Do you have CNN-YouTube fever? Neither do we. Also, it’s 4 p.m. in the West Coast office and we are, sadly, totally sober. We are opening a bottle right now. MORE »

You’ll notice it’s June, of the year 2007. And yet, we are deep in presidential debate season for an election that will occur two autumns from now. How to keep things interesting? Well, TIME Magazine did choose YOU as the person of the year, so why not let you idiots submit questions to the candidates in the form of, uhh, YouTube videos? MORE »

Fox News tool John Gibson is disgusted by Anderson Cooper’s “news-guy snobbery,” because the handsome CNN anchor keeps reporting on stupid Iraq! MORE »

The tipsters have gotten themselves on the “good” list and uncle Wonk’d has loads of stocking stuffers for an early Christmas. These presents might not be as good as the ones Laura Bush was seen buying, but you get what you pay for. Unwrap a jaywalking John Bolton, an over-caffeinated Katherine Harris, an anatomically correct Anderson Cooper, and an occasionally anonymous Dan Bartlett that comes with elephant sidekick, under the tree.

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The suave secret agent who hosts “Anderson Cooper 360″ by day and kills terrorists at night made a huge impression on University of Buffalo students on Saturday. MORE »

CNN just announced that CIA “intern” Anderson Cooper is being shipped off to Afghanistan for the news channel’s 9/11 extravaganza. MORE »

In her latest attempt to stretch her 15 minutes into a career, Cindy Sheehan’s book “Peace Mom” is coming soon, and it’s sure to thrill right-wing bloggers. Says Radar Online:

In the book, which hits bookstores September 19, the antiwar icon admits she has fantasized about going back in time and killing the infant George W. Bush, thereby preventing the Iraq War.

While we give her props for robbing the war party of its traditional “baby killers” tag, we also have to wonder what the hell is wrong with this woman.

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Turns out the dashing young CNN star and former host of “The Mole” had a very interesting summer job during his Yale years.

Anderson Cooper worked for the CIA.

Following his sophomore and junior years at Yale — a well-known recruiting ground for the CIA — Cooper spent his summers interning at the agency’s monolithic headquarters in Langley, Virginia, in a program for students interested in intelligence work. His involvement with the agency ended there, and he chose not to pursue a job with the agency after graduation, according to a CNN spokeswoman, who confirmed details of Cooper’s CIA involvement to Radar.

Well, isn’t that special?

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• Lebanese author Riad Kassis doesn’t know what to tell his 7-year-old daughter about the “bombs falling in Lebanon.” Slice of Laodicea asks: “Maybe his seven-year-old daughter could sympathize with those Israeli children who have died because of this ongoing terrorist activity.” Burn. [Slice of Laodicea]

• “Some Democrats are privately hoping they lose in November so Pelosi will not get a promotion.” [Red State]
• Nobel Peace Laureate Betty Williams to hundreds of schoolchildren yesterday: “‘Right now, I would love to kill George Bush.’ Her young audience at the Brisbane City Hall clapped and cheered.” [Blogs for Bush]
• “Cases are currently moving through the federal courts that challenge the legality of Bush’s domestic surveillance program and they have the potential to provide the first substantive oversight of spying taking place outside of FISA. Specter’s legislation would make meaningful judicial review virtually impossible - and thus give the Bush administration freedom to operate as they please without having to worry about Congress or the courts stepping in to check their expansion of powers.” Firedoglake provides phone and fax numbers. [Firedoglake]
• CNN organizes Mortal Kombat-style martial arts tournament for Middle East correspondents. Anderson Cooper, Test Your Might! [Eschaton]

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We’ve been reminded that New York’s State Court of Appeals will be reviewing the case for allowing hairdressers to marry each other tomorrow. And while that may seem like a sure thing, there are doubts, because the case is a quagmire composed of a fabulous melange of four separate lawsuits, any of which may torpedo the whole thing. MORE »

• Reliable Source: First daughter Jenna Bush is popular with her students… Dick Cheney dodges questions about his daughter Mary Cheney’s new book. [WP]

• Lloyd Grove’s Lowdown: Anderson Cooper faces the challenges of his increased fame. [NYDN]
• Rush & Molloy: Rev. Al Sharpton is upset at Hillary, because Clintonistas Howard Wolfson and Gigi Georges are working against his favored congressional candidates. [NYDN]
• Page Six: Bill Clinton is worried that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg might run for president as a third-party candidate, spending $300 million of his own money, and siphoning votes away from Hillary. [NYP]