Ah, Poor Rod

Apparently he didn't know it was a spoof:

No joke! Blagojevich took `Daily' seriously

Published February 24, 2006

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he didn't realize "The Daily Show" was a spoof of the news when he sat down for an interview.

"It was going to be an interview on contraceptives . . . that's all I knew about it," Blagojevich, laughingly, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in a story for Thursday's editions. "I had no idea I was going to be asked if I was `the gay governor."

Interviewer Jason Jones pretended to stumble over Blagojevich's name before calling him "Gov. Smith." He later asked if Blagojevich was "the gay governor."

At one point, a startled Blagojevich looked to someone off camera and said, "Is he teasing me, or is that legit?"

The segment, which has aired, also featured Illinois state Rep. Ron Stephens, who has said he knew the show hosted by Jon Stewart was a comedy.

"I thought the governor was hip enough that he would have known that too," Stephens said.

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