Gossip Roundup: Run It Up the Flagpole

• Heard on the Hill: Dick Cheney attends ceremony for, but doesn’t personally give award to Plamegate reporter Tom DeFrank… Website declares John Thune “hottest” sentator. [Roll Call]
• Under the Dome: Rep. Bill Young’s wife auctions off shirt she was escorted from SOTU for wearing… Gresham Barrett (R-SC) holds “Shag n’ Eat” fundraiser today. [The Hill]
• Reliable Source: Documentary producer tells Al Gore, “I’m one of the producers of Fuck.” … Andy Card was literally hung from the flagpole at U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. [Reliable Source]
• Rush & Molloy: Barbara Bush attends Radiohead’s New York show. Thom Yorke says had he known, he would’ve had her bounced. [NYDN]

READ MORE: Andy Card, Media, al gore, barbara bush, congress, dick cheney, fuck, gossip, john thune, music, plamegate, radiohead

Why the British Are Cooler Than We Are

Sure, their food sucks. But they dress better, and they have those awesome accents. And then there’s this:

Yes, that’s right: their leaders get snubbed by much cooler musicians. Tony Blair gets dissed by Radiohead; Bush has to settle for rejection from Jessica Simpson…

Radiohead Singer Snubs Tony Blair [CNN]

Earlier: Political Fundraising Metaphors Are Becoming Distressingly Literal

READ MORE: george w. bush, jessica simpson, radiohead, tony blair, top