- Awww, nobody in the GOP wants to be friends with poor Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) because of his affairs and/or bribery. (Politico)
- The title of this post at The Daily Beast is “Edwards Sex Tape Details.” Enjoy your lunch! (The Daily Beast)
- Your Washington Post actually headlined an article about a flood warning this weekend with “Drizzle for Shizzle.” (Washington City Paper)
- Transportation Secretary and former GOP Congressman Ray LaHood thinks Republicans should support healthcare reform because it is pro-life and fiscally conservative. But Mr. Secretary, have you seen Republicans lately? (Chicago Tribune)
- Barack Obama is in Dennis Kucinich’s district today to maybe shame the distinguished gentleman from Ohio into voting for healthcare reform. (USA Today)
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Politicians in the Carolinas Are Just Having Sex All the Time
- South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster wants to probe Mark Sanford. The ethics kind, that is, not the sexy Argentine kind. (AP)
- Is John Edwards the father of his mistress’ 18-month old baby? According to Raleigh’s CBS station, yes, he is. (WRAL)
- Zeke Emanuel, the Ari Gold of medicine, calls bullshit on Sarah Palin and friends’ “death panel” lie. (ABC News)
- Oh good, Sarah Palin is back on Twitter again. The Republic lives on! (CNN Political Ticker)
- Given the choice, Twittering Washingtonians would much rather follow the fake Mayor Fenty than the real one. (Citydesk)
Offering Lots of Advice on Shtupping
- Rielle Hunter, John Kerry’s ex-mistress, was spotted at the Raleigh federal courthouse this morning. I’m sure it has nothing to do with the ongoing federal investigation into Edwards’ alleged misuse of campaign funds, right? (CNN Political Ticker)
- I have had it with these motherfuckin’ snakes in my motherfuckin’ District of Columbia! (MyFOXDC)
- The Cleveland Park listserv now has its own advice columnist who must be good because she’s also been the advice columnist for Playboy and the Jewish Exponent. Seriously. (Citydesk)
- A plurality of Republicans would like to spend more time talking about Barack Obama’s birth certificate. That is, when they aren’t busy beating the crap out of members of Congress. (Washington Independent)
- If people around you have started speaking in 140 characters or less, it’s because somebody is attacking the Twitter. (Wired)
Well, if you squint when you look at the “5″ it kinda looks like a “9″…
- Conservatives who oppose Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court Conservatives have a new talking point today, that all nine Supreme Court justices disagreed with Sotomayor’s ruling in the firefighter discrimination case! Like many right-wing talking points, this is false, since four justices actually agreed with the second circuit’s ruling. Of course, facts and numbers are both known to have a liberal bias. (TPMDC)
- On the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which began 40 years ago when New York police raided a gay bar in Greenwich Village, your Fort Worth Police Department raided a gay bar, for funsies. Seven men for arrested for “public intoxication”–or in other words, for having been drinking in a bar. Apparently officers were concerned that the gays might be a danger to others because of their gayness, which you can totally get from touching a gay, y’know. (Washington Blade)
- American Heroes FOX News, on their wingnut gathering website “The FOX Nation,” reported a satirical blog post as fact. And this is different from what FOX News does on a regular basis… how? (The FOX Nation)
- In 2009, the city of Venice now has its first female gondolier ever. All the men didn’t think she could do it, but she figured, “Hey, if I can push two children from my uterus into the world, this can’t be that much more difficult.” And she was right. (Some Australian paper, because what does America care about women and/or other parts of the world?)
- There is a John Edwards sex tape in existence, the end. (New York Daily News)
Colbert and the Candidates
In what was certainly the most important campaign appearance for each of them, both Democratic presidential candidates (as well as John Edwards) graced the Colbert Report with their presence. Hillary fixed some technical difficulties, Edwards announced what he needs before he can make an endorsement, and Obama puts manufactured political distractions on notice.
Videos below.
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