Monday, March 9th, 2009
HERE’S A FUN PRESS CORPS GAME CALLED “STEAL POLITICO’S SEAT!” We rather like the anecdotes in this FiveThirtyEight post about how oppressed bloggers are always trying to steal Politico’s seat at White House press briefings, only to be caught minutes later by confused Politico reporters. This could be a fun daily game! So we ask that reporters take turns stealing Politico’s seat — one day Sam Stein does it, the next day David Corn, etc. — and e-mail us the name of Politico reporter who awkwardly kicked you out, and what it was like. [FiveThirtyEight]











PSYCHO GAL GOES PSYCHO BECAUSE OF OBAMA: A nutjob restaurant owner in Florida went around writing “KKK” on various kitchen walls and employee time sheets on Election Night because what the hell? Apparently her co-owner is black and she was trying to “tease” him or her. Ha ha ha!…?? Another excuse she offered was that she “got crazy with FOX News.” This lady is Katherine Harris. [