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Gossip Roundup: Old People Crack Unfunny Jokes
- Heard on the Hill: Because the whole politics thing is an elaborate farce, Terry McAuliffe and Ed Gillespie, former heads of the DNC and RNC, respectively, are bestest buds and wrote their probably-identical books at the same time... "Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) flew first class to Washington, D.C., on Monday while his wife was stuck back in coach." [Roll Call]
- Yeas and Nays: A book is being published of drawings by presidents, leading to the inevitable "Republicans are better doodlers" joke. Ronald Reagan, our first six-year-old president, repeatedly drew himself as a cowboy... Former Senator Toe-Suckin' Bob Packwood was out a-lobbying the Senate yesterday, rode the senators-only elevator. [Examiner]
- Under the Dome:Ed Gillespie (again) and Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) will perform a routine together at the DC's Funniest Celebrity contest... House Majority Leader John Boehner forgot Deborah Pryce's new coinage for kangaroo courts: "Terrorist tribunals." ... Joe Lieberman to Michael Chertoff: "I prefer to think of you not as a member of the peanut gallery, but as Buffalo Bob." Chertoff: WTF are you talking about, old man? [The Hill]
- Rush and Molloy:Bill Clinton is hosting a big-ass conference to bring about world peace or something, Laura Bush is Wednesday's "guest of honor." Also, Billy Crystal did his hacky Catskills routine at Bill's birthday party in Toronto for some reason. [NYDN]
