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This was an interesting headline: Dean tries on DNC Chairmanship.

It was after that that he said it was too small and that he needed a larger size. But, in all seriousness, let's see what he does. He went on to say this, according to Yahoo:

Dean says that no one is "pro-abortion," but "we are the party in favor of allowing women to make up their own minds about their health care."

And Democrats are not for "gay marriage," but "we are the party that has always believed in equal rights under the law for all people," he says.

Now for some Jon Stewart humor from his stand-up comedy show in Easton.:

Freed from the stationary desk he sits behind on "The Daily Show," Stewart was at ease doing standup comedy again at the State Theatre show.

He improvised, interacted with the audience and peppered his routine with words he never could use on television. (Improvisation is hard, trust me--I know)

Stewart reserved a lengthy section of his show for lambasting computers and technology. But his most biting moments were the political ones:

On conservatives believing gay marriage threatens the institution of heterosexual marriage: "What are they afraid of? That 50 percent of marriages will end in gayness?

On Joseph Lieberman running for president: "I'm a Jew and I wouldn't vote for another Jew. And you know why? We don't want to be blamed for something else." (I voted for John Kerry in the primaries as Joe Lieberman had pulled out already.)

On President Bush being out of touch with regular Americans: "His presidency is like 'The Truman Show,' He lives in a world of his own creation. He doesn't even know we're out here."

On why Bush invaded Iraq -- which didn't have weapons of mass destruction -- as opposed to Iran -- which does. "I guess Bush was off by a letter."

On Canada: "You have to wonder about a country whose founders came to the continent and said 'we'll take the cold part.'"

Stewart taunted former presidential candidate John Kerry for his lack of warmth, the Democrats for blowing it, and Bush for being unable to admit there's anything wrong in Iraq.

"It takes a lot of guts to be out in the middle of a rainstorm and say it's not raining," he said about Bush.

Like the younger George Carlin, Stewart's comedy is thoughtful and edgy and filled with social commentary.

But as much as he's a comic, he's also part of a growing number of left-leaning political commentators like Al Franken and Michael Moore. They use humor to express their political and religious views rather than the more sanctimonious styles of commentators like Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity.[...]

Stewart showed that irreverence toward the end of his show with a lengthy critique of religion.

After ransacking Mel Gibson, the pope and religious fundamentalists, he turned to his own religion and the custom of wearing yarmulkes (If I wore mine at college 24/7, I'd be jumped over and over--that's why I need my St. Louis Cardinals hat on location here, badly!). It was still something he had trouble understanding.

"God loves you if you wear something on your head, and he doesn't love it you don't," he said. "I just don't get it."