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McCain visits his old stomping grounds – Capitol Hill
John McCain, who is not known for his popularity with Republican House members, is set to meet with congressional leaders this morning at their weekly confernece meeting. Some members have not been shy about their distaste for the Senator. At the request of his campaign, McCain will visit the House …
Hotline Embraces Chesapeake Reference
Obama “Swept Through The Chesapeake And Over The Potomac” .
Eagles Fans Can’t Let Go ’05 Super Bowl Loss
Goodell to meet with Senator Specter over NFL spying .
‘Stop Her Now’ …well, not right now
There’s a website [imagine] who’s only purpose is to make sure Hillary Clinton does not make it back to the White House. The site, Stop Her Now, has a wealth of information – and is clearly staffed by someone, if not multiple anti-Hillary drones. Since there are clearly folks earning …
Barnes and Noble goes cultural
A FamousDC reader, while visiting a Barnes and Noble located in the South, stumbled upon a section in the store called “African American Interests.” To the reader’s surprise, he discovered just how broad the interests of African Americans were. According to the good people at Barnes and Noble, the interests of African …
Snydered
Scott Van Pelt: Redskins Done F’d Up Now Money quote: The problem is Snyder thinks he knows football just because he collected football cards years ago and wore Redskins colors to school. [Pete Prisco] Michael Wilbon: “That the search went from Gregg Williams to Fassel to Spagnuolo to Zorn and …
Berkeley – STILL open for invasion
Row erupts over Berkeley’s anti-Marine stance [click] “If the U.S. Marines are not good enough for Berkeley, neither are taxpayer dollars,” said Sen. John Cornyn.
Chief Lanier loves reality TV
In case you were wondering … $4 million buys you 73 cameras strategically placed on telephone polls across the District of Columbia. Toss in a box of donuts and a few former patrol officers, and you’ve got yourself a well-fed big brother program. D.C. police are now watching live images …
Famously quoteworthy
“If John McCain locks up the Republican nomination and has any hope of becoming the next Republican president, he might want consider spending his leftover campaign cash to micro-target that last remaining fringe group that could help him get to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. – Republicans.” -Jim Mills (The Hill, February …
Clinton fires friend, then promotes her to adviser
Hillary Clinton said Monday that the “replacement” of her “trusted” campaign manager wasn’t a big deal, nor a “significant” change. As if anybody is going to believe that. Since when is replacing your campaign manager in the middle of the most heated primary in history, not a big deal? Clinton said …
RIP Congressman Lantos
Calif. Rep. Tom Lantos dies after being diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus. WASHINGTON (AP) _ Rep. Tom Lantos of California, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress, has died, his spokeswoman said Monday. Lynne Weil said that Lantos, 80, passed away at the Bethesda Naval Medical Center in …