The dispatching of interns to college campus for purposes of digging up politicians’ old papers, newspaper columns, and self-effacing submissions to really radical but also really, like, awesome poetry ‘zines is a sacred tradition of journalism. And it is this custom that has made it possible for America to now enjoy the senior thesis of Virginia gubernatorial candidate/former attorney general Bob McDonnell, a 93-page musing on the fairer sex that is now forcing McDonnell to perform the PR equivalent of fellatio on fornicators, cohabitators, working mothers and other types of fallen women. MORE »

CLINTON TOO OBSESSED WITH CHICKENS TO BOTHER RUNNING THE STATE DEPARTMENT: Hillary Clinton, former presidential contender and current secretary of state, can do whatever she wants to with her time and infinite powers. She could have found that lost cargo ship that the Russians had to go looking for instead, or maybe she could be curing the deadly Mexican pig AIDS, but no instead she spends her time talking with and about ladies. “She talked chickens with female farmers in Kenya,” reports the Washington Post. This is a disgrace to international diplomacy. [Washington Post]

Yesterday while the rest of you were out shopping for booze or maybe just emptying out the still in anticipation of today’s 12th annual National Unemployment Day, President Obama was hard at work hanging out with a bunch of pilots — some pretty awesome lady pilots from World War II, and also the first female Thunderbird pilot. Sometimes his job does not seem so bad. [The President's Very Effective Propaganda Photo Site]

When Sarah Palin is vice president, every woman in the world will be able to enjoy the delights of sex trafficking and honor killings — privileges extended exclusively to American women in the past. Thanks to Wonkette Feminism Copy Editor Logan for sharing. [The Trail]

Here’s the stupidest piece of fucking bullshit the McCain campaign has released since, well, that last one that said Barack Obama molests 4-year-olds in the ass. It’s kind of funny, though, watching people across the Internet wail about how this ad IS NOT TRUTHFUL!!!1!, because what’s the point? Why even bother fact-checking a McCain ad? Each one is the precise audio-visual manifestation of Lie. And Barack Obama should expect this and BE MORE CAREFUL-ER, dingus. MORE »

Nobody is allowed to talk about lipstick and various animals you would put it on, unless you are Sarah Palin. For example, when Barack Obama was talking about the Republican health care plan and called it “putting lipstick on a pig,” this was obviously a Sexist and demeaning SMEAR against the vice presidential candidate, who already made it clear that she was a bloodthirsty and vicious dog, not a cuddly, sensitive, intelligent little pig. Barack Obama needs to confine his language to simple one-syllable words and not use elitist compound nouns anyhow. [Political Punch]

John McCain is such a maverick that he acted like a jerk to a kid who asked him a perfectly reasonable question in one of his precious Town Hall Meetings in Michigan. And then after he intimidated and belittled this very nervous child who wanted to know why he opposed the Fair Pay Act, he went on The Daily Show and referred to her as “a very attractive young woman.” Horrifying video footage after the jump. MORE »

Newsweek salutes Powerful Women! Like Blog-empress Arianna Huffington, Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, and, uh, Rachael Ray. All fine examples of modern female leadership! One went from successful pundit/author to head of one of the most influential lefty sites on the internet, one is the first female mayor of Atlanta (and the first black woman to be elected mayor of any major southern city), and one is a busty television personality whose Wikipedia page currently describes her as “this hot ass beautiful, young womens.” Just as Arianna proved that you can marry a gay Republican and still amass political power and influence (on the internet), Rachael Ray proved that you can overcome the adversity of being an attractive woman without any training or ability in cooking and still end up the breakout star of a tv network dedicated ostensibly to the culinary arts.

In All Their Glory [Newsweek]

Slate’s head political writer, John Dickerson, wants to know: what the hell is wrong with Hillary Clinton’s crazy laugh? He’s embedded it in the story and everything, just like Matt Drudge did that one time. Apparently Hillary needs to stop laughing because she’s creeping everyone out. Also she laughs every time she lies which is always. Or, specifically, when she voted for Iraq and introduced her health care initiative in 1993 (there’s no YouTube of this, so you’ll just have to take Dickerson’s word for it).

Bwah-Ha-Ha! [Slate] (no, we did not make that headline up)

• To prevent suicides and bad PR, with high schoolers and detainees alike, just be honest. [Eric Umansky]

• John Murtha and Frank Rich get dressed down, respectively: “both of whom argue that Iraq is a disaster, Somalia is either a brilliant tactical decision or a stunning loss for America — and this within hours of each other.” [Captain's Quarters]
• The Senate Commerce Committee will vote on Net Neutrality Thursday. FireDogLake lists the phone and fax numbers of the Senate Commerce Committee members. Commenter says: “Without net neutrality the telecom industry can control political speech on the internet every bit as much as they already control political speech on TV.” [FireDogLake]
• Married women are (not) de facto bitches. Concept “generating a lot of buzz in the blogosphere.” In other news, “generating a lot of buzz in the blogosphere” is the new “pale smattering of freckles.” [Dean's World]
• Glenn Greenwald loves “Federalist 69,” plugs own book. [Unclaimed Territory]

• Bloggers ask about timing of Zarqawi death, wonder how we’ve forgotten that Bush wasn’t willing to nab “this known al-Qaeda terrorist in a known location based on air-tight intelligence before the war even began.” [Political Animal]

• Jonah Goldberg hopes “Zarqawi is greeted in the after life with a giant, tasty, bowl of white raisins.” Urban Dictionary declines to comment. [The Corner]
• The father of Nick Berg, the American allegedly beheaded by Zarqawi, takes the high road, quotes John Donne, is called “twat waffle.” [LGF]
• The FDA approves Merck HPV vaccine, Gardasil. On June 29th the national Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices decides whether or not to endorse the vaccine. Committee member Dr. Reginald Finger is concerned the vaccine could undermine his abstinence message. Feministing asks: “Are we Finger fucked?” [Feministing]