If you want to see DC’s most famous stars, you are best off visiting exotic locals such as the BWI airport and New York City’s Central Park. There you can find two of the most lovable party hounds in the history of American government! If you must stay in town, though, you might just spot the departing rump of one very famous ex-Clinton staffer … MORE »

Oh fignewtons, someone telephone the slaves at Grey Gardens, it seems a tenant has meandered through the gate during her noontime perambulations and landed on the television set! Here is Ms. Peggy Noonington on the George Stephanopoulos program alongside George Will. George Will! He must have forwarded Peggy e-mails about this torture memo business, and again, THAT IS NOT NICE, you know how she gets. She wants to forget she ever read the wretched things! O, the night terrors! “Some of life has to be mysterious,” she opines, poetically, about this issue of state-ordered torture. But mere crickets in the hedgerows, these lawyers… crickets in the… [Huffington Post]

Hey, here is a fucking terrible idea: take an angry old publicity whore who has decided that hiring an intern to fart out cheap 140-character anecdotes on a three-year-old Interwebs Technology is the route back to political glory, and have that person do an interview with George Stephanopoulos. On Twitter. [George's Bottom Line]

We did not see much of This Week on Sunday because there were more important things to do, like SLEEPING, but thank goodness the YouTubes were up to record this momentuous event, when John McCain’s dogs ran into the room while he was talking to George Stephanopoulos. We can posit with absolute certainty that this was by far the most exciting moment of the whole interview, which lasted one million years and ended with John McCain mixing up a warm glass of gin and Ovaltine and speeding away in his Ford Flex. [YouTube via Politico]

From this morning’s ABC “town hall” with Hillary Clinton, about the gas tax holiday:

STEPHANOPOULOS: “But can you name an economist who thinks this makes sense?”
CLINTON: “Well, I’ll tell you what, I’m not going to put my lot in with economists.”

Silly George, the Clintons don’t listen to economists for economic advice. Spanky the Money Octopus tells them all they need to know.

MICKEY KANTOR TOTALLY CALLED INDIANA PEOPLE “SHIT”: So maybe the “white niggers” part of that Mickey Kantor video was altered, but were Indiana’s people the referent of his “shit” usage? Check out this review of The War Room from 1993: “Whether Carville and company are play-acting somewhat for the cameras becomes less important as the film progresses. One can only keep up an act for so long — especially in the throes of a campaign. Carville’s tearful farewell speech to his staff as they close up just before the election, Stephanopoulos’s frank talk with a potential blackmailer and a Mickey Kantor comment about the people of Indiana (when it looks as though Clinton’s ahead in Dan Quayle’s state) attest to this.” Mickey Kantor called Indiana people “shit,” so Hillary Clinton probably agreed or something. [Washington Post]

You may recall that Hillary’s husband Bill was president for a while in the 1990s, and that is why Hillary gets to run for president but never actually win. This clip highlights a moment on the trail during the 1992 election, where a hilariously ’90s-outfitted James Carville and George Stephanopoulos are checking out the latest polling figures. In steps Mickey Kantor, the chairman of Bill’s campaign, to express his views on the good blue-collars of Indiana. They are not only the pride and soul of America, according to the subtitles, but they are also “shit” and “white niggers.” The most offensive part is pretty sketchy, considering you can’t see anybody actually saying this. UPDATE: Kantor denies, Conspiracy! MORE »

For those of you that were upset with George Stephanopoulos’ performance in the April 16 Democratic debate, you’ll now get a chance to be upset again! Georgie’s Sunday morning ABC teevee show, This Week, will broadcast live from Indiana with Hillary Clinton in a town hall setting. What questions will George throw in the mix this time? “Do you think that Jeremiah Wright, who is running for president in a big-nosed Barack Obama outfit, has bombed any Americas recently?” [Michael Calderone]

Oh no no no no no, no, no! Katie Couric’s debate has been canceled, and she’ll never be a famous teevee star like Bob Schieffer. The North Carolina Democratic party has nixed the proposed April 27 CBS debate because of logistical and scheduling concerns. In its press release, however, the party did hint at the real issue for cancellation: “There were also growing concerns about what another debate would do to party unity.” In other words, the state party and CBS don’t want to be maligned as badly as George Stephanopoulos and Charlie Gibson and everyone involved in last week’s crapfest-from-space were. [Deep breath]. Thank God there is not a debate on April 27. [Ben Smith]

Red alert! It appears Kos and his liberal netroots have breached the inner circle of ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos and killed him to death. He is a Greek “white ethnic” so that is a Hate Crime. George Stephanopoulos was 16 years old. [YouTube]

Yowza yowza yowza, the Spin Room at the National Constitution Center has been conquered by Mr. Spin himself, Howard Wolfson, the Clinton campaign’s communications director and new Chief Strategist! He sure looks like he wants to hit some fella. Maybe the douchebag blogger pointing the camera in his face for like 20 seconds? (Can’t this guy shave?)

Whatever. A multitude of old slaveowners cast in bronze discussing America, after the jump. MORE »