Former Chrysler prexy Lee Iacocca, who gave us some of the most drab, shitty cars ever, has endosed Gov. Bill Richardson, citing things like “experience” and “character.” Don’t forget Iacocca also endorsed coke monkey John De Lorean. So, does this mean we can look forward Richardson going on five-day blow binges while designing his answer to the stainless steel, gull-wing doored De Lorean? Awesome. So Back to the Future!
Lee Iacocca Endorses Bill Richardson for President [Richardson For President]

* “I was up half the night with diarrhea ….” [Mr. T in DC]
* “Wanna go to nude body painting opening in DC this Friday?” [Mid Atlantic and Washington DC Art News ...]
* “Isis’ music is dense and complex and last night you could hear every microscopic, subtle sound move each band member made. It was a fascinating level of clarity exposing a new brilliance to Isis’ music that otherwise gets lost when they play on lesser sound systems. Occasionally I toss around the phrase ‘music nirvana’ as the highest state of live music enjoyment. When the outside world drops away leaving the band and the crowd in their own pocket universe of musical experience.” [Metroblogging DC]
* “Earlier today I saw a homeless person sleeping underneath a Coke Zero advertisement. That advertisement was what prompted me to try Coke Zero. But perched, as it was, over a starving bum, it was as if Coca-Cola advertising execs were taunting this malnourished hobo, ‘Drink Coke Zero, dumbass!’” [Barzelay]
* “With the help of Zack Snyder, Frank’s award winning, dark graphic novel 300 has been brought to the screen with enough blood and guts to get any red blooded male with a pulse hard. This movie blew me away and could only be described as ‘dick nasty.’” [vksempireofdirt]

We’ve blogged about Governor Mike Huckabee’s media meltdown, as well as the rumor — now somewhat confirmed — that his daughter Sarah has moved back to Arkansas to help raise funds for his 2008 presidential run.

(By the way, we’ve heard that Sarah is “a really sweet person.” Maybe she can serve as her father’s goodwill ambassador to the Arkansas Times.)

But we haven’t yet touched upon what has been getting Governor Huckabee the most MSM attention today: the initiative that he and Bill Clinton just announced, under which many soft drink makers will remove their high-calorie beverages from schools around the country. Both Huckabee and Clinton have been involved in the movement against childhood obesity.

Sounds like a sure PR winner for Huckabee, right? Well, maybe not. After the jump, check out some interesting information provided to us by a caffeine-free Democratic operative.

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• George Washington: Distiller, patriot, capitalist running dog: He was “one of the country’s first successful entrepreneurs, building a whiskey distillery that made the equivalent of $300,000 in two years.” Mt. Vernon is reopening the still in 2007. [WT]
• American University president Benjamin Ladner asked for five mil to “maintain my current living level.” Suggestion from the peanut gallery: “Maybe Ladner can run FEMA!” [WP, DCeiver]
• DC evangelical festival organizers sign up commercial sponsors: “When people see names of companies they know and recognize, it gives them a comfort level.” True — I don’t know about God, but I believe in Coke. (Pepsi is actual sponsor. Heathens.) [WP]
• More MSM attention to the Butterstick controversy! and a suggestion: Naiyou Bao—or “milk-oil dumpling.” Ew. [Washingtonian via BBBS] MORE »