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Mr. Obama, A Humble Request: Kimberly Ann Guilfoyle For Supreme Court
This is not a mere commentary on the looks of your current short list, as that would be shallow, and really isn’t worth getting into … yikes . But here are our top 10 reasons why you should select Kimberly for the high court: 10) She’s a Fox News host…thereby …
FamousDC Battle [Trippi vs. Stephanopoulos]
It’s a Tweet down! After being asked by Patrick Ruffini, Joe Trippi calls a George Stephanopoulos story about John Edwards: "complete BS — fantasyland – not true." The story George Stephanopoulos: Edwards Staff Had Affair ‘Doomsday’ Strategy Basically, if it looked like Edwards was going to win the Democratic Party …
Wanda Sykes: “Rush Limbaugh Was the 20th Hijacker But He Was Just So Strung Out on Oxycontin he Missed his Flight”
Comedian Wanda Sykes, who headlined the #nerdprom [WHCD] tonight, took a few vicious jabs at conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh: Via POLITICO: "You’ve had your fair share of critics. … Rush Limbaugh said this administration fails. … He just wants the country to fail. To me that’s treason. He’s not …
Famous Friday [Round-up]
Ramesh Ponnuru was almost named to the Macon, Georgia City Council, Alex Ovechkin continued his campaign for DC Sports Savior, Obama supporter Colin Powell offered advice to the GOP via Chris Strohm, Mike Madden complained he’s never been called for DC jury duty, Kara Rowland invited Members of Congress to …
Google Map Fail: Congressional Candidate Launches Campaign in Wrong District
From Wake Up Call : According to an aide, CA-47 candidate Van Tran (R) "knew the location" he chose for his campaign launch "was outside the district," but he went with it anyway because it’s only "like a block" outside ("Total Buzz") After years of will-he or won’t-he speculation, Assemblyman …
Who Says Congress Isn’t Fun?
Having solved all other problems, Congress has now turned its attention to the two most important issues facing America today: online poker and college football. Frank Set To Introduce Web Gambling Bill Jon Stewart checks how Congress is dealing with the nation’s high-priority issues, such as the BCS We’re actually …
STOP! Step Away From the Twitter Machine
Need another reason to keep the campaign aides off the Twitter machine? Rosalind Helderman: Leaky Tweets Sink…
Twitter Wars: Right vs. Left
The "right" claims the "left" should be "nervous" when it comes to Twitter. I realize I’m inviting much ridicule from my friends on the left, but I’m going to write this post anyway, and I’m going to leave the title intact – Why Twitter Matters & The Left Should Be …
Barney: He’s What We Call A Dinosaur Sensation
Moments ago, as Rep. Barney Frank stood to address Congress, onlookers in the House gallery broke out in song. It looks like Howard Mortman and Adam Sharp are earning their keep over at C-SPAN. When something goes down on the House floor, they’re quick to farm out the coverage. [hey …
DC Elite Dine in Arlington
what’s up arlington : Arlington – the Hot Place for Political Food In case you didn’t see the news, President Obama and VP Biden lunched today at Arlington’s own Ray’s Hellburger . … And this past weekend, a group of Republicans held an event at Pie-Tanza .
Pat ‘Em Down: Sen. Roberts Vows to Keep Terrorists Out of Kansas
Apparently Arlen Specter isn’t the only person no longer welcome in Kansas. [operation yellow brick road]
Joe Biden Takes His Boss On a Lunch Date
Even though he warned the rest of the country to be weary about public places, Joe Biden isn’t scare of swine — or beef for that matter. Earlier this afternoon, Vice Presdient Joe Biden, accompanied by his boss President Obama, enjoyed a burger at Ray’s Hell Burger in Virginia. On …
Happy Cinco de Cuatro?
What would Cinco de Mayo remarks be without the mention of the swine flu. [obama says, "party on"] Embedded video from <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video" mce_href="http://www.cnn.com/video">CNN Video</a>
Obama E&C Meeting Transcript
FamousDC received an exclusive copy of President Obama’s agenda for the House Energy and Commerce Committee meeting for this coming Tuesday. The meeting agenda will consist of: 1) Opening remarks: WTF 2) Q & A: What in the heck are you guys doing? 3) Sermon: Getting your act together 5) …
GOP Messaging
Eric Cantor: "We’ve Got a Lot to Learn" From Obama Jeb Bush, GOP: Time to leave Reagan behind Bob Barr: GOP in ‘very deep trouble’ Romney: Dings Time List, Palin