Post Archive
February 2008
Snydered
Scott Van Pelt: Redskins Done F’d Up Now Money quote: The problem is Snyder thinks he knows football just because he collected football cards years ago and wore Redskins colors to school. [Pete Prisco] Michael Wilbon: “That the search went from Gregg Williams to Fassel to Spagnuolo to Zorn and …
Berkeley – STILL open for invasion
Row erupts over Berkeley’s anti-Marine stance [click] “If the U.S. Marines are not good enough for Berkeley, neither are taxpayer dollars,” said Sen. John Cornyn.
Chief Lanier loves reality TV
In case you were wondering … $4 million buys you 73 cameras strategically placed on telephone polls across the District of Columbia. Toss in a box of donuts and a few former patrol officers, and you’