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In Canada, they have a form of government that involves things called “legislative assemblies” or something, and a member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly resigned as a secretary to the Premier after he called a fellow lawmaker a “dumb bitch.” Basically, a remark that Nancy Pelosi hears a dozen times a day before breakfast made these poor polite Canadians go into palpitations and resign all over the place. MORE »

In a conference call today with his PR firm’s managing directors, Hillary Clinton’s disgraced Colombian-loving rapacious Janus-faced lardbot Svengali and most despised chief strategist Mark Penn revealed that he isn’t really going anywhere. He will still be “very much involved” with the Clinton campaign but he won’t be called a chief strategist anymore. MORE »

Alphonso Jackson, the soon-to-depart Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, built a long and distinguished career on failure. He presided over a massive meltdown in the mortgage and lending markets by doing precisely nothing, even though the HUD oversees the Federal Housing Administration, which is supposed to ensure that poor people and first-time home buyers don’t end up impoverished and homeless when their loans go south. ANYHOW The Dumbocrats have been calling for his resignation, and now he is resigning. Not because he is terrible at his job, though! Because he needs to spend more time with his family, which does not yet hate him. That will change. MORE »

MORE HOOKERS, FOR REPUBLICANS THIS TIME? A White House aide has resigned following “financial improprieties” using USAID grant money. [AP]

Today Eliot Spitzer ends the nation’s agony by quitting the New York governorship, which we all knew he was going to do. Stay with us as we write through all 30 seconds of his sad quitter speech! MORE »

At least one FOX News anchor is a little peeved that Gov. Spitzer had to stir up this ruckus when there’s an important primary happening in Mississippi tomorrow. And now he has gone and addressed the nation without anybody having the chance to record it. This is pretty much the kind of behavior you’d expect from a whoring whoremonger. [FOX News]

Yes Governor Spitzer (D-NY) is widely expected to resign from his hallowed office because he sexed ladies for money! America will always remember him fondly for being one of the first brave Democrats to reclaim hypocritical sex scandals from the Republicans. [FOX News]

Bush’s top economic adviser, Allan Hubbard, announced today he’ll step down at the end of the year to… wait for it… spend more time with his family! Hubbard will be replaced by his deputy, Keith Hennessey. “Al Hubbard has led the economic policymaking process in my administration for some of the most challenging economic issues confronting our nation,” Bush said in a statement. Big thanks, boss! Hubbard follow a string of recent resignations including Fran Townsend, Karl Rove, Dan Bartlett, Rob Portman and Karen Hughes. Bush economic adviser Hubbard resigns [Reuters]

In our latest video, see, hear and feel Trent Lott’s frustration with gridlock on The Hill. Apparently, he’s been mightily frustrated walking the halls of Congress because he and his hair can’t pass any legislation. And you know what? He’s not going to take it anymore! He simply does not want to work in a “debating society.” Good fucking thing he spent 35 years figuring that one out. MORE »

It’s official! Sen. Trent Lott is resigning! After 35 years of terrorizing The Hill with all sorts of fucked up, marble-mouthed Southern deep-fried bullshit, Lott trots back home to Ole Mississippi.