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Ted Kennedy Has Malignant Brain Tumor

Doctors have determined that Ted Kennedy, who was hospitalized after a seizure over the weekend, has a malignant brain tumor. They're going to do some more tests to determine a course of action, but average survival appears to be anywhere between less than a year to five years. Too sad. Get well soon, Teddy! We will honor you by linking to your massive, awe-inspiring legislative accomplishments section on Wikipedia, as you watch the Red Sox in the hospital. [AP/MSNBC]

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Geraldine Ferraro Rails Against Sexism Again

Here is Hillary Clinton supporter Geraldine Ferraro on the Today Show talking about her hilarious misinterpretation of that time Barack Obama referenced a Jay-Z song. She also suggests a few racist slurs people might have hurled at Obama but did not, because racism is not Allowed the way sexism is. The most sexist thing is how fellow guest Rachel Maddow, a woman, is not allowed to speak throughout this entire interview. [YouTube]

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Why Not Have Roger Clinton Run Too?

Don't you just love when people openly admit that they are voting for Hillary because it'll get Bill back in the White House? Like this Kentucky man with his pin? It's almost as amazing as how some people still like Bill Clinton. [Getty Photo]

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Terrifying Parrot To Be Obama's Black Vice President


Some Obama freaks have trained their parrot to speak some of Barry's popular catch phrases, including "Yes We Can" and, well, "Obama," which is actually just his name. The brainwashed monster also says what sounds like "Oh My Cow," so this household is obviously a local bestiality bath house. Also: this bird is Elitist. If John McCain were buying a goddamned bird, he'd go straight for the parakeet — the Working Man's Bird. [YouTube]

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YouTube To Joe Lieberman: 'Suck It'

The terrorists hate him for his freedom, and his jowls Joe Lieberman recently wrote to YouTube asking them to take down a bunch of terrorist training videos as well as any videos mentioning these terrorists and their training. And YouTube said, basically, that Grampa Joe could suck it, on account of the First Amendment. An excerpt from their blog after the jump. More »

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Why Is Pat Buchanan So Angry These Days, Anyway?

Tonight we have the 750th and 751st primaries in the 2008 Democratic nominating contest, in Kentucky and Oregon. This means we'll probably be watching MSNBC for a good portion of the night because (a) Chris Matthews is such a stitch and (b) Chuck Todd, he so dreamy! Hillary will likely be declared the winner of Kentucky as soon as polls close, we'll get an earful of mindless chatter about Obama's continuing problems courting Bitters, Chuck Todd and Rachel Maddow and Eugene Robinson will note that Obama's likely victory in Oregon will neutralize Hillary's Kentucky delegate pickups, Tim Russert will declare that we have just reached some historical turning point in Math, Matthews will pull down his pants, Nora O'Donnell will be shown from the front only because she is pregnant, Dan Abrams will appear at 1 a.m. with no tie on, the end. Most importantly, Pat Buchanan will spasm uncontrollably all night long — he's been doing it more and more recently — over Obama's fatal flaws. Why, exactly, has Pat been even more of a nut recently on the teevee? It's simple enough: Barack Obama is threatening to undo his life's work. More »

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Terrible Undergraduate Fiction Gets Students Expelled, Because Of Viginia Tech

A danger to herself ... and good writing Ever since the Virginia Tech shootings, college teachers have been extra vigilant about expelling creative writing students who write typical teenage loser stories about suicide and alienation. At the very least, instructors face increasing pressure to notify parents, administrators, and health officials that these lamebots with their dark gothic tales will probably not get laid until they are released from mental institutions at age 30. More »

That Person Who Goes Throughout Our Land And Tries To Help People

Did The Indians Hex Barack Obama?

Yesterday, Barack Obama visited Montana's Crow Nation of Native Americans, or as the Republicans call them, "Mexicans." He spoke to about 4,000 folks, and this happened: "When he took the stage, Obama announced he was proud to have been adopted — in Crow tradition — by the Black Eagle family. And he was also given a Crow name, which translates as 'That Person Who Goes Throughout Our Land And Tries To Help People...'" Sounds like the name-inventor is some kinda liberal. It was all Hopeful and shit for a while... until they cursed Obama, with their spells. More »

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Barack Obama Is President Of Sunglasses

Hey ladies and gay men, here is your "Tuesday Hot Picture" of Barack Obama! Now you can gab all morning in the comments about how much you want to fuck the Democratic nominee for president (Al Gore). [AP Photo]

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Bush To Bomb Iran Tomorrow

Oh noes! George W. Bush has two great ambitions in life: to be the president of Major League Baseball, and to bomb Iran. He will accomplish the second in his waning days in public office before retiring and turning his attention to the very important task of running the sport of baseball into the ground. More »

