Wonk’d: Pizza With a Guy Who Might Be Mark Foley
Friday, December 15th, 2006
Wonk’d is in a festive mood and the famous-for-DC kids in this week’s installment have been spotted doing the exact same thing you’ve been doing these past few weeks: stuffing food in their faces at a hectic pace. Harold Ford likes upscale chain eateries, Tom Delay indulges his delusions of grandeur by lunching on the Senate side, and actual celebrity Matt Damon drops a few hundred bucks on a dinner he could’ve gotten for $4.99 from a local burrito joint. Lots more, including Dennis Hastert ordering the red and green curry, after you rip open the presents.
Wonk’d is in a festive mood and the famous-for-DC kids in this week’s installment have been spotted doing the exact same thing you’ve been doing these past few weeks: stuffing food in their faces at a hectic pace. Harold Ford likes upscale chain eateries, Tom Delay indulges his delusions of grandeur by lunching on the Senate side, and actual celebrity Matt Damon drops a few hundred bucks on a dinner he could’ve gotten for $4.99 from a local burrito joint. Lots more, including Dennis Hastert ordering the red and green curry, after you rip open the presents.
Crazy Jesus Freaks Could Learn a Little Something From Crazy Muhammed Nuts
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
Last Cocktober, the Taliban sat down together and put together a very important, useful list of rules. Blogger Jon Swift notes that many of the rules would’ve been quite helpful for our Republicans brothers and sisters who got into so much trouble these last couple months. Rule number 19, in fact, could’ve stopped the bloodbath before it ever started: MORE »
Last Cocktober, the Taliban sat down together and put together a very important, useful list of rules. Blogger Jon Swift notes that many of the rules would’ve been quite helpful for our Republicans brothers and sisters who got into so much trouble these last couple months. Rule number 19, in fact, could’ve stopped the bloodbath before it ever started: MORE »
104 Pages of Creepy
Friday, December 8th, 2006
Still at the office? Perfect! Print up all 104 pages of the famous Mark Foley Maf54 instant messenger transcripts and read them aloud at your holiday party! MORE »
Still at the office? Perfect! Print up all 104 pages of the famous Mark Foley Maf54 instant messenger transcripts and read them aloud at your holiday party! MORE »
Vanity Fair Reports Rumor We Already Knew
Monday, December 4th, 2006
They have a big-ol Mark Foley story in the issue that drops this week — big revelation is that the White House knew about the Page-fucking, and convinced Foley to drop out of the Senate race before the rest of the world figured it out. Which we heard (and wrote something or other about) back in Cocktober. MORE »
They have a big-ol Mark Foley story in the issue that drops this week — big revelation is that the White House knew about the Page-fucking, and convinced Foley to drop out of the Senate race before the rest of the world figured it out. Which we heard (and wrote something or other about) back in Cocktober. MORE »
Foley Staffer Begs Repubs To Pay His Legal Bills
Monday, November 20th, 2006
K Street Republicans were “flabbergasted” by an e-mail begging for handouts to cover disgraced Foley chief of staff Kirk Fordham’s legal bills. Even better, the e-mail was sent the morning after the Election Day Bloodbath. MORE »
K Street Republicans were “flabbergasted” by an e-mail begging for handouts to cover disgraced Foley chief of staff Kirk Fordham’s legal bills. Even better, the e-mail was sent the morning after the Election Day Bloodbath. MORE »
Gossip Roundup: Spanking Fetishist Also Bad Teacher
Monday, November 20th, 2006
- Heard on the Hill: Mark Foley is out of “rehab.” The Arizona facility he went to treats alcoholism, “eating disorders, sexual addiction/compulsivity, obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression” … Kirk Fordham, former Tom Reynolds and Foley CoS, is still hanging around the Hill, annoying fellow republicans… John Boehner demanded the Republican leadership sing him his self-penned “Birthday Song” … John Kerry downed Tequila shots with Marines at Finn MacCool’s. [Roll Call]
- Reliable Source: Things to talk about with your family over Thanksgiving. Because you hate them. [WP]
- Yeas and Nays: The Examiner will now be sued by Robert Steinbuch for revealing that his students think he’s a perv… Aide to Sen. Susan Collins sends out memo about fonts: “After reviewing a variety of typefaces to see whether they might prove more readable than the current protocol of 16-point Times Roman bold for speeches, statements and talking points, Senator Collins has decided that she would like to use Lucida Bright.” [Examiner]
- Heard on the Hill: Mark Foley is out of “rehab.” The Arizona facility he went to treats alcoholism, “eating disorders, sexual addiction/compulsivity, obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression” … Kirk Fordham, former Tom Reynolds and Foley CoS, is still hanging around the Hill, annoying fellow republicans… John Boehner demanded the Republican leadership sing him his self-penned “Birthday Song” … John Kerry downed Tequila shots with Marines at Finn MacCool’s. [Roll Call]
- Reliable Source: Things to talk about with your family over Thanksgiving. Because you hate them. [WP]
- Yeas and Nays: The Examiner will now be sued by Robert Steinbuch for revealing that his students think he’s a perv… Aide to Sen. Susan Collins sends out memo about fonts: “After reviewing a variety of typefaces to see whether they might prove more readable than the current protocol of 16-point Times Roman bold for speeches, statements and talking points, Senator Collins has decided that she would like to use Lucida Bright.” [Examiner]
448.077 Voters Consistently Hate On Lieberman
Friday, November 10th, 2006
What are the chances?
Ned Lamont got the same number of votes as Lieberman’s Republican opponent in 2000, Phil Giordano.
Is that an invitation to remember the incredible kiddie-sex crimes of the ex-mayor of Waterbury? You’re damn right it is! Make the jump, for America.
What are the chances?
Ned Lamont got the same number of votes as Lieberman’s Republican opponent in 2000, Phil Giordano.
Is that an invitation to remember the incredible kiddie-sex crimes of the ex-mayor of Waterbury? You’re damn right it is! Make the jump, for America.
Farewell, Denny Hastert
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
No surprise, obviously, but let’s note for the record that Denny Hastert will resign as speaker. MORE »
No surprise, obviously, but let’s note for the record that Denny Hastert will resign as speaker. MORE »
Nevada: Land Of Scum
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
These Nevada results are almost astonishing, or they’re cooked. MORE »
These Nevada results are almost astonishing, or they’re cooked. MORE »
