Post Archive
June 7, 2010
Closing Bell: Blago Tweeting His Own Corruption Trial
His first tweet was free. We’ll see how much he charges for each additional tweet. Our guess is that they’ll be much more expensive once he’s tweeting from jail. h/t Jordan
BREAKING: Helen Thomas Gives Up Her Seat
Musical Chairs at the White House press briefing room. [sad] Helen Thomas announced Monday that she is retiring, effective immediately. Her decision came after her controversial comments about Israel and the Palestinians were captured on videotape and widely disseminated on the Internet. Which press corp member will be tasked with …
Only in the Midwest: Hair Time for Air Time
Note to future campaigns: If you’re cash-on-hand numbers are low, try to sell the candidate’s hairpiece. If your candidate doesn’t wear a hairpiece, try other things like fundraisers, telemarketing, direct mail, etc… The campaign of Missouri insurgent Republican U.S. Senate candidate Chuck Purgason is suggesting that his former hairpiece may …
WHITE HOUSE GONE WILD: Shirtless Favreau And Vietor’s Sunday/Funday Beer Pong Match
** If you like this, you’ll love our Twitter feed ** Suns out, guns out… It’s going to take more than a little oil and a brittle economy to keep these White House staffers down…or their shirts on. Check out White House spokesman Tommy Vietor and chief speechwriter Jon Favreau …
Not the Onion: Elton John Performs at Rush Limbaugh’s Reception
We can hardly believe this. [rocket man] Conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh had an unexpected wedding singer when he said “I do” for the fourth time yesterday to Kathryn Rogers at the Breakers hotel in Palm Beach: gay rights advocate Elton John, according to a wire report from the FOX-owned …
Happy Monday
Not quite ready to start working yet? Read these… Helen Thomas is not bat sh*t crazy, she’s just older than the rest of us [srsly] If you don’t want to listen to voter rage, just skip the Town Hall meetings [not rocket science] It’s good to be Sandra Bullock [MTV] …