http://wonkette.com The D.C. Gossip Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:35:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sam the American Eagle was, of course, both the first blogger and the first warblogger, a creature so deeply patriotic that he figured out how to make his youtubes only appear on the American Wide Web. Yes, it's almost the three-day Holiday Weekend, so let's enjoy some cheap video clips ... http://wonkette.com/409633/a-childrens-treasury-of-patriotic-july-4-videos Once upon a time, this nobody governor in, uhh, one of the southern states, but not a famous one like Florida, got a book deal. He was supposed to write about how to be conservative or something, A Southern Gentleman's Guide To Being Conservative, but then this nobody governor turned ... http://wonkette.com/409632/mark-sanfords-love-novel-killed-by-mean-new-york-publishers If you thought Marion Barry could dance, think again! Because Al Sharpton is nimble as a ballerina. [Michelle Malkin] With all its student loans and Mongolian hordes of credit card debt, California is having a hard time paying the bills! But that hasn't stopped the California State Legislature from jerkin' the ... http://wonkette.com/409623/woop-woop-thats-the-sound-of-da-ayatollah HOBO KEN LAYNE TO WANDER BEACHES AND WRITE BOOK ABOUT CALIFORNIA: If the publishing industry isn't officially dead yet, this is sure to kill it! At some point in 2010, HarperStudio will publish "a history of California’s culture, environment and politics framed by [Layne's] bravely idiotic solo hike up the ... http://wonkette.com/409629/409629 Watching this weirdly edited video clip makes us feel like we just downed a coffee mug full of Liquid Vicodin, but perhaps you people will get something deeper, or maybe your heads will explode, just like poor Al Franken's ... or, Senator Al Franken's head, right? [The Connecticut Forum] http://wonkette.com/409628/heres-ann-coulter-saying-senator-norm-coleman-again-and-again-for-no-reason Throughout the history of American journalism, reporters have upheld one vital standard: asking the tough questions and holding to account the most powerful person in the nation, which is to say, the First Lady. But is our national legacy of unbiased investigative East Wing reporting suddenly in peril because some ... http://wonkette.com/409627/can-black-female-reporters-deliver-the-hard-hitting-east-wing-reportage-americans-crave America's neo-con pamphlet the Washington Post can be found festering in certain driveways from Reston to Chevy Chase, but sometimes that's not good enough for the powerful CEO or lobbyist who wants to, say, beat the shit out of Richard Cohen in person. This is why Post publisher Katharine Weymouth ... http://wonkette.com/409625/sleazy-washington-post-selling-access-to-ceos-for-25000