Remember when all the Kennedys were handsome and noble and square of jaw? They still have the jaw thing but everything else about them is crappy and disappointing. Join us as we walk through the Rogue’s Gallery of Remaining Kennedys and reflect on the Death of Camelot, etc. MORE »

If there’s one thing nutty klanslady Sarah Palin is a-scared of, it is the Communist Threat. (And Katie Couric.) While there is no evidence of an actual communist country on Earth outside of, say, Cuba and … let’s see, that child army of Marxists or whatever in Nepal, it is still highly probable that a secret Communist could somehow win the presidency of our god-fearing anti-Communist country, America, and then covertly turn us all into Mao-worshiping Soviets! But which of our great presidential candidates in ‘08 maybe has some “lost years” when the Communists maybe prepared him for this stealth takeover of the USA? Hmmm? Or should we say, HEHNGHH? MORE »

McCain’s so high all the time, he might even believe that bogus Viet Cong dirt cross story. [American Drug War via CelebStoner]

We got the following totally-unverified tip yesterday from a Wonkette operative:

Overheard at Tortilla Coast:
Male with really bad curly hair kinda like that 70s guy from American Idol: “I met this intern from McCain’s office, she takes sleeping pills every night”

Ditzy Girl: “Really? Wow….”

Bad hair guy: “Yeah I mean she’s a red head so she’s pale anyways but this is worse!”

At first we didn’t think much of it, because even though we like the idea of the MAVERICK senator’s interns not being able to sleep at night, our tipster kinda lost us with the punchline. But then we read Newsmax’s most recent attack piece tribute to McCain, with its hilariously self-answering headline, and we wondered if maybe everybody within a five-mile radius of the gentleman from Arizona mightn’t need to hit the ol’ Ambien. The vulgar parts, including a surprising incident in which McCain inspects a colleague’s ass, are after the jump.

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BREAKING: IT WAS THE AMBIEN! AND THE TUMMY ACHE! SLEEP-DRIVING JUST LIKE YOU READ ABOUT IN THE NEW YORK TIMES!!! MORE »

* Poli Sci 101 talking point Francis Fukuyama returned to announce his official divorce from neoconservativism. Captain Ed, taking a cue from Charles Krauthammer’s lashing, claims the split deserves a more candid explanation. [Captain's Quarters]
* Blogger Rusty attributes Putin’s plagiary of an economics thesis, as reported in the Washington Times, to standard operating procedure. [The Jawa Report]
* Senator McCain yucked it up with Reverend Falwell at Liberty University. A Kos contributor provides Tim Russert a laundry list of questions to fire at the Maverick Senator. Will he crumble under the pressure of the hard-hitting agree/disagree format? [DailyKos]
* Leave well-researched theorizing on exploitation of the African continent to fancy PhD’s. John Hawkins can trace the roots of Africa’s economic and public health woes to their superstitious rejection of relaxed fit pleated khakis. [Right Wing News]
* No college-themed post is complete without reference to DEA-hating pipe aficionados. Davis Sweet takes on the Agency, the Administration, and Ambien-poppers — each unwilling to admit that driving under the influence of marijuana is just like “driving-while-getting-a-blowjob.” [HuffPo]

Colin Powell, in late 2003: MORE »