Are the Republicans ready to nominate someone whose flavor of Christianity makes the base a little uncomfortable? Someone who says he worships the same Jesus that they do, but who belongs to a church with a highly structured hierarchy and strange rituals and funny clothes? Someone who’s … a Roman Catholic? MORE »

This really needs to end, here.

This week, Carl Levin, Elizabeth Kucinich, Ted Koppel, Russ Feingold, George Tenet, Sam Brownback, and Dennis Kucinich were all spotted being various degrees of famous at various places by our spies and operatives. Voyeuristic fun, as always, is after the jump.

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* Billy Clinton will tickle Mike Bloomberg’s prostrate if it gets him to run. [Passport]
* Democrats love wasting campaign money almost as much as taxpayer money. [MyDD]
* Democratic staff asses now getting ass. [The Hill]
* Sam Brownback yearns to feel a life growing in his belly. [Think Progress]
* Monica Goodling is testifying next Wednesday, so get a courier to start standing in line for you now. [The Gavel]
* Iraq problem: solved. [Dilbert Blog]

* Hate crime legislation makes Jesus cry. [Traditional Values Coalition via Pandagon]
* Mike Huckabee’s son busted for carrying a handgun and at least 50 extra pounds through the Little Rock airport. [Radar]
* Iraqi government spokesman Dan Bartlett not happy about the timeline bill. [The Left Coaster]
* And neither is Joe “I Hold Harry Reid’s Life In My Hands” Lieberman. [GOP Bloggers]
* Paul Begala is so fucking pissed at that “gasbag” David Broder. [HuffPo]
* Sam Brownback’s in the closet … on immigration. [Hit & Run] MORE »

We have nothing to add to this post on Sam Brownback’s official campaign blog, other than BROWNBACK ‘08!

Why is memory not taught at every level of our educational system
April 11, 2007
The greeks believed in such a discipline and the best became Roman slaves, who taugh the Romans. All around the med this was true. Then Atilla must have given all the slaves their freedom, put them on his payroll, send them to Austria to discover Mozart, and guess what, Rome with out Nomenclators (you look it up) Yep Rome fell. MORE »

* Everything you ever needed to know about national security law you learned by watching The Wire. [Danger Room]
* John Edwards is pissed his party powder shipment got opened by a staffer. [News & Observer]
* Tom DeLay wants to arm-wrestle Bill Clinton over who loathes Newt Gingrich more. [Captain's Quarters]
* Sam Brownback would like to take this opportunity to remind you that he does, in fact, hate the gays. To reiterate: hates the gays, definitely not gay himself. Nope, definitely not. [1115]
* Military blogger conference to have largest concentration of geeks that can kill you in three seconds. [Blackfive]
* Joe Trippi is sure as he can be that “Every one of these candidates is going to get caught in a macaca moment.” [PrezVid]
* Rahm Emmanuel finds Stephen Colbert “unsafe.” [The Hill]

* Phil Gingrey proves you can always trust a congressman with a dyed mustache to give you the best information on cockroach and rodent infestation. [Think Progress]
* Sam Brownback pretends he likes girls. [Spin Cycle]
* “CNN Contributor Tom DeLay, live, in the Situation Room.” [Political Wire]
* Scooter planning to out Valerie Plame — as a lesbian. [Comedy Central Insider]
* Hillary Clinton is conspiring to make sure your blog sucks. [Eschaton]
* Cops and firefighters remember why they hate Giuliani. [NYDN, Political Insider]

Sam Brownback, the Presidential candidate known primarily for having a dirty name, never showing up to work, have a weird prison fetish, and using one of the greatest visual aids in Senate History, wants you to think of him as a “Wilberforce Republican.”

What the hell is he talking about? Come learn and grow with us, after the jump.

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Some kids from the American Conservative Student Union have started a website tracking congressional attendance. It’s a fun little resource, and the “perfect attendance” list is pretty bipartisan. Their list of the worst offenders is above. Naturally, a tax-leeching Dumb-o-crat is right on top. It’s a Democrat who’s still recovering in a hospital from a debilitating brain injury, but isn’t that just like the Dems? MORE »