- Sarah Palin is a birther now because “it’s a fair question” to ask whether the President of America is a secret Muslim spy for global superpower Kenya. Also. (Ben Smith)
- Tim Kaine would like to extend health benefits to same-sex partners of state employees, an 18-month process, in the three or so weeks he has left as governor of Virginia. (WaPo)
- Three Secret Service agents have been placed on “administrative leave” for letting two uninvited strangers wander up to the President and Vice President of the United States. (USA Today)
- Hillary Clinton is the secretary of something, maybe having to do with the foreigns, but who cares! Your news media would rather ask her about planning her daughter’s wedding than, I dunno, NATO. (CNN)
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- So those Iraqi elections that are supposed to happen in January? Probably not happening in January, says Secretary Clinton. Let freedom ring! (AP)
- Somebody had the terrible idea of putting Fred Thompson and Lou Dobbs in a room together, and now Lou Dobbs is running for president, maybe. (The Corner)
- Free Republic has declared jihad against Best Buy for acknowledging the existence of Muslims and their holidays, which is worse than trying terrorists in civilian courts! (Wonkette)
- Rep. David Obey (D-WI) has proposed a new tax to pay for America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as opposed to the current method of just hoping the money comes from somewhere. (ABC News)
- What’s worse than Glenn Beck gathering teabaggers in DC the day after 9/11 to call our president a terrible socialist Kenyan Muslim? Glenn Beck gathering teabaggers in DC on 9/11 to call our president a terrible socialist Kenyan Muslim. (Media Matters)
Where is Bob McDonnell’s Birth Certificate?
- Republican candidate for Virginia governor Bob McDonnell claims to be from both Fairfax County and Virginia Beach, but everybody knows that he’s really from Kenya. (WaPo)
- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell hasn’t even read the healthcare reform bill, but he knows he’s against it. (WKYT via The Plum Line)
- In Sarah Palin’s world, every time Barack Obama says he won’t kill her son Trig, it’s just more evidence that he will. (Politico)
- Everyone knows that George W. Bush wasn’t actually elected President of the United States in 2000, but did you know that he was elected President of Nigeria? (ABC News)
- Dear wingnuts: the Secret Service frowns upon people waving “Death to Obama” signs. Just so ya know. (Hagerstown Herald-Mail)
Now You Know Why That Burger Tasted Kinda Dirty
- Ew. More than half of foodworkers surveyed admitted to the FDA that they don’t wash their hands before handling food. I wonder how we all got the swine flu? (Quad City Times via CityDesk)
- Hillary Clinton was poor (like the rest of us) after losing to Barack Obama, but now she has millions of dollars again! (NY Daily News)
- Former Rep. Tom Davis (R-Fake VA) also says that the southerners are ruining the GOP. Wonder if David Vitter will teach him about values too? (Political Wire)
- While there may be some debate over whether Sgt. James Crowley acted racistly when he arrested Henry Louis Gates Jr., the Boston cop and National Guard commander who called Gates a “jungle monkey” is definitely racist. (ABC News)
- According to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), it is racist for Democrats to nominate a minority to the Supreme Court and then point out that most Republicans voted against her. (TPMDC)
Hawaii Department of Health Falls Victim to Nobama Socialist Mind Control
- The director of Hawaii’s Department of Health has seen Barack Obama’s birth certificate, so he is definitely American, right? Right? (Honolulu Advertiser)
- The British Government’s guide for government officials using Twitter is just a little bit longer than 140 characters. (Press Association)
- NEW RPT: ITS DNGRS 2 SND & RCV TXT MSGS WHL DRVNG. (PC World)
- Hillary Clinton is going to Africa. Maybe if she finds a copy of Obama’s Kenyan birth certificate she can finally win the Democratic nomination! (BBC)
- Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) is a manly-man, not like that pansy Don Young (R-AK). (POLITICO)
DC Area Confusingly Pro-, Anti-Gay
- Oh, North Korea does not care for our Hillary Clinton because “sometimes she looks like a primary schoolgirl and sometimes a pensioner going shopping.” What does that even mean? (CNN Political Ticker)
- Most Americans do not think Sarah Palin “understands complex issues” and only half think she is “honest and trustworthy” or “shares your values” or “knows how to form complete sentences.” (ABC News)
- The American Apparel store in Silver Spring that was vandalized last week because of its “Legalize Gay” t-shirt window display is now recieving death threats because the display has not been taken down. (The Sexist/WJLA)
- On a more positive gay-related note, lesbians in DC can now be listed on birth certificates of children born to their partners, rather than having to go through a complicated adoption process. (WaPo DC Wire)
Metro Reliving the Good Old Days, Before Everything Broke
- Your Washington Metro’s email system went haywire yesterday and sent out all of their old press releases from 2003. At least it wasn’t the track circuits this time… (WaPo)
- Nancy Pelosi says she has the votes to pass healthcare reform, but Blue Dog Bart Stupak (D-MI) says she does not. Basically, nobody in Congress knows how many votes they need to pass something anymore. (The Hill)
- North Korea has to sit on the swings all by itself during recess because it has “no friends”, according to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. (AFP)
- The Mormons went and baptized all of Barack Obama’s dead relatives. So, not a Muslim then? (Salt Lake Tribune)
Almost Makes You Miss SARS
- Well it is official, the WHO has stopped counting the number of new swine flue cases because we are all dead/dying from it anyway. (AFP)
- Harry Reid officially endorsed the re-election campaign of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), aka Hillary Clinton in a pantsuit. (CNN Political Ticker)
- And speaking of Hillary Clinton, she is not bitter about the whole “President Obama” thing. Something to do with him making her Secretary of State, I guess. (Foreign Policy)
- Since Republicans couldn’t trick Sonia Sotomayor into saying whether she was a Shark or a Jet, she is basically confirmed to the Supreme Court already. (YouTube/Washington Post)
In Texas, The New Testament Ends with the Founding of America
- The Texas State Board of Education wants to take Washington, Lincoln, Stephen F. Austin, Thurgood Marshall, and Cesar Chavez out of American history textbooks because they need more room for the parts about how Jesus died for America’s sins. (Houston Christicle)
- Marine One had its first all-female crew today. Yet another glass ceiling Barack Obama sexist-ly prevented Hillary Clinton from shattering. (CNN Political Ticker)
- Republican Senators will not filibuster Sonia Sotomayor because, despite her alleged Puerto Rican-ness, it turns out she is not actually racist. (Regular CNN)
- After only 40ish years of debate, your Richmond Times-Dispatch is now very sorry for encouraging Virginians to resist desegregation of schools! (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Half a Trillion Here, Half a Trillion There
- In a stunning show of bipartisanship, staffers for the Republican and Democratic National Committees teamed up to beat the crap out of poor Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL). (Roll Call)
- Republican members of your Senate Judiciary Committee thought they could catch Sonia Sotomayor off-guard yesterday by asking her about guns and abortion, but–quelle surprise!–somehow she saw those questions coming. (NYT)
- Hillary Clinton has almost finished paying off her debts from that time Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination for president because of sexism. Now she only has to pay Mark Penn, who famously said Obama could never win the general election, for his highly valuable services! (CNN Political Ticker/USA Today)
- The crack team of reporters at your Associated Press is almost accurately reporting the cost of Democrats’ healthcare reform bill. They’re only off by half a trillion dollars, or $500,000,000,000. (TPMDC)
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