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Confusing Headlines…Florida Edition
Kendrick Meek gets Obama to stump for him in his close race primary with life coach billionaire Jeff Greene, and some dude named Sink hops in front of him and makes it look like the opposite. Obama headed to Florida to help Sink, Meek [the importance of commas] Or is …
Lame Kiffen Inspired by President Obama
We bet this ruined the day for Clay Travis. Glenn Davis: Lane Kiffin: “My Model Was Obama” In Dealing With Crisis
Basil Trails Obama by a Mere 25 Points
Next to wrestling, polling has always been our second favorite make-believe pastime: Finally the gold fringed flag and traffic stops may live to die another day in American society. Voters nationwide aren’t any more inclined to let Basil Marceaux do his issues than the ones in Tennessee were last week- …
Mediaite Doesn’t Miss a Trick #SnookiGate
NOT THE ONION: John McCain tweets to Snooki and later President Obama says he doesn’t know her … during an interview with The View. Steven Jessop: Snooki-Gate? Obama Tells The View “He Has No Idea” Who Snooki Is, After Joking About Her At White House Correspondents Dinner
HR Double Bogey
Just in time for the 30th anniversary of Caddyshack. H.R. 5878. A bill to amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make funds and tax benefit available to assist job creation and workforce diversification in the golf industry, and for …
Not the Onion: Obama to make historic visit to talk show “The View”
President Barack Obama will appear on female chat show “The View” on Thursday, in what the ABC network said on Monday was the first appearance by a sitting U.S. president on a daytime TV talk show.
Happy Monday Morning: The More Things Change
August is so close we can smell it. Happy Monday. Let’s rock this week.
Apple Bottom Robes, Gavels with the Fur #Kagan
In what looks to be THE defining endorsement, 2 Live Crew has endorsed Kagan for Supreme Court This has FamousDC written all over it. We created our own 2 Live Crew playlist of songs to endorse Elena Kagan: Apple Bottom Robes, Gavels with the Fur Shake It, Shake It Real …
Internet ‘Kill Switch’ Bill
We’re fine with this. [we could use a break] President Obama will be handed the power to shut down the Internet for at least four months without Congressional oversight if the Senate votes for the infamous Internet ‘kill switch’ bill, which was approved by a key Senate committee yesterday and …
On Second Thought, This Whole Working Thing is Hard
We wrote this on July 6, 2009: Kal Penn Kalpen Modi started his new job at the White House today, and besides the fact that he’s a Hollywood celebrity working in the White House, would like you to know that he’s just a normal guy. And normal guys ride the …
Famously Tweeted: SPIN
SNL funny: sethmeyers21 On the plus side, the McChrystal profile in SPIN is super positive. And his next profile will likely appear in JET.
If It Was My Home #OilSpill
Amazing. The oil spill would stretch from Richmond, through D.C., Baltimore and almost up to NYC.
A Large Multinational Corporation is a Convenient Presidential Punching Bag
The Atlantic’s Steven E. Schier: Why Has Obama’s Approval Held Steady Despite the Oil Spill? A recent batch of polls reveal that President Obama’s job approval has remained steady over the last two months despite his presiding over the biggest environmental catastrophe in our nation’s history. Why might that be?