Will Sarah Palin appear at a fancy fundraiser tonight for the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee? No way in hell, unless she changes her mind! First she was invited to headline at the event, and she said yes, but then she said no because she was so “overexposed,” so events organizers booked Newt Gingrich instead because Newt Frigging Gingrich is a less “controversial” speaker. But the drama was just beginning! MORE »

FIST BUMPS CELEBRATE THE VULGARIZATION OF AMERICAN CULTURE: “How we greet each other says who we are. A firm handshake says, ‘I am well nourished, energetic, vigorous, and in possession of most of my fingers.’ A hug says, ‘I am an oversexed idiot with no self restraint.’ And a fist bump says, ‘I might not have any fingers at all, and if I do, I am too lazy to use them.’” [Sara's NBC gig]

Some guy who was college buddies with Barbara Bush (the young one) went to the White House for dinner a couple times during George W. Bush’s first term, and now he feels icky about it because of the war, and because he is gay. Is this just a completely banal retelling of a fairly boring bunch of stories, or is it the most fascinating thing ever…OR BOTH? MORE »

John McCain and Barack Obama are two of the rudest men alive, and the proof is that one likes to bawl out his colleagues in the most unprintable terms imaginable while the other one refuses to write on childrens’ hands. Let’s learn more about these savage creeps and the many rules of etiquette they have broken. MORE »

The guy who did the “Obey” stickers also did a bunch of Barack Obama posters, which you can see everywhere unless you are blind. And now Candidate Obama, because he is a nice fellow with good manners, has written a thank-you note to Shepard Fairey. MORE »