Closing Bell: NRCC Video Guy Keeps It Real
March 18, 2010
We’ve got to give it up to the NRCC once again — they’re straight killing it with the videos.
There’s a lot of quick humor throughout the entire video [:47, 1:05]
Famously Quoteworthy: A Dose of Benadryl
March 18, 2010
DSCC spokesman Eric Schultz had the line of the day when commenting about the DSCC’s new video, “GOP Says No to Jobs.”
“It may be springtime, but Republicans seem allergic to job creation.”
That may be true, but the DSCC is not alergic to iStock actors. They used every one of them in their latest ad.
Dear CSPAN Video Archive: Where’s The Bob Kerrey Lesbian Joke?
March 18, 2010
Is it just us, or is the Bob Kerrey lesbian joke with Jerry Brown not on the new CSPAN video library? [hmmm]
We spent a greater part of yesterday diving into 1990s clips, and were pretty sure we’d see it here, but alas, it was only Kerrey talking about how was looking for a good joke to tell. And then we just gave up and started going through Greta Wodele clips.
Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the Game [Tiger Woods]
March 18, 2010
CBS News: Obama: “Tiger Still a “Terrific Golfer”
RELATED:
Golf Digest: 10 Tips Obama Can Take From Tiger
John Boehner and Tiger Woods Golfing Together
Steny Hoyer 2.0
March 17, 2010
Republican Attacks on Health Reform: Dèjá Vu All Over Again [interactive]
How Much Would You Pay for a Picture With Sarah Palin?
March 17, 2010
The Huffington Post recently asked, “just how much are Republican donors willing to pay for a private photo opportunity with conservative firebrands Sarah Palin and Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.)?
The folks at Minnesota-Bachmann Victory Committee are putting the price tag at a whopping $10,000 per couple, according to a copy of the invitation obtained by the Huffington Post.
If it came with a Hasselblad HD2-39 digital camera, two-week Alaskan cruise and a set of steak knives, it might be worth it.
Woodhouse Takes Tea Partiers to the Woodshed
March 16, 2010
Tea Party organizers were hoping to flood the halls of congress today.
Tea Partiers planned to “flood the halls of Congress” to protest health care legislation, a plan that prompted Democratic leaders to instruct their members to respond with politeness and Twinkies. [300 strong]
Unfortunately the flood was more like a trickle and DNC Flack Brad Woodhouse had the line of the day:
“I’ve been to birthday parties that drew more people,” he emails. “More people attended my wedding than went to the tea party kill the bill rally on the hill.
Only 300 showed. We did the math. That’s a lot of leftover Twinkies.
Only In the Midwest: This Makes Total Sense
March 16, 2010
This “candidate” might be on to something …
… Like trying to hit a home run without swinging. Brilliant.
h/t Lazy Hazy
Tea Party Tuesday
March 16, 2010
Famously Tweeted: Do Tell, Sir
March 16, 2010
Erick Erickson, the Editor of RedState.com, seems to have big news developing…
Any guesses? CNN?
UPDATE: I guess our tipsters were right. Erickson joins CNN.
Can Subway’s Jared Save Congress?
March 16, 2010
Politico’s Erika Lovley: House aides dish on unhappy meals
“Our staff are dedicated employees and they can’t afford to eat every day downstairs,” Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) told Beard during the hearing. “We should probably have at least one vendor like a Subway. Five-dollar footlong, five-dollar footlong — whatever.”
Whatever happened to the 2008 Cafeteria Boycott: Hill Staffers United Against Restaurant Associates?
Closing Bell: President’s Reunion
March 15, 2010
Gibbs and Rove
March 15, 2010
Snoop Dogg Writes Washington Post Headline
March 15, 2010
DCist’s Sommer Mathis: WaPo Headline: ‘Drizzle for Shizzle’
We Only Have One Question
March 15, 2010
Who is the girl in the bikini at the 1:55 mark?
She did a good job acting … considering the shadow is coming from the opposite direction she is looking.
Did You Miss #SXSW?
March 15, 2010
Luckily for all of us, The Washingtonian’s Garrett Graff is there and live-tweeting.
Spend a few minutes and check-out his feed: #annoyingthingsoverheardatsxsw
vermontgmg “It’s sustainable but also kind of Third World sad,” overheard at Moonshine patio’s. #annoyingthingsoverheardatsxsw
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vermontgmg “I’ve got the ideas in my head, the challenge is making them into a business, revenue, and all that.” #annoyingthingsoverheardatsxsw
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vermontgmg “Don’t just think outside the box, throw the box out the window,” panelist. #annoyingthingsoverheardatsxsw
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vermontgmg Woman in audience next to me: “I’m just going to tweet everything for now, then I’ll blog later.” #annoyingthingsoverheardatsxsw
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vermontgmg At Miller Lite pitch: Q: How would people hear about your film? “We’d use the Tweeter feeds.” #cluelessthingsoverheardatsxsw
Coming Soon [Health Bill]
March 15, 2010
Mediaite: Robert Gibbs: The Health Bill Will Soon Be The “Law Of The Land”
When asked if the president now believes if he has the votes to pass health care, Gibbs avowed “Chris we’ll have the votes when the House votes within the next week.”
