

Kucinich Wins Date With Actress on Leno
AP

Trail Mix: The Lighter Side of Campaign 2004
AlterNet

Men's Magazine Names Hillary Clinton to '25 Toughest Guys' List
AP

Democrats Court Youth With Hipness
Washington Times

Powell Scolds Hill Staffer at Hearing
Washington Post

Quotes from Either President Bush or Senator/Chancellor/Emperor Palpatine from the Star Wars Movies
McSweeney's

John Edwards Delivers Top 10 List on Letterman Show
AP

John Kerry's Record: One You Can Dance To
Washington Post 

Joebituary: Lieberman Bows Out
Slate

A Bush Covert Operative Takes Over Al Sharpton's Campaign
Village Voice

Ousted California Governor Davis Follows Schwarzenegger Into Acting
Reuters 

Al Franken Knocks Down Dean Heckler
New York Post

Heads of State: Caricaturing the 2004 Candidates
Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

World of Politics, Comedy Converge
USA Today

Dennis Miller to Give Bush a Free Pass
AP

Bush Mocks Kerry, Dean
Washington Post

'The Daily Show' Flexes Its Muscle in New Hampshire
The Union Leader

Secret Lives of U.S. Presidents Revealed
Wireless Flash

Dean Delivers Top 10 List on Letterman Show
AP

Photodiary Pumps Arnold for Laughs
USA Today

'Liberal' Is a Dirty Word for George Carlin
Idaho Stateman

Bush Explains the Economy, Ribs the Press Corps
Washington Post 

Dean's Scream Gaining Cult-Like Status on the Web
USA Today

Remixers Make Howard Dean's Scream Funky And Danceable
MTV.com

Dean Jokes About 'Screeching' in Iowa
Wired News

Dean's 'I Have A Scream" Speech
Newsday

Meet the Players Who Will Influence Coverage of Campaign 2004
Newsday

Baghdad Bob Gets Job as TV Pundit
The Guardian

Bush Prefers Our Pretty Boy to His Pretty Boy
The Globe and Mail

Deanisms
National Review Online 

TV Comedy Shows Gain as Sources for Political News
USA Today

The Joke Is on Liberals, Says Dennis Miller, Host of His Own Show Again
New York Times

The Lamest Press Releases of the 2004 Campaign
Slate

Citizen Clark Has a Few Fumbles, and Some Fun
Boston Globe

Ad Showing Kids Laboring to Pay Off Deficit Wins MoveOn Contest
AP

Al Franken Signs Up With Liberal Radio Network
AP

'Daily Show Sets 'Indecision 2004' Plans
Hollywood Reporter

Bush & Co. Discuss Hatred of Media
New York Daily News 

Winners of the 2003 Political Dot-Comedy Awards
About Political Humor

Second Annual Dubya Quote Quiz
MadKane

Hillary Clinton Regrets Gandhi Joke
ABC News

Former Treasury Secretary Paints Bush as 'Blind Man'
Reuters

Schwarzenegger Sticks to Movie Star Script
San Francisco Chronicle

Bush Daughters Show 'Little Inclination' to Embrace Public Life
Washington Post

Kucinich Shows Pie Chart on Radio Debate
Newsday

The Iowa Debate: Highlights and Lowlights
Slate

Brewer Crafts 'Governator' Beer
AP

Congressman's Ex-Wife Files Paper to Run Against Him
The Hill

The First Lady Lies in Order to Make the President Look...Stupid?
Slate

The 10 Dumbest Quotes of 2003
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