They let Bono in the New York Times and Bob Dylan in the Pope’s castle and Beyonce in the President’s castle and Elton John into what’s her name’s funeral, so why not let Australian gloom singer Nick Cave into Hillary Clinton’s secret State Department lair? Oh wait, it’s the Libyan national security adviser? Sure, fine. Oh hey and his last name is Qadhafi … what are the chances?! [US State Dept. via Jeffrey Goldberg]

If the Tennessee Guv’s holiday card was so much fun, surely some other governors sent out cards worth mocking! Here’s what our Exclusive War On Christmas Investigation has found:

North Dakota Governor John Hoeven sent this nostalgic card from the 1970s:

Hoeven’s lovely young daughter went on to star in “One Day at a Time” and marry rocker Eddie Van Halen.

We’ve got a lot more, including another lousy governor’s “painting,” after the jump.

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