Famously Quoteworthy: Not Quite Sure God is Laughing
March 15, 2010
Rielle Hunter Breaks Her Silence:
“I feel comfortable talking now, because Johnny went public and made a statement admitting paternity.
Edwards to Hunter:
‘Falling in love with you could really f–k up my plans for becoming President.’ And of course I said, ‘If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.’”
The entire hot mess can be read here.
Massa and Rahm in a Capitol Hill Shower [Shamrock Fest]
March 12, 2010
Matthew Gagnon has won another FamousDC contest.
His picture of Rahm and Massa in a legit Capitol Hill shower wins two VIP tickets to Shamrock Fest tomorrow at RFK.
Congrats Mr. Gagnon!
Axelrod: Washington loves to watch people become too big and ultimately crash and burn
March 12, 2010
Peter Baker: Obama Social Secretary Ran Into Sharp Elbows
Google Fiber for Twin Ports [Al Franken]
March 12, 2010
How to Hit Five Google Alerts With One Headline
March 12, 2010
Howard Kurtz: Roethlisberger, Massa, Ensign, Woods: Sex, power and sports
Obama Set to Quit, Looks to Sign With Chicago Bulls
March 11, 2010
From our friends at eTrueSports.com:
Washington – “It ain’t worth it, nothing is,” said President Barack Obama in announcing he will resign the Presidency to sign a ten-day, non-guaranteed contract with his hometown Chicago Bulls. “Pretending to like Nancy Pelosi is killing me.”
As for Biden — he’s ready to take over.
“I’m ready to serve,” announced a beaming Vice-President Joe Biden in a joint press conference with his former boss. “I’m ready to shoot jumpers,” said Obama.
Get the entire “true story here.
We Remember the Old Eric Massa
March 11, 2010
15 minutes can be a long time.
UPDATE: We liked this when we saw it the first time here.
Two Branches Enter, One Branch Leaves
March 10, 2010
Crossroads with Jan Crawford: White House Vs. Supreme Court: It’s Getting Ridiculous
But once again, the White House has to try to get the last word. Last night, Gibbs struck back at Roberts.
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“What is troubling is that this decision opened the floodgates for corporations and special interests to pour money into elections – drowning out the voices of average Americans,” Gibbs said. “The president has long been committed to reducing the undue influence of special interests and their lobbyists over government. That is why he spoke out to condemn the decision and is working with Congress on a legislative response.”
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Maybe it’s because he’s an Auburn guy and the Chief Justice was talking to law students at the University of Alabama (or, as we like to say, “the University”), but Gibbs should have let this go.
Now Congressional Hockey Gets Serious [Bounty]
March 10, 2010
It was all fun and games until a hill staffer puts a bounty on the head of a gun lobbyist …
BDayspring: Placing a $500 bounty on the head of @goody37 for tonight’s game.
RELATED: Not Your Normal Hockey Game [Lawmakers vs. Lobbyists]
RELATED: Flickr photoset from last night’s hockey game at Ft. Dupont (lobbyists won 7 – 2)
Eye Street [The Daily Caller]
March 10, 2010
The Daily Caller has a new political blog out: Eye Street
First Post:
…By Mike Riggs 03/10/10 at 1:05 PM…
Dear Internet: Welcome to The Daily Caller’s newest blog. Named “Eye Street” for our location (1720 I St.) and for our ambitions (to be all-seeing), in this space you’ll find news, analysis, aggregation, and even some commentary from the DC’s crack reporting team: Jon Ward, Alex Pappas, Gautham Nagesh, Aleksandra Kulczuga, yours truly, and soon, Jonathan Strong, currently of Inside EPA.
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We plan to inform you, entertain you, and maybe even break your heart. Please expect great things from us. And if we let you down, don’t hesitate to tell us what you’d rather see. Be salty, even. We can handle it.
California Gov. Race: @FakeJerryBrown Vs. WikiMeg.Com
March 10, 2010
The infamous “Demon Sheep” ad got us a bit intrigued about the races out there on the West Coast, and we happened to stumble upon a few other internet offerings that might be worth checking out…both focused on examining the candidates for Governor
Level The Playing Field 2010, a union funded organization run by Dem strategist Chris Lehane and supporting Jerry Brown, launched WikiMeg this week, which is billed as “bold new experiment in democracy.” The open source site allows individuals to post information about Whitman, including a “sightings” section. We aren’t sure if this open source oppo site is the first of its kind, but it’s not a half-bad idea, and it seemed to get quite a bit of press exposure, which is always a good start.
