• Rahm Emanuel is not your fucking whistle-blower. [Marc Ambinder]
• If it had been a McCain speechwriter groping a cardboard Michelle Obama instead of the homonymic Jon Favreau looking uncomfortable while feeling up a Hillary sex animatron, the press would have been more scandalized. But this is definitely more Sexist, by virtue of Sex Doll Hillary’s involvement. [Vanity Fair]
• Ask Barry all of his deepest secrets, on his “Open for Questions” web site thing!  [The Corner]
• The official slogan of the Inauguration is “Renewing America’s Promise,” which was recycled from the the 1984 Democratic Convention. In today’s dollars, America’s promise can be renewed for half a pack of Saltines and a Tower Records gift card. [Ben Smith]
• Blaggy’s lawyer said that the corrupt corruption-fetishist was “surprised” to learn about all of this, his long tradition of corruption. [TPMMuckraker]
• To save money, Citibank won’t give lollipops to kids in drive-thrus. [AMERICAblog]

• My Other Car is The Straight Talk Express (which is a car now, because they cannot afford the bus)

• The Angel Moroni is my copilot.
• America must end its dependence on foreign gas, grass, and ass.
• “Well-behaved women seldom marry Rudy Giulaini.”
• If this van’s Baracking, withdraw from Iraq(ing)
• Honk if You Regret Your Vote Authorizing the War
• If you can read this, Tom Tancredo might not deport you.
• Ask me about Ron Paul, the North American Union, “the security and prosperity project,” and/or the secretive “American currency union.” Actually, just talk to me, please, I am desperately lonely.

Now, the nation’s capital wants a piece of that action — so much so that Washington is on the market for a snappy slogan of its own, and it’s willing to spend $150,000 to find one.

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In its battle to win the hearts and minds of recruiting-age Americans, the Army is replacing its main ad slogan — “An Army of One” — with one it hopes will pack more punch: “Army Strong.”

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With Republicans reeling from multiple scandals, an unpopular war, and a disastrous Supreme Court nomination, the time is ripe for Democrats to step up and present an alternative vision for America. And, according to The Hill, they’ve narrowed it down to two: “Together, We Can Do Better” or “Together, America Can Do Better.” Both are an improvement on the initial thesis — one that they’ve been “previewing” since, oh, 2004 — “America Can Do Better.” See, without the “together” how is one to know the way by which we can do better? No wonder they lost last time. MORE »