Maybe you liked her once for her health care mandates, or just thought she might be the more effective manager of the federal bureaucracy? Well you don’t like her anymore! Time to sell sell SELL that stuff before the market shuts down for good. [Craigslist]

That 0.6% bit of economic growth in the first quarter of 2008 was just the pathetic result of $3.50-a-gallon gasoline, but there is one sector of the U.S. economy that’s truly booming: Desperate Americans are selling off their last possessions on Craigslist and other online flea-market sites, just so they can buy a little food and gas. MORE »

This Saturday is the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner in Washington D.C., a.k.a. former Wonkette editor Alex Pareene’s favorite night of the year! And as in previous years, your Wonkette will not be going to the stupid dinner but will be attending after parties thrown by various Main Stream Media publications and networks. One of the most select is the Bloomberg party, the organizers of which HAVE NOT RETURNED OUR E-MAIL YET but did let this random DUDE in who obviously plans on cheating on his boyfriend, with a Wingboy. [Craigslist]

Uh oh, is Rielle Hunter getting desperate? Don’t worry, Rielle. He’ll have lots of free time soon, and you’ll have the real thing all to yourself. [Craigslist]

The Des Moines Craigslist — this is where the REAL, salt-of-the-earth Iowans dwell. Historians will write accounts of the 2008 Iowa caucus using this treasure chest of primary research. And when they do, they’ll find it quite shocking that Ron Paul didn’t win the nomination this year. [Craigslist]

The Paultard war is spreading to gay gyms across our Washingtons. Alas, be careful what you wear to the gym after work, gay Paultards, or there’ll be no gold standard for you tonight.

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Oh hey Wonkette readers, I’m out for the rest of the day. Got a big… appointment… in Northern Virginia. Biiiiig interview, yep. [30-minute pause]. Damnit, Kucinich got there before me. [Craigslist]

This Craigslist ad is so dull and bureaucratic that it might just be the real deal. Sadly, he’s smart enough to only solicit other “members” of Congress, so the outing potential is severely limited. MORE »

You can’t take a “wide stance” with your pants around your ankles [craigslist]

If you’re the kind of DC gal who loves douchesack Young Republicans and you trawl Craigslist for fuck buddies yet you’re still too stupid to find a basic Ronald Reagan biography online, then have we ever got the man for you! MORE »

Vladimir Putin, like so many powerful men before him, is apparently now trolling for love on Craigslist. Maybe he can enjoy a brief fling to end his New Hampshire summer on a high note, far from the prying eyes of the European media. Won’t you look into his soul, and let him make you disappear?

Russian Dictator Seeks Love - 55 [craigslist]