And then we noticed a peculiar new @FamousDC Twitter follower named @FakeJerryBrown. Promoting itself as a “fake Jerry Brown with a real record of failure” the anonymous, fake first person perspective of @FakeJerryBrown incorporates humor into the daily tweets of Brown thoughts and stories, ranging from frustration over a flip flop to attacking his little known primary opponent to tweeting Andrew Breitbart about ACORN investigations.This morning’s offering included the well known viral video about Oakland’s problems with “whistle tips”…which apparently took place during Browns tenure as Mayor. While not gaining a mass following on twitter yet, we did happen to notice that a curious group of national reporters/producers like @PElliottAP and @hambypCNN, along with Brown’s own spokesperson @sterling4jb, seem to be following the fun.
Check out www.wikimeg.com and @fakejerrybrown and give us your thoughts.
Not the Onion: Lawmakers Say Shower Run-Ins Are Unusual
March 10, 2010
Philip Rucker gets all the fun assignments.
Funniest Massa Quotes
March 10, 2010
Nice round-up from our friend Betsy Rothstein
Famously Quoteworthy: Tickle Monster [UPDATE: Exclusive Video]
March 9, 2010
We don’t generally comment on tickling, but this is too good:
Ex-Rep. Eric Massa:
“Now they’re saying I groped a male staffer,” Massa told host Glenn Beck. “I did. I tickled him until he couldn’t breathe.”
Could this get any stranger?
UPDATE: We snagged the exclusive tickling video:
h/t MH via Roll Call
Closing Bell: Best Actor in Real Life
March 9, 2010
Your WTF of the Week: Wax On, Wax Off
March 9, 2010
This is apparently what happens when you trail by 20+ points…
Gov. Charlie Crist speaking candidly about his Marco Rubio:
Because he’s trying to pawn himself off as a fiscal conservative. And yet just in reason weeks, two weeks ago it has come out in news accounts he had a Republican Party of Florida credit card that he charged $130 haircut, or maybe it was a back wax — we are not sure what all he got at that place.
Senate Warns Staffers to Avoid Drudge Report
March 9, 2010
This seems suspect:
Just as the healthcare drama in the capitol reaches a grand finale, congressional officials are warning employees to avoid the DRUDGE REPORT!
The Senate’s Committee on Environment and Public Works issued an urgent email late Monday claiming the DRUDGE REPORT is ‘responsible for the many viruses popping up throughout the Senate.’
The committee ordered hill staff: ‘Try to avoid’ the DRUDGE REPORT ‘for now’.
Drudge himself ain’t buying it:
On Monday DRUDGE served over 29 million pages with NOT ONE email complaint received about ‘pop ups’, or the site serving ‘viruses’.
The site was seen 149,967 times since March 1st from users at senate.gov and 244,347 times at house.gov. [10,825 visits from the White House, eop.gov]
The Systems Administrator may want to continue taking her antibiotic until the prescription runs out.
PS: We also served 29 million page views on Monday.
h/t Lazy Hazy
Famously Headlined: At Least It Rhymes
March 9, 2010
The only thing going well for Nancy today, a rhyming headline courtesy of POLITICO:
Next week she gets her very own haiku.
The Only News Worth Reporting Today
March 9, 2010
Sure, we could talk about this:
Rep. Massa describes a confrontation with Emanuel in a shower: “I am showering, naked as a jaybird, and here comes Rahm Emanuel, not even with a towel wrapped around his tush, poking his finger in my chest, yelling at me.” [TMI]
Naked or not, it doesn’t hold a candle to this:
Betty White fans, your prayers have been answered. The former “Golden Girl” will appear on “Saturday Night Live” in the near future, she confirmed to PEOPLE at Elton John’s annual Oscars viewing party on Sunday night. [golden]
Now that’s worth reporting.
Closing Bell: C-SPAN Radio iPhone App
March 8, 2010
Famously Quoteworthy: Tell Us How You Really Feel
March 8, 2010
Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY), in a radio interview, on the White House chief of staff:
“Rahm Emanuel is son of the devil’s spawn… He is an individual who would sell his mother to get a vote. He would strap his children to the front end of a steam locomotive.”
Snap.
Chuck Todd Blasts Drudge Report [Mediaite]
March 8, 2010
Chuck Todd: “There’s no worse crime in journalism these days than simply deciding something’s a story because Drudge links to it.”
Adrian Fenty’s Friends
March 8, 2010
Nikita Stewart and Paul Schwartzman probably aren’t getting out of parking tickets any time soon.
WaPo: Friends share in D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty’s good fortune
