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K-LO, ONLINE COMEDY INSTITUTION, TO STEP DOWN

BIG NEWS 2DAY, from Kathryn Jean “Jonah Goldberg” Lopez: “I will soon be stepping aside as editor of National Review Online. I’m not going too far. I’ll still be contributing to NRO with ideas and content, and if you are an author or reader you might not notice much of a change. I’ll probably still be bugging you for pieces if you’re an author and I’ll still be traffic-copping the Corner. But I will be moving my primary base of operation in the fall from New York to D.C., and will no longer honcho NRO on a day-by-day basis.” Oh, we will notice the shit out of this. Starburst will replace her. [National Review]


2:51 PM on Mon June 15 2009
By Jim Newell
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  1. S.Luggo says at 2:55 pm, June 15th, 2009

    The KFC across from the NR offices mourns.

  2. ManchuCandidate says at 2:56 pm, June 15th, 2009

    S.Luggo:
    I personally suspect the nearby 7-11 and the local Ho-Hos distributor are shedding tears.

  3. Fox n Fiends says at 2:57 pm, June 15th, 2009

    Another drag queen in DC? great.

  4. She will leave big shoes to fill.

  5. Internally valid says at 2:58 pm, June 15th, 2009

    She says she and Jonah will now both hold the position of editor-at-large. *insert obligatory fat joke*

  6. Tommmcatt says at 2:59 pm, June 15th, 2009

    Jonah must be heartbroken.

  7. slappypaddy says at 3:00 pm, June 15th, 2009

    watch out, she’s steppin’ down, don’t get under them feet, squish you like a bug.

  8. I’ll still be traffic-copping the Corner.

    Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

  9. Naked Bunny with a Whip says at 3:03 pm, June 15th, 2009

    I’ll still be contributing to NRO with ideas

    Ahahahahaha! And I will continue contributing my sophisticated and informed political analysis to Wonkette News Service Worldwide.

    and content

    Okay, fair enough. K-Lo can certainly generate material which consumes both space and time, which is perfect for NRO.

    All this K-Lo talk has made me hungry.

  10. Freight locomotives can’t simply “step aside”.

  11. shortsshortsshorts says at 3:04 pm, June 15th, 2009

    She’s off to protest in Iran.

  12. Meanwhile, people are being shot by the basij in Iran.

  13. gjdodger says at 3:06 pm, June 15th, 2009

    I’m not going too far.
    Well, that’ll be a first.

  14. Mr Blifil says at 3:09 pm, June 15th, 2009

    I guess she’s been through all the Craig’s List possibilities NY has to offer.

  15. heroinmule says at 3:10 pm, June 15th, 2009

    Phew, thank jesus she will still be “contributing!” For a second I thought the republic was going to have to move on without her “analysis.”

  16. 19kevin8 says at 3:10 pm, June 15th, 2009

    I suspect the real reason is that Jonah knocked her up.

  17. Litlebritdifrnt says at 3:11 pm, June 15th, 2009

    So you know that government website that POTUS set up for people to submit ideas to? Well its been overrun by “birfers” demanding to see the birth certificate and calling Hopey a muslin and all that and it occurred to me that the wonketeers might want to do something about it.

    http://opengov.ideascale.com/akira/ideafactory.do?discussionID=2236

    Oh and blog wars. Have fun.

  18. SayItWithWookies says at 3:11 pm, June 15th, 2009

    I’m sure she can do stupid and irrelevant from DC just as well as she can do it from NYC.

  19. donner_froh says at 3:12 pm, June 15th, 2009

    gjdodger: “I’m not going too far.”

    Only as far as those stubby little legs can carry all that weight before needing a break and a few dozen Hostess Cupcakes.

  20. Litlebritdifrnt says at 3:12 pm, June 15th, 2009

    PS) Blackmonrikker is over there fighting them all on his own right now so show him some love.

  21. magic titty says at 3:13 pm, June 15th, 2009

    She just ruined the word honcho forever, as if it weren’t already bad enough.

  22. Please feel free to continue to send me feedbags
    Fixed.

  23. S.Luggo says at 3:20 pm, June 15th, 2009

    shortsshortsshorts: Why? Doesn’t Ahmadinejad have enough weight on his side?

  24. Extemporanus says at 3:31 pm, June 15th, 2009

    magic titty: I’m pretty sure “honcho” is Mexican for “dry hump”. And “NRO” stands for “Nachos Rio Oeuvos”. K-Lo will now have more to time to honcho burritos, which are decidedly less messy than NROs.

  25. trondant says at 3:39 pm, June 15th, 2009

    It’s just like Twain said: while K-Lo is in session no man’s domestic animals are safe.

  26. Canadian Rap Star Flavour Flav says at 3:40 pm, June 15th, 2009

    A story about K-Lo isn’t a story without a picture of her!

    I assume she’s coming to DC to star in the upcoming Arena Stage production of WALL-E, playing one of the hoglike blobs of human flesh who live on the spaceship and are saved by WALL-E (played, in a revelatory turn, by Al Gore).

  27. Wait, “honcho” is a verb now?

  28. Josh Fruhlinger: Yes, it’s the neuter conjugation of ‘to honch’.

  29. Capitol Hillbilly says at 3:54 pm, June 15th, 2009

    What did they run out of Frosted Flakes in New York?

    Say it ain’t so, K-Lo!

  30. hobospacejunkie says at 4:05 pm, June 15th, 2009

    HONCHO IS NOT A VERB YOU IGNORANT CUNT!!

  31. This is clearly a behind the scenes power struggle between the different factions of the GOP. Only until we know the ultimate editor will we know which direction of crazy we are heading - religious-crazy, military-crazy, paultard-crazy, etc.

    May the victor feast on the defeateds’ hearts!

  32. Can we start calling her “known virgin” K-Lo? I always thought that better applied to her than Mittens

  33. Come here a minute says at 4:15 pm, June 15th, 2009

    I’ll still be traffic-copping

    I assume this has something to do with donuts.

  34. queeraselvis v 2.0 says at 4:29 pm, June 15th, 2009

    Please feel free to continue to send me flaming bags of dicks on the site and ideas. Call me with your six dollar book proposals and microscopic speaking fees, because the key to handcuffs chaining me to my desk in the Buckley Towers on Lexington Avenue has been found under the pile of Jonah’s cum-encrusted Merona boxers. I’m grateful to everyone who has worked hard to make the first 12 years of NRO a laughingstock and look forward to continuing to work with you all, along with eating new feces, in the future.

    Fin.

  35. Lionel Hutz Esq. says at 5:20 pm, June 15th, 2009

    Chastity Bono announces her sex change, and the next work day K-Lo makes this announcement. Coincidence?

  36. chascates says at 6:41 pm, June 15th, 2009

    Litlebritdifrnt: Done. In the ‘uncategorized’ category.

  37. jarais says at 9:00 pm, June 15th, 2009

    I’ll never laugh again.

  38. problemwithcaring says at 9:13 pm, June 15th, 2009

    Come here a minute: It’s an inside joke about hazarding to walk past her in the office hallways.

  39. dennymcden says at 10:47 pm, June 15th, 2009

    queeraselvis v 2.0: Swell.

    Plus - K-Lo’s retirement makes me want to masturbate into an empty package of Pop-Tarts.

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