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Rush Limbaugh, the old scourge, today put on eBay an Oct. 2 protest letter from 41 Democratic senators to Clear Channel, which syndicates Rush’s show. He did this because he’s a shithead and thought it would hurt the Dems’ feelings or something. He did promise, however, to donate the winning bid to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation, which gives scholarships and stuff to people whose families die in the line of duty. Hey now… that last part is…. That’s kind of nice, right? Donating money from the sale of a letter to charity — who doesn’t like that? This is pretty much what Harry Reid took the floor of the Senate to announce this afternoon: Smart idea, Fatty Arbuckle. Hugz. MORE »

The good old days of wacky parliamentary bullshit are long gone in the Senate — you don’t even have to actually filibuster to filibuster any more, how lame is that — so we were kinda half-heartedly excited for this all-night session thing that Harry Reid was going to force everyone to do. Then he pussed out and they set up cots and he changed the times of the roll-call vote so everyone could get a couple hours of sleep, stripping his useless political stunt of what little slightly-comprehensible symbolism it possessed. After all, if we could’ve forced Orrin Hatch to stay up all night, we might’ve finally won (lost?) in Iraq. Now, nothing.

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* WALNUTS! thinks it’s his staff’s fault he’s not raising any money. [Political Insider]
* Tom Delay’s word of the day: treason. [Horse's Mouth]
* Nevada rednecks want to exile Harry Reid. [Battle Born Politics]
* Dana Rohrabacher puts terror-curses on people if he detects even a hint of an eye-roll at some dumb shit he just said. [Think Progress]

* Clarence Thomas doesn’t want the EPA to act on global warming, cause he likes it hot. [WP, NYT, LAT, USAT]
* Antonin Scalia doesn’t want to address the legality of holding detainees at Guantánamo, cause he hears cries of innocent men in his dreams at night, and likes it. [WP, NYT]
* No one hates America more than Harry Reid. [WP]
* Mitt Romney is an “aggressive fundraiser,” John McCain has “a host of shortcomings.” [WP, WSJ]
* Even intelligence reports in Italy are luxuriously handcrafted, accurate. [WP]
* NASA Inspector General Robert Cobb could end up fired — into space on the back of a photon torpedo. [WP, NYT]

GOP Senator John Sununu (as in Son of Bush 41 chief of staff John Sununu) says Alberto’s gotta go, now, and Bush Jr. has to fire him. Sununu released this statement today: “The President should fire the Attorney General and replace him as soon as possible with someone who can provide strong, aggressive leadership prosecuting the war on terrorism, running the Department of Justice, and working with the President and Congress on important homeland security matters.” MORE »

* Heard on the Hill: Harry Reid and Sen. Olympia Snowe want to bring Al Gore’s stupid Live Aid rip-off show to DC… Jeff Bingaman, the man responsible for the stupid new daylight savings time start date, hates it as much as we do… Stevie Wonder, India.Arie, Chaka Khan, Smokey Robinson and Tony Bennett are all at the Capitol for some reason. [Roll Call]
* Reliable Source: Crazy Kiefer Sutherland exhausts RS with his rocking. This is awesome, though, we’ll give ‘em that… Dan Snyder’s nanny is suing him. [WP]
* Yeas and Nays: George Casey hurt himself jumping a fence. Pussy… Busboys and Poets named a ridiculous parody of hippie veganism after Dennis Kucinich… Everyone loves firefighters! [Examiner]
* Under the Dome: More on Gore’s concert: The Mall is booked that day… Dem Rep. Jim Oberstar hates all of you, especially Steny Hoyer. [The Hill]
* Shenanigans: Chuck Hagel skipped a fundraiser for wounded veterans because he HATES OUR TROOPS. [Politico]

* Heard on the Hill: Power went out at Ritz-Carlton apartments, leaving Frank Lautenberg panicking in the darkness until he managed to stumble to a hotel. Harry Reid was fine, as he was aided in the darkness by mystical Mormon superpowers… Guilty-pleading former Ney aide Neil Volz was partying with journos earlier this month. [Roll Call]
* Reliable Source: ANGELINA JOLIE IS GOING TO JOIN THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS WTF. [WP]
* Yeas and Nays: The TSA made Riane Rehm spray perfume onto her contacts. Hospitalization ensued… Shaq, Pat Riley both loooove Bush. [Examiner]
* The Sleuth: John Kerry apparently sonned a Swift Boat donor during a Foreign Relations Committee hearing [WP]
* Shenanigans: Ted Stevens swings into action, unloads baggage from the carousel at the airport. [Politico]

* House Iraq wrist-slap resolution day is today. Thanks to Harry Reid, Senate will be voting tomorrow while you drink. [WP, WP, NYT]
* The, “and then what” part of the resolution still escapes Democrats. [LAT]
* Other troop surge, in that other war, couldn’t get a Senate vote on a Wednesday if they promised a bowl of navy bean soup for showing up. [WP, NYT]
* Shady dealings of Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons still lack hookers. [WP, NYT]
* Condoleezza Rice was this close to a Palestinian-Israeli peace deal. [USAT]
* Start stockpiling water and granola bars now - the “Y2K7DSTFU” is upon us! [WSJ]
* The blood-thirsty congress-murdering rhetoric of Abraham Lincoln. [WP]

Harry Reid decided that Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer did a better job with this whole “symbollically opposing the President” thing than the Senate could manage, so he’s scrapping their non-binding resolution for the House’s. The House, of course, won’t be voting until Friday at midnight. So the Senate will vote on whether to vote on the House’s bill on Saturday. MORE »

* John Warner and his merry band of Senate outlaws demand more attention for their troop escalation-opposition-resolution. Harry Reid says, “WTF?” [WP]
* The House, meanwhile, is going right ahead. Will figure out what to say as they go. [NYT]
* Of course, 3,000 of the 21,500 additional troops are already there, getting their helicopters blowed up. [LAT]
* Iraq war veteran Jon Soltz and his not-so-merry band of surly veterans hang around hill offices telling war stories and dropping criticism of Bush and Cheney like it’s hot. [WP]
* Barry Hussein gets cocky, asks the FEC questions about what to do after he wins the nomination. [WP, NYT]
* Government makes a cartoon of itself by asking other countries if pilots flying internationally can be armed to the teeth. [USAT]
* Bald eagles that shed tears for America, now shed their trees, blood. [NYT]

Did Harry Reid actually say this on the Senate floor today?

“So I say to John Kerry, I love you John Kerry. And I’m so sorry that things didn’t work out for our country, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that I will always care about you greatly and remember the times we’ve spent together.”

If so, who got him high? MORE »