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MEMO TO GOV. PALIN, FROM THE DESK OF KEVIN MADDEN: “What about Kevin Six-Pack? Why am I always overlooked and neglected? Everyone always focuses on Joe. Joe, Joe, Joe. It’s all I ever heard growing up. Kevin Six-Pack votes too, y’know.”[playbook] Madden’s memo was in reference to Gov. Palin trying …

Pat Gavin, the editor of Fishbowl DC, was recently interviewed by the Washingtonian.  Below is a portion of the interview, with some words purposefully lifted from it.  Your job – fill in the blanks. “Gavin came to DC five years ago to ___________. He didn’t _______ but says it was …

Dear Andrew Malcolm, Welcome back from Mars.  We hope your fact finding mission was a success. After you acclimate yourself, can you do us a favor and explain as to why you love reporting on rumors?  And how exactly you came to explain that Hillary will step in for Biden, …

There’s a new online initiative out there that might just wet your appetite. It’s called Hungry for Obama. The purpose:  To get people to have dinner parties to raise money for Obama. Who doesn’t like talking politics with a mouth full of food? h/t Tech President

For all you Facebook fanatics, here’s a fun little “treat.”  [hard at work in Boozman’s office]

UPDATE:  Marc Ambinder writes, “Where’s Tom DeLay when you need ’em?”  Other FDC readers email, “This would’ve never happened with DeLay in the saddle.” Where is Tom DeLay anyway? Michelle Malkin calls bailout a “crap sandwich.”  Has a flaming bag of poo on her site. ———— Dear Hill Staff, Can …

What do you do when you’re a Republican in Hollywood?  You get together with the only other Republicans in town – and the five of you make a really strange movie. “An American Carol” features: Kelsey Grammer, Dennis Hopper, James Woods, Jon Voight, and a couple others.

He’s become an overnight sensation [our inbox can prove it] – and an office-hold name on Capitol Hill.  Not to mention Megyn Kelly has asked that he appear on her show.  So why has the GOP Gatekeeper not made a trip to NYC to appear on “America’s Morning” on Fox …

I think we can all agree on one thing, as we stand by clutching our piggy banks, anxiously awaiting tonight’s debates – wouldn’t they be much more interesting if there was alcohol involved? Fear not.  We present to you, the debate drinking game.  You must drink when… When McCain refers …

Sen. Chris Dodd is not only struggling to help fix our suffering economy, but he’s also struggling to find product that will tame his hair during these turbulent times. The good news: At least the hair is real.

It’s not everyday you get to go to the White House and enjoy some free refreshments, so when that chance rolls around, you better darn sure take advantage of it. Check out Leader Boehner. He got the diet coke, tea and coffee.  Aggressive.

UPDATE: Yesterday we wrote this in our post about Luke: “We can smell the Fans of Luke Facebook group just around the corner.”  Well, low and behold, here it is. But why no link to FamousDC on their page? Yesterday we brought you the story of Cool Hand Luke Hatzis, …

In a rush to post the latest financial bailout news, it seems Matt Drudge had a breakdown of his own.  A grammatical breakdown. If it makes him feel any better, we do it all the time.

According to the latest polls, 99.9% of folks think Congress kind of sucks at what they do.  And it seems as if America has given up faith on them. So what do you do when people are about to tune out Congress?  Pitch a fun story which will keep people …