Post Archive
November 2009
FishbowlDC: Delargy Out, Rothstein In
We’re sad to learn that our friend Christine Delargy is leaving FishbowlDC. Editor’s Note: As some of you may already know, these are my last few weeks blogging for FishbowlDC. Moonlighting on the blog has been one heck of an experience and I promise to leave Matt with someone capable …
Whatever You Do, Do Not Tell Lou Dobbs He Can’t Run For President
Lou Dobbs is not delusional – he’s awesome. [run Lou, run] Can Lou Dobbs make the leap from the anchor desk to the Oval Office? A radio interviewer on WTOP joked Monday about the "crazy" idea that the former CNN host could mount a White House bid in 2012 – …
Former Bush Flack to Battle With the BCS
Ari Fleischer has been hired by the Bowl Championship Series [BCS] to help convince Senators that they have more important matters to tend to. [waste your time on something else] Former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer has gone to work for college football’s often-maligned Bowl Championship Series. Fleischer’s communications …
DVR Alert: DeLay Coming Back to DWTS
He’s done with the sequins and ready to show America how Texans do it. [two step] Tom DeLay will be dancing the Texas Two-Step with Cheryl Burke on the season finale of "Dancing With the Stars" Tuesday night. Last month, DeLay had to drop out of the popular TV dance …
Team Huck’s Pit Crew
Someone must have recently told Mike Huckabee that he needed to work on his branding. [identity crisis] "Team Huck" rolls into the bookstore like a NASCAR pit crew, red uniform shirts adorned with the corporate logos of Mike Huckabee’s website, his speaker’s bureau, his publisher, and "Huck" emblazoned on their …
Agent Zero = 1, Twitter = 0
If I had a million Twitter followers … Deadspin: Gilbert Arenas Makes a Mockery of Twitter Agent Zero refuses to start Twittering until he has a million followers. Uh, Gil, that’s not how you do it. Actually, you know what? Twitter’s stupid and everyone on it is stupid and this …
The Ballad of Joseph Cao
We thought the same thing. One, and only one, Republican broke ranks to vote for the health reform bill in the House. Dude needed a song. Worth the watch.