Jon Stewart will always be first in my heart, but he's never testified before Congress. And, really, I don't know what's better, that someone invited Colbert out to talk about migrant workers in the first place because no one else would or the congressmen who are somehow shocked and appalled that he showed up in character. Because they live in a ( Read more... )

Dear Oklahoma,

No, no. Fuck YOU.

Absolutely no love,
Me

P.S. You can tell Arizona fuck on off as well.

Also, he is turning into Jed Bartlet right before our very eyes! It is almost creepy.

Obama visits independent Iowa bookstore.

The raw video also has some additional walking & talking with people outside the shop.

Oh, oh, and GIP (hi, can you tell I've been trying to write in here again by re-embracing my love of political wonkery?)

I don't know how many people have seen this, but it's been making its way around the blogospere this morning. And when I saw it, this is what I did:

D:

D:

D:I - I don't even know what to say. We're all screwed? Defcon 5? Abandon all hope, ye who enter here ( Read more... )

"Obama Woos G.O.P. With Attention, and Cookies"

courtesy New York Times.

If all politicians were wooed like this, the Girl Scouts would be the most powerful lobby in the States.

"Obama said that there will be time to beat him up and a time for politics. He said I understand that and I will watch you on fox news and feel bad about myself."

From here.

... I think he just brought snark back to the White House.

I - I don't know what to with this, guys. I don't know what to do with a snarky, geeky president who can destroy ( Read more... )

I've been saying for the last couple of days that seeing Rahm Emmanuel get appointed Chief of Staff is like getting to watch a real-life version of Josh Lyman run around the White House.

Low and behold...I have no idea what this says about me, other than apparently I've got a yen for snarky Jewish boys who spend a fair amount of time kicking ( Read more... )

Fuckin' A.

Let's get to work.

Love,
Me

Today, I have:

- re-watched The West Wing pilot ( Read more... )

Just some thoughts that have been on my mind lately:

So, you've probably heard how much difficulty McCain has had attracting young voters. And while to a certain extent this is predictable (he's, like, ohmigawd, old and stuff!), there have been some really bad fumbles from the Republicans overall that make it nigh on impossible to recruit any ( Read more... )