THEY’RE ALL IN ON THE OBAMA SMEAR! Teevee’s Jon Stewart hosted the Oscar(TM) Teevee/Movie Awards last night, and he mentioned that Barry Hussein Obama’s middle name is “Hussein” while also noting how “Obama” rhymes with “Osama.” It was just a fun joke, of course! [Tabloid Baby]

A group of New York City communist writers came to Washington the other day, looking for a handout and complaining about capitalism, as usual. The “limousine liberals” from teevee’s Comedy Central want the government to crush free enterprise and “help workers.” We asked Daily Show writer and striking laborist Jason Ross to tell us exactly what happened on Capitol Hill. MORE »

New episodes of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show and The Colbert Report will start airing on Monday without the help of their starving writers, but plenty of writerly guests are lining up to promote themselves on the teevee shows. First up for Colbert: Andrew Sullivan, who may try to explain just what was going on in this creepy Iowa fantasy he posted yesterday. MORE »

* SOTU bingo is just like our drinking game, but without the fun. [Democrats.org]
* Everybody and their senator is liveblogging tonight. [The Swamp]
* If Hillary tries to take the microphone from Jim Webb after SOTU, he’ll show her what he was like before he started dabbling in pacifism. [Political Insider]
* Fox’s new The Daily Show imitator is exactly like The Daily Show — when Craig Kilborn hosted. [Radar]
* Michael Fumento is such a delusional cretin that even right-wing bloggers hate his guts. [Winds of Change]
* Sexy German protesters for hire are decidedly more appealing than DC’s standard hippie-dipshit volunteer version. [BBC]

The big breaking news over at WashingtonPost.com is that Jon Stewart may contribute something or other to the website in 2008. Clips from The Daily Show? “Re-purposed” stuff from the Comedy Central blog? A groundbreaking synergy-building combination of the two? MORE »

The congressman from Illinois is making powerful friends wherever he goes. During a Monday night Daily Show appearance, the DCCC wizard was doing the usual “Bush sucks” routine and made a reference to FDR. MORE »

The failed ‘04 vice-presidential candidate went to Jon Stewart so he could — hang on, we’re patiently waiting — ah, right, to maybe announce his 2008 run. Edwards also got a chance to softly bash Kerry, and did so:

Stewart: So who do you like in the Senate?
Edwards: Well, Harry Reid is the leader.
Stewart: And John Kerry, he’s still in the Senate?
Edwards: He is. (Laughter.)

Okay, does he announce? No, he doesn’t. Jackass. MORE »

• Republican congressman keeps day job after trying hand at blogging, comedy. [The Hill Blog]

• Two-and-a-half years in office and Schwarzenegger is still shocked by how redneck California actually is. [AP]
• If Kos is getting paid to hate Lieberman then his credibility will be, well, about the same as ours. [The Nation]
• Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah gives $1.5 billion, with a “b,” to aid Lebanese reconstruction efforts; feels the same way you do after dropping a nickel on the street. [AKI]
• Jon Stewart is so predictable you can set your binge drinking by him. [Comedy Central] MORE »

Okay, this really doesn’t have much to do with politics or current affairs. Immigration, maybe? MORE »

If you’re like us, you’re annoyed that the Daily Show’s list of what Dick Cheney finds offensive and inoffensive, shown on last night’s show, flashed on the screen for about two seconds. Fortunately, we have a screen cap. Here it is: MORE »

As our friends at The Daily Show recently noted, Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA) has some interesting views on video game violence and America’s youth. Check it out: MORE »