A few years back, everybody was all, “Let’s impeach Bush & Cheney & Rumsfeld and try them for war crimes and execute them by firing squad, on Pay Per View.” And then our nation sort of got over it — what administration doesn’t launch a bunch of illegal wars — because the Democrats won Congress and the economy collapsed and now Americans are basically just looking around nervously for food and shelter, maybe under that bridge.

Well the good times are back: Dennis Kucinich is going to impeach George W. Bush on Monday! MORE »

Not to bring down the party atmosphere like a lead balloon, but the elections are still 10 months off and the inauguration’s more than a year, so GWB is still the President and, um, well, you mighta noticed that maybe things aren’t going so well with the economy? I mean, what with oil being $100/barrel and rampant foreclosures and declining economic indicators? Does he have a plan? LOLZ, no, but he’s thinking about eventually having a plan in time for the big speech-y thing he makes the teevees broadcast every year.

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* Please send photos and updates when tens of thousands of earnest yuppies descend on the Mall for Saturday’s Tibetan Danny Glover Freedom Concert. We’ll be at Busch Gardens along with every other journalist in Washington.
* The Politico was fathered this week by the Allbrittons. The media failures are also the proud owners of the $28 million Georgetown crime scene we’ve been investigating. Coincidence?
* BARACK HUSSEIN OSAMA TOSSES BIN LADEN AT AMERICA.
* Hillary Cunton consummated her trail of tears. Soon after, she got busted for paying right-wing blogs not to run her campaign ads.
* “So I say to John Kerry, I love you John Kerry. And I’m so sorry that things didn’t work out for our country, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that I will always care about you greatly and remember the times we’ve spent together.”
* In an attempt to tidy up before killing himself, David Bradley makes Andrew Sullivan Senior Editor of The Atlantic: “I’ve spent my adult years believing that life is a sine curve of inevitable highs following inevitable lows. What is new to me, in this second career, is that the highs are much higher in journalism and the lows much lower. I had not understood, before, how wide could be the band of emotions.”
* Michele Bachmann isn’t afraid to lose control, uses farm hands to offer the President a little encouragement. The DumpBachman blog says “Good-bye Katherine Harris, Hello Michelle Bachmann.” But we’ll never turn our backs on Kitty. She removed her invisibility cloak to to hand out business cards to anyone who didn’t wince at her at the SOTU.
* Like Alberto Gonzales, we weren’t allowed to attend the big event. So we liveblogged the shit out of the blabby blab. And the blabby blab blab response. Believe you us, the whole affair was like looking in a drawer full of diamonds and we’re still hungover.

The great thing about actually hating all politicians is nobody can figure out if you’re “conservative” or “liberal” or whatever. Witness this bit in the Post:

Not all of the reaction was positive. Conservatives scoffed at Webb’s less-than-animated demeanor. One blog headline commented on Webb’s constant seriousness with the headline: “Dem Response: Countdown to Webb’s Aneurysm.”

Tipster “Rebecca” was so offended that she left an impassioned comment in our defense. But our favorite comment is this one:

“One blog headline commented on Webbs constant seriousness with the headline: Dem Response: Countdown to Webbs Aneurysm.” How typical. Lacking intelligent criticism, conservatives substitute childish ridicule. And this is a pretty damn serious time. Thousands of Americans and tens of thousands of Iraqis have died in this ill-conceived and mismanaged war. That this conservative blogger thinks the time and issues warrant anything but seriousness frightens and disgusts me.

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It just gets worse. Maybe this is why Bush is always covered in welts and boils and whatnot — they’re actually hickeys from Michele “Let’s Make Babies, Baby” Bachmann.

Another horrifying shot, after the jump.

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Remember those TV listings they used to have in newspapers? They’ve still got ‘em in Oklahoma, as proven by this hilarious caption on the Bush photo. MORE »

We don’t remember seeing this last night, which either means it’s fake or we were looking at the computer or refilling our drinks or whatever. Anyway, look at the crazy old man! The only time he’s not a Grave Danger to America is when he nods off. MORE »

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It’s not all under-skirt-finger-bangs and young adult men living off mommy’s money. Sometimes, Late Night Shots — the closed social network which allows you to explore Washington DC’s social landscape and bar scene — also explores the political establishment which employs them.

What do Washington’s best & whitest think about new Virginia Senator Jim Webb? He should go live in Russia, obviously! But a lot of LNSers actually respect Webb. What the hell is going on? Come read the forum goodness, after the jump.

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The best way to figure out if Bush gave a truly great speech about Malaria or whatever is, obviously, to go to the partisan political blogs and get the objective blogosphere truth. Let’s do it! MORE »

8:23 — Guess who can’t go to the State of the Union speech? Alberto Gonzales! Because just in case the aliens blow up this joint session, somebody from the White House must be able to continue illegally torturing people all over the world.
8:26 — The motorcade is about to leave the White House! In, uhm, about 10 minutes! He still has a chance to escape to Paraguay.
8:29 — Nancy Pelosi wouldn’t let the Sergeant at Arms introduce her, so he only gets to introduce the other guy, what’s his name, Freedom Boy.
8:36 — Hillary’s giving her own pre-rebuttal right now, on the Keith Olbermann show! Too bad nobody is watching it. Ha ha, just kidding, Keith! (Don’t have us murdered like Vince Foster, Hillary.)
8:51 — Everybody already read the speech, so it’s all pretty much about waiting for the aliens to strike so Alberto Gonzales can be King of Torture, and whatever crazy shawl Nancy Pelosi will be wearing.
8:55 — Katrina is forgiven! Bush won’t mention New Orleans, our own little Baghdad.
8:58 — Cheney looks really happy to be chatting it up with Pelosi.
8:59 — Ha ha, Wonkette’s publishing system is broken. Maybe it will work again before Bush does his thing.
9:02 — Brit Hume is sorta like Tony Snow’s mom.
9:03 — It’s going to be awesome to be taxed for health insurance. We should be taxed for other money we never see, too … what about taxing payroll taxes?
9:03 — Lynne & Laura have been seated, and here come some people walking through the thing … oh, it’s some of those Supreme Court people. Hello, Chief Justice John Edwards!
9:04 Let’s start a new post for the actual Mr. Blabby Blab. MORE »