Post Archive
February 2008
HYPER HILL [you email ’em, we link ’em]
House Mulls Contempt Votes Against Bolten, Miers [looking for calendar space] Pettitte rats out Clemens [stop snitching] House Republicans declare a Floor War over FISA [terrorist surveillance] Top GOP House leaders endorse McCain [coming around] Sharpton: Don’t Seat Fla., Mich. [why do people listen to him?] A beagle is king …
“Blame it on the rain”
Stop the presses – Clinton camp claims she would’ve won had it not rained yesterday. With that said, enjoy this video:
Former Clinton staffer now backs Obama
More proof that the Clinton campaign is playing musical chairs on the deck of the Titanic. An aide to Barack Obama says the man who led former President Clinton’s 1992 bid plans to endorse the Illinois senator. Obama’s campaign plans a 1 p.m. conference call Wednesday to announce the endorsement …
Clinton, Obama get waxed
The strange creative minds at Madame Tussauds in DC are at it again – wasting perfectly good wax. Rober Basler, who blogs about it at Reuters, is spot on in his assessment of the weirdness: “The supposed charms of wax museums are totally lost on me. I don’t get the point. And …
UPDATE: Rocket ride on Capitol Hill
Cy Young award-winning pitcher Roger Clemens and his former friend are set to testify on Capitol Hill today, as Congress’ investigation into the use of steroids in Major League Baseball continues. Clemens was named as a steroids user in the Mitchell Report, the document stemming from the investigation led by …
McCain visits his old stomping grounds – Capitol Hill
John McCain, who is not known for his popularity with Republican House members, is set to meet with congressional leaders this morning at their weekly confernece meeting. Some members have not been shy about their distaste for the Senator. At the request of his campaign, McCain will visit the House …
Can’t beat Jordan, ‘Nique and Kobe
Wilbon: We’re five days from the NBA All-Star Game and I’m not feeling the love. I’m not sensing that people, even real pro basketball fans, are dying to see it. Oh, they’re down for the All-Star Weekend parties, for hanging out in the French Quarter, for craziness up and down …
Hotline Embraces Chesapeake Reference
Obama “Swept Through The Chesapeake And Over The Potomac” .
Eagles Fans Can’t Let Go ’05 Super Bowl Loss
Goodell to meet with Senator Specter over NFL spying .
Eastern Shore Upset
Shore Good To Know You, Wayne In MD-01, state Sen. Andy Harris (R) defeated Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R)
HYPER HILL [you email ’em, we link ’em]
Earmark reform meets the web [Boehnerland] It’s national “your butt isn’t getting any skinnier” day [IHOP] Reid refuses to scold his liberal cronies [code pinked] Politico: Chesapeake Forever [Chesapeake Challenge Day] Polar Bears Not Guilty, Guilty [grimster] Mayor Bloomberg: Global Warming Will Kill Us ALL! [oh noes] FishbowlDC: Washington prom …
‘Stop Her Now’ …well, not right now
There’s a website [imagine] who’s only purpose is to make sure Hillary Clinton does not make it back to the White House. The site, Stop Her Now, has a wealth of information – and is clearly staffed by someone, if not multiple anti-Hillary drones. Since there are clearly folks earning …
Puff the Magic Dragon
Agent Zero Blogs On the Shaq Trade: “It makes sense to me because they never had a post play.” On the Gasol Trade: “The Lakers stole Pau Gasol. They hi-jacked him. That should be a crime. You don’t give away Pau Gasol for Kwame Brown and a rookie. I don’t …
Barnes and Noble goes cultural
A FamousDC reader, while visiting a Barnes and Noble located in the South, stumbled upon a section in the store called “African American Interests.” To the reader’s surprise, he discovered just how broad the interests of African Americans were. According to the good people at Barnes and Noble, the interests of African …