Remainders: Suck on This Edition
1.Why the FMA was supposed to fail: "Losing is prima facie evidence that the basic conservative claim is true: that the country is run by liberals; that the world is unfair; that the majority is persecuted by a sinister elite. And that therefore you, my red-state friend, had better get out there and vote as if your civilization depended on it." [ NYT ]
2.Illinois senate candidate a Wonkette reader? "'I know you like it big and meaty,' Barthwell allegedly told him when commenting on the pieces of cake being 'moist' and 'beefy.'" [ Chicago Sun-Times ]
3.Who says it's Hollywood for ugly people? Natalie Portman sure looks psyched to be with Hillary Clinton spokeguy Phillippe Reines. . . [ NataliePortman.com ]
4.National Review's John Derbyshire and Jonah Goldberg: Both Mary-Kates!! "OMG Jonah, this is like totally INCREDIBLE!" (Gotta be code for something right?) [ NRO ]
5."Dip into," "blow breaks," and "mouth candy": A Fox News lexicon. [ Five o'clock bot ]