Representative Jean Schmidt’s previous public meltdowns have been so comical that it saddens us to see her reduced to mere plagiarism, the hallmark of boring, unimportant people like bloggers, academics, and music writers. Who can forget… MORE »

Ladies and gentlemen, your Comics Curmudgeon:

You, the Wonkette readers at home, probably wonder what the scene is like down here at Cartoon Violence Central. Do we sit around surrounded by computer screens, each one with a direct feed of every political cartoonist in America’s work, constantly scanning for new comics to mock? Are there teletype noises and hushed voices and vague evidence of movement in the background? Is it, in other words, a little like CNN’s Situation Room?

In a word, no. In fact, our cartoon-mocking would probably be untenable, involving desperate searches across the wildly differing Websites of many cartoonists and syndicates over the course of the whole week, if not for the noble efforts of the good people at Slate, who put together this handy collection of political cartoons from around the nation. The sheer number of comics aggregated in one spot allows us to pretty much throw this feature together the night before Wonkette serves it up to you, the eager masses.

At least we usually aren’t drunk when we write it.

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At 3:16 p.m. Atlanta time, CNN PR shot out this e-mail that will surely make everyone forget that other CNN coverage from New Orleans. MORE »

We’re working on a rough transcription, but until we finish it, just enjoy this video of Kyra Phillips chatting, seemingly in the bathroom, with an unidentified co-worker (Daryn Kagan?) while Bush blabs about levees or something.

Update: In case you’re unclear on what you’re hearing, some of the better bits are written out after the jump. As always, we welcome corrections and better interpretations.

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Yes, we heard Kyra Phillips on the air from the bathroom during Bush’s speech, live on CNN moments ago. She was talking about her brother’s bitchy wife, and how hard it is to find a compassionate man. We agree. We are working on getting the video.

When the headline is about the President admitting mistakes, you can generally guess that the story won’t actually feature the President admitting mistakes. This is the closest he came today: MORE »