Wonkette

Last week, your editors were offered the opportunity to interview someone at YouTube about tonight’s debate and “YouTube’s impact on the overall debate and political process” which is all so totally like “real” journalism that it naturally fell to the newest and least journalisty Wonketteer. And, that lack of experience is why I had no idea until 5 minutes ago when trying to find a picture of Steve Grove, YouTube’s, uh, “Head” of News & Politics that he was OMG smoking hot [courtesy of Martha Rial at the St. Petersburg Times]. Oh, and he was smart and said smart things which I wrote down and, boy am I glad I didn’t actually have any idea that this was who I was talking to because I probably would’ve sounded even dumber. That stuff, and Wonkette’s other alcohol-inspired YouTube debate question are after the jump.

First off, Steve wanted me to know that it wasn’t just Chris Dodd who had a question for the Republican candidates about the Constitution - Dennis Kucinich did, too, which led us both to wonder when everyone became Ron Paul? Then we got off on some wild totally non-debate tangent that I won’t bother to recount for you because I had no idea that he was this good looking and kept imagining him to be some middle-agey bland corporate type.

Some of the candidates were initially a little resistant to subject themselves to real questions from real people (what a surprise, right?), but John McCain signed up for the debate right away and totally not because he used to be the front-runner and now isn’t and needs the publicity but because he likes to talk to real people and stuff. Ron Paul and Huckabee were hot on his heels, so to speak, but Huckabee accepted via a YouTube video because he’s a complete suck-up. Steve wouldn’t tell me who came in last, but I’m betting it was either Old-Man Fred because this internet stuff is all confusing to the elderly or Duncan Hunter because he doesn’t give a shit anymore.

The good people at YouTube got nearly 5,000 questions (including one or two from me) but only culled the ones that were really long or didn’t include an actual, you know, question. So-cute Steve thought that they got less abusive rants directed at Republicans than they received during their Democratic debate call-for-entries. They expect that CNN will use about 40-60 of them tonight and, for that, we do not envy Jim his live-blogging duties.

Oh, and he hadn’t seen either of my entries (to which I did not admit until the interview was over). The second entry, below, was too D.C. not to use if not as juvenile as the first one. I would keep my fingers crossed, but, you know, they’ll probably just ask about torture, taxes and abortion anyway.