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America may not be ready for a woman president in real life, if we can’t handle one on TV: MORE »

* Reliable Source: Third television pilot for the fall is shot in D.C. . . Bob Woodruff has returned home for outpatient treatment. . . Margaret Thatcher spotted at the Four Seasons. [WP]
* Inside the Beltway: Laura Bush remained “totally calm” while Secret Service warned of threat to Crawford compound, according to Ronald Kessler. . . The White House recently screened a documentary by Jacques Cousteau’s son. [WT]
* Page Six: Is Campbell Brown converting to Judaism for Dan Senor? . . . Bill Clinton “killed two vodkas with lime standing at the bar with the owner” of a New York restaurant while waiting for his takeout. [NYP]

And now, a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the workings of the Wonkette sausage factory. As always, IM screen names are pseudonyms. MORE »

* Reliable Source: Mark McKinnon compiles the Gang of 500’s favorite music. . . CBS considers a drama about Washington lawyers. [WP]
* Inside the Beltway: Sen. Robert Byrd welcomes spring: “Lovely, lovely spring. It takes a cold heart indeed not to love the springtime.” [WT]

A reality show about a high school election? We think we’ll pass. Unless… MORE »

Earlier this afternoon, a Capitol Hill source advised us: MORE »

Since we’re on the subject of fated-for-disaster entertainment-industry interpretations of our fair town, a reader sent us this blurb for an upcoming sitcom sure to be as popular and long-running as Capital Critters: MORE »

It’s been a bad year for fictional Presidents. Not that the real one hasn’t had his share of setbacks, but when his numbers plummet they don’t replace him with an improv comedian. The same cannot be said of Geena Davis, whose Commander in Chief is being put on hiatus. ABC claims the show will be back with new episodes, possibly with the title “President Girl!” Also, Davis will now solve murders weekly in her advanced crime lab with her gruff, no-nonsense Vice President and sassy black Attorney General. MORE »

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• Hipster pastor in People’s Republic of Arlington won’t wed breeders anymore in protest against gay marriage ban: Everyone gets “commitment ceremony.” Republicans sputter: “It’s a terrible message to send to our youth.” [WP]
• Butterstick debut: B-minus 22 days. [AP]
• Free booze at midnight! Don’t wear white to a Beaujolais party and other hints. [DCist]
• “I Want to Fuck a Powerful Congressional Staffer” Oxymoron much? [Craigslist]
• Alexandria’s Parent’s Television Council responsible for 23,542 out of 23,547 (all but five) FCC indecency complaints in one one-month period. [B&C]

An Instapundit reader looks at the declining audience for the MSM and comes up with a fascinating hypothesis: The numbers are down because there’s too much girlstuff on the tv.

I might be wrong, but in my view, the media gives so much to the women’s point of view that they demonstrate disrespect, or at the very least, dismissiveness, for men and masculinity and fatherhood. I’m convinced that this is the reason men are no longer interested in watching anything but sports.

Has this person not seen “Stacked”? Wonders Insty’s correspondent: “It seems like there MIGHT be some significant business opportunity there.” Yes. I believe it’s called “The Playboy Channel.” MORE »