Wonkette

* The root of Jim Webb’s hatred of Bush? It’s jealousy — he wants the top spot, will run in 2008. [Political Insider]
* Space cadet Joe Biden is running too, or will once he figures out what party he’s in. [TPM Cafe]
* James Carville says, “Ah, fuck it,” throws Al Gore’s hat in the ring. [Hotline on Call]
* Of course the end of Bush means the end of the greatest boon to political jokesters in history. Jon Stewart knows it, plans to leave The Daily Show after the 2008 election. UPDATE: Story totally changed in response to Wonkette linking it. We stand by the original rumor. [The Apiary]
* Illegal aliens in America are some stone cold killers. [WorldNetDaily]
* Until they take the new citizenship exam, after which their murderous urges will be channeled into discourses on the subtle peculiarities of representative government. [Blondesense]
* White House holiday party menu noticeably lacking in shame. [Salon]

* Bush plans to reject the findings of the Iraq Study Group, for spite. [Law and Politics]
* “Click here to add ultra deadly radioactive poison Polonium-210 to your cart.” [Defense Tech]
* New Bush appointee at the Justice Department’s Office of Violence Against Women is unconcerned with violence against women, does want to take your bongs and porn. [Feministing]
* Of “The five most powerful people in America over the next eighteen months,” only one has ever been the “fourth male lead” in Death to Smoochy. [Robert Reich]
* Giant “Republican Rubberstamp Congress” prop to be retired in whatever hilarious fashion you can think up. [Firedoglake]
* The Associated Press’ “Iraqi Police” source in Baghdad turns out to be a “Just Some Crazy Guy” source. [LGF]
* It’s not just Bush, Jim “Problem With Authority” Webb can’t stand Bill Clinton either. [Powerline Blog]

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 »

• North Korean bomb was mad ghetto, their “nuclear scientists are now officially the worst ever.” [Defense Tech]

• Yup, it’s definitely gonna happen: Stewart-Colbert ‘08. [Comedy Central Insider]
• They’ve got our vote, even if Jon refuses to admit how much he really, really loves us. [Above The Law]
• Voting machines nationwide will have the election results pre-entered by the Secretaries of State, so might as well learn their names. [Hullabaloo]
• Grassroots get-out-the-vote tactics using celebrities from the B,C, and D lists. [Democratic Party Blog]
• Ray Nagin endorses William Jefferson, calls him a “black Clyde Barrow dude.” [KATC News via MoJo Blog]
• Washington state: where all the state representatives wear sombreros, and “puke ‘n rally” is a given. [Shakespeare's Sister, The Stranger]
• Ah, the mushroom cloud photoshop gags — funny until they’re not. [Sanctuary]
• Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! It’s like 9/11 and Halloween all rolled into one. NEVER FORGET

• 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 »

• The DCCC is so committed to the environment they’re recycling stock photos and a Bill Clinton quote for America’s “new direction.” [DCCC]

• Rahm Emanuel hates Blake Gottesman as much as you do. [K Street Blues]
• Also, just like you, Vladimir Putin thinks, “shot a man in the face,” is a punch line that doesn’t get old. [Mother Jones]
• Jon Stewart is unfazed by the possibility that expanding his empire will dilute the brand. [Gawker]
• Mark “Tool-y” is so far to the right he makes Genghis Kahn look like, “Ted Kennedy in a pot haze after a James Taylor concert.” [Evangelical Right]
• If “She-Jack’s” office was in a gilded crystal spire in the sky it would still feel like a dungeon. [The Hill]

* Jon Stewart has no illusions — if he were any funnier, he’d be dead. [The Apiary] MORE »