Sean Penn is expected to formally endorsed Dennis Kucinich at a press conference at San Francisco State University today, joinging the ranks of Larry Flynt and Shirley MacLaine. But whatever may happen or not happen there, it might be totally eclipsed by the actor/director’s latest rant: “It’s been an odd week,” Penn wrote in today on HuffPo. “For me, a particularly odd week. But that’s another story. So, wait a minute. Iran DOESN’T have nuclear weapon capability??? So, who are we gonna bomb? I want to bomb somebody!” Hey, me too!

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Sundance Film Festival promises to be a political battlefield this year. In an election year it always is. The latest hype machine to join the Sundance lineup is Morgan Spurlock’s documentary Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?. Only a handful of potential buyers have seen a 15-minute clip of the film, which premieres this January at Sundance, but the director claims they “definitely got the holy grail.” Has Spurlock succeeded where the US government has failed? Has he found Osama bin Laden? I call bullshit. After the jump, Spurlock speaks.

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We always knew somehow Gennifer Flowers would parlay her hump-and-tell moment in the sun into something really great, like being a lounge singer in Las Vegas. Which she did. But now she’s apparently gone totally of the rez. Bill Clinton’s one-time inamorata is thinking of supporting Hillary Clinton. “I can’t help but want to support my own gender, and she’s as experienced as any of the others — except maybe Joe Biden.”

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After getting the boot for trying to interview Algeria’s revolutionary army in the 1950s, the French have finally forgiven Ben Bradlee, the legendary editor of the Washington Post. Bradlee, 86, received the Legion of Honor from France last week. [NYP] MORE »

The Bush White House will help out strapped homeowners seeking mortgage relief, but apparently only if you’re Christian. Bush mistakenly gave out a number yesterday for the new “Hope Now Hotline” set up by his administration. But anyone who actually dialed 1-800-995-HOPE did not reach the mortgage hotline. Instead, they reached the Freedom Christian Academy, some creepy group in Texas that provides homeschooling materials. But, you know, materials just for Christians. Bush gives out wrong mortgage hotline phone number [Think Progress] MORE »

* Hey, how about instead of the CIA being accountable they just do whatever the fuck they want? [NYT] MORE »

Reps. Ginny Brown-Waite and Shelley Moore Capito have resigned from the House Page board stating that the House clerk failed to alert them of two incidents involving their pages charged with shoplifting and improper sexual conduct. MORE »

Ask and ye shall receive. Thanks to a tipster, we have a new diagram that explains how this AOF tomfoolery works and its place in life. It’s a work in progress, but it helps clueless outsiders better understand the various cliques and how they relate. “For the most part, they’re a decent group of guys,” said one Hill staffer of the Axis, as we now call them. “The problem is that in the group, there’s a couple really nasty douchebags.”

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So, now that old boss man Mitt has given his best JFK impersonation (complete with a Poppy Bush intro!), the pundits are swirling about. Go ahead and listen to Tucker’s take on Mitt, or check out what real life Park City, Utah locals are saying in Romney’s own backyard. Wonkette’s Rocky Mountain correspondent Breaux Murphy took to the snowy streets, busy kitchens and drunken bars to find out. (Full disclosure: your lovably surly editor lived among this wildlife for many years, getting very little sleep). Lee Jenson starts off the dialogue. And now, let my people speak!

George Clooney and Brad Pitt want the world to know they fully support Larry Craig in this challenging time, thankyouverymuch. Those two… so funny! Can’t wait for Oceans 55!

Ever think about waking up next to Mary Carey tits every morning? To spoon and cup them gently from behind? To hit that snooze button a few times and sleep in? Well, now you can. Sort of. The top-heavy porn star, who ran for governor of California against Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2003, is auctioning off her breast implants on eBay to benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation. By post time, the highest bid was $6,400.

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