The Indecision Forever blog ranks this Newsbusters poll as “The Dumbest Piece of Internet Pollution This Earth Day,” which would be true, if it weren’t for the comments section immediately below it. MORE »

Now that there are three of us writing here full-time, we’ll admit that things might be just a tetch competitive at Wonkette HQ. Rather than settling our differences with soda bottles and sneak attacks again this week, we decided to leave it to readers to decide, with a poll, which of your editors found the funniest picture this week. (Why, yes, it is kind of a slow news day).

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The results are in, and surprise: You nerds really liked “The West Wing.” Almost half (45.7%) of you, asked when you finally gave up on the show, said “I watched it to the end and I don’t appreciate your tone.” (Too fucking bad.) Only 9.7% of you said you never watched it. That left 44.6% who watched the show and dropped out before the finale, which is a little better than NBC actually did in retaining its viewers. Sample bias, blah blah. MORE »

Karl Rove has figured out how to save the GOP majority: Release the 45-disc complete series box of “The West Wing” on election day. How will liberals crawl to the polls when they’re weighted down by 40 pounds of C.J.’s, Sam’s, Toby’s and President Bartlet’s wackiest adventures?

If you’re a fan of “The West Wing” (1999-2006 R.I.P.), click beneath the fold and take the poll.

The West Wing - Complete Series and Season 7 Announced [TVShowsonDVD]

– David Weigel

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Regarding the Great Go Away Poll of 2005, executive branch division. Thanks so much for your nominations thus far for people/phrases/words you’d like to be banned. But we’re changing rules mid-stream. While we’d like to stay the course during this ongoing investigation, people on the ground are telling us that Scott McClellan, while a part of the executive branch, deserves his very own poll. So keep your suggestions coming, but don’t expect McClellan-related phrases to appear on the executive branch “Go Away” poll, unless you hate freedom. Look, folks, we have to fight the poll there so we don’t have to fight it here. Unless you hate freedom. MORE »

• John Roberts confirmed as chief justice by vote of 78 to 22. Bush: “The Senate has confirmed a man with an astute mind and a kind heart.” [WP, NYT, WSJ, LAT]
• Judith Miller is released from jail after she agrees to testify in leak investigation; she received a waiver of confidentiality from I. Lewis Libby. [WP, NYT]
• Senior military officials fear anarchy in Iraq if constitution is not approved as they expect. [NYT, WP]
• House Republicans elbow for leadership posts in wake of DeLay news; “there is no guarantee that his colleagues will want him back.” [NYT, WP, WP]
• DeLay proclaims innocence on media blitz; GOP fundraising expected to take a hit. [NYT, NYT, LAT]
• 71% approve of Bush’s response to Hurricane Rita, Gallup poll finds. [USAT]

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