Daily Briefing

Campaign Without End, Forever And Ever, Amen

  • In today's primaries in Kentucky and Oregon, Barack Obama is expected to attain an important and seemingly unsurpassable milestone. This gives Hillary Clinton a natural opportunity to declare the campaign far from over. [New York Times]
  • The death toll following last week's earthquake in China reached 40,000. On the bright side, a survivor was pulled from the rubble one week after the disaster. [Washington Post]
  • American forces stayed out of the fray while Iraqi security forces went deeper into Sadr City to search the district and keep a lid on Sadrist militias. So far no shots have been fired. [Los Angeles Times]
  • Beloved drunk-driving, mistress-impregnating Congressman Vito Fossella will not run for re-election. [The Hill]
  • You'll never guess who Obama supporters don't want to see on the ticket in the fall. [The Hill]
  • Mortgage and foreclosure nightmares are for suckers in the suburbs. Major metro areas' downtown neighborhoods remain, for the time being, relatively unaffected. [Wall Street Journal]

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Flying Penis Invades Russian Political Scene



Here is "grand chessmaster" Garry Kasparov, who moonlights as the leader of the Other Russia movement, "a loose coalition of activists opposing Vladamir Putin and the current Russian government." He gave a speech Saturday in Moscow when a FLYING HELICOPTER PENIS interrupted him, frightening the world, until some (gay?) dude swatted it down. Don't believe us? Watch. [Sharenator, Waxy]

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Each Candidate To Declare Self Winner Tomorrow

He will drive this, on the Oregon Trail, straight to Iowa's many farms. Ooh, won't tomorrow be fun! Obama, of course, is going to half-declare himself the winner, as his campaign predicts it will have the majority of pledged delegates following Kentucky and Oregon's primaries. He'll be spending the night in Iowa, where he started his Quest. (Circle of Life and all that). Obama is not very smart however, and he — like the DNC — considers the winning number of delegates to be 2,025; Hillary's team has made up a new number, 2,209, that includes Michigan and Florida. And guess what she's doing tomorrow? Declaring a popular vote lead. So tomorrow we will have two declared winners, and no souls, and an Iraq War. [AFP, NYT]

OH GOD: "Republican John McCain's campaign has begun holding regular conference calls with leftwing bloggers and blogs that focus on single issues such as healthcare and the environment." Hey, do we get a call, or have all the references to Cindy McCain being a pill-popper and John McCain being the Antichrist kind of nixed that? Give us a call, WALLLLLLNUTS! [Newsmax]

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Barack Obama Is Half Muggle!

You should really check out this column that's been floating around since last week, if you have not yet done so: "A full-blooded American." Random columnist Kathleen Parker quotes a 24-year-old West Virginian who said he will vote for John McCain over Barack Obama because he would be more comfortable with "someone who is a full-blooded American as president." Kathleen Parker, um, agrees, noting that "it's about blood equity, heritage and commitment to hard-won American values. And roots," that makes certain candidates "get" America. This Kathleen Parker is actually married to Lord Voldemort. [Jewish World Review via Matt Yglesias]

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Andrew Sullivan Blogs From Subway

Endless Simmer blogger "gansie" sent us this startling image of beloved D.C. pundit Andrew Sullivan blogging at a Subway sandwich shop. Really! (Unless this is the strangest use of Photoshop in History.) The shocking report: "Tuesday 4/29 — 6:30 p.m.: Andrew Sullivan in full blogging mode — at Subway!" It's the one at 16th and V, if you're wondering. (When did Subway start doing the fancy Starbucks chairs and low tables?) This should've gone in Wonk'd but was simply too wonderful to get lost in a crowd of lesser sightings. Bloggers: They're just like us! [Endless Simmer]

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Wonk'd Spectacular: Joe Wilson, Rob Lowe, Larry Craig, Elizabeth Kucinich ... and Wonder Woman!

Whoa, hey, is that a blurry picture of the famous secret diplomat, Joe Wilson? It is! What's he up to, these days? Well, if you believe our tipster "Sal," Wilson can be found these days campaigning for Hillary in tiny little towns, so that his wife can remain undercover. Join us for a super special weeks-late Wonk'd with appearances by Jim Webb, Chuck Hagel, Wonder Woman, Wolf Blitzer, Donald and Mrs. Donald Rumsfeld, Tom Ridge, Rob Lowe, Andrew Sullivan, Larry Craig and the always fetching Elizabeth Kucinich ... after the jump! More »

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