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        <title>Wonkette's Week in Review: All The News That Fits</title>
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<li><span class="caps">CIA</span> Director Porter Goss <a href="http://www.wonkette.com/politics/porter-goss/breaking-porter-goss-played-more-than-cards-171938.php ">called it quits</a> this week, and didn&#8217;t make up a reason for leaving. Not even the standard &#8220;time with my family&#8221; excuse, which of course makes us think it had something <a href="http://www.wonkette.com/politics/top/more-breaking-alternative-porter-goss-hypotheses-171954.php">to do with the hookers</a> or <a href="http://www.wonkette.com/politics/porter-goss/more-random-goss-speculation-171980.php">the gambling and payola</a>. Anyway, he&#8217;s back on the gulf shore already, and everyone is waiting to hear who the next <a href="http://www.wonkette.com/politics/porter-goss/goss-but-not-forgotten-172000.php">shady character</a> to take over the job is going to be.</li>
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<li>Scott McClellan gave his <a href="http://www.wonkette.com/politics/scott-mccellan/scott-mcclellans-very-last-press-briefing-171908.php ">last press conference</a> on Friday. The door did not hit his ass on the way out. </li>
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<li>In a <a href="http://www.wonkette.com/politics/patrick-kennedy/rep-patrick-kennedy-blames-fashionable-drugs-171751.php ">drug-addled haze</a>, Patrick Kennedy drove his car <a href="http://www.wonkette.com/politics/patrick-kennedy/breaking-rep-patrick-kennedy-drunk-driving-crashes-car-171689.php ">into a concrete barrier</a> early Thursday morning. We were so hoping it was an 8-ball he chased with a liter of plastic-bottle vodka, but it looks like Pat is just your average <a href="http://www.wonkette.com/politics/patrick-kennedy/patrick-kennedy-drinking-or-pillpopping-171828.php ">congressional pill-popper</a>. To add insult to self-induced injury, he only made it three blocks away from the bar before he crashed, which is <a href="http://www.wonkette.com/politics/patrick-kennedy/kennedy-just-a-bad-driver-171725.php">nothing new</a> for him. This was the straw that broke the camel&#8217;s back, though, and he&#8217;s admitted powerlessness and is <a href="http://www.wonkette.com/politics/patrick-kennedy/breakingest-friday-afternoon-ever-we-drove-patrick-kennedy-into-rehab-171971.php ">heading to rehab</a>. Godspeed Patrick, we&#8217;ll probably see you there soon.</li>
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<li>All the breaking real news wore us out, so we took a little break to <a href="http://www.wonkette.com/politics/elaine-chao/madame-chao-okay-now-well-call-her-a-dragon-lady-171645.php ">talk some smack about Elaine Chao</a>. </li>
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<li>Crazy-ass Zacarias Moussaoui gets to spend the <a href="http://www.wonkette.com/politics/breaking/breaking-moussaoui-to-get-life-in-prison-171415.php">rest of his life</a> at a supermax prison in <strike>South Park</strike> Florence, Colorado. </li>
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<li>Dick Cheney is featured in the June <em>Vanity Fair</em>. The article confirms a lot of suspicions about him being <a href="http://www.wonkette.com/politics/dick-cheney/breaking-cheney-has-a-funny-disease-170974.php">a bit of an odd duck</a> and a &#8220;big time&#8221; <a href="http://www.wonkette.com/politics/dick-cheney/dick-cheney-kind-of-an- **** -171112.php"> **** </a>. </li>
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<li>We almost forgot, there was huge party last weekend that we wrote <a href="http://www.wonkette.com/politics/whcd/wonkette-party-crash-whcd-part-one-170660.php">all about</a> after sobering up. Of course after the party, there&#8217;s the <a href="http://www.wonkette.com/politics/whcd/wonkette-party-crash-whcd-afterparties-170738.php">after-party</a>, and after the party it&#8217;s the <a href="http://www.wonkette.com/politics/prom/still-more-prom-stuff-170805.php">hotel lobby</a>.</li>
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        <title>Scott McClellan's Very Last Press Briefing</title>
        <description><p>It begins in about 5 minutes. Pour out a 40 for him. Maybe this&#8217;ll be the one where he reveals that it was all a horrible, Ambien-induced hallucination.</p>

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        <title>Daily Briefing: 'Theater of the Absurd'</title>
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<li> Administration and Sen. <b>Frist</b> (R-Tenn.) agree on 45-day review of Dubai port deal.  <b>Scott McClellan</b>: &#8220;We believe, however, the additional time and investigation at the request of the company will provide Congress with a better understanding of the facts, and that Congress will be comfortable with the transaction moving forward once it does.&#8221;  [<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/26/AR2006022600737.html">WP</a>, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/27/politics/27ports.html"><span class="caps">NYT</span></a>, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/27/politics/27politics.html"><span class="caps">NYT</span></a>, <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114097313389083627.html">W$J</a>, <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20060227/a_ports27.art.htm"><span class="caps">USAT</span></a>]</li>
<li> States make decisions on the &#8220;morning-after&#8221; pill as the <span class="caps">FDA </span>wavers.  [<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/26/AR2006022601380.html">WP</a>]</li>
<li> Army will reimburse Halliburton subsidiary for nearly $2.4b despite findings of overcharges.  [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/27/international/middleeast/27contract.html"><span class="caps">NYT</span></a>]</li>
<li> <b>Bush</b> sets off on whirlwind two-day tour of India.  [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/27/politics/27letter.html"><span class="caps">NYT</span></a>]</li>
<li> <b>Mike McCurry</b> on the White House press briefings: &#8220;It has turned into a theater of the absurd.&#8221;  <b>Ari Fleischer</b>: &#8220;The public perceives the press not as watchdogs but as attack dogs.&#8221;  [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/27/business/media/27press.html"><span class="caps">NYT</span></a>]</li>
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<li> American Red Cross dropped $500,000 on public relations expenses over the past three years.  [<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/26/AR2006022601247.html">WP</a>]</li>
<li> Sen. <b>McCain</b>&#8217;s vote to extend <b>Bush</b> tax cuts is viewed as strategic move for &#8216;08 &#8212; and a &#8220;political flip-flop.&#8221;  [<a href="http://www.washtimes.com/national/20060227-123409-3819r.htm">WT</a>]</li>
<li> Governors complain the administration has reduced the effectiveness of the National Guard.  [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/27/politics/27govs.html"><span class="caps">NYT</span></a>]</li>
<li> Texas nonprofit critical of Rep. <b>DeLay</b> is cleared by the <span class="caps">IRS.  </span>[<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/26/AR2006022601227.html">WP</a>]</li>
<li> RNC begins e-mail blitz against Sen. <b>Clinton</b>.  [<a href="http://www.washtimes.com/national/20060227-123402-1895r.htm">WT</a>]</li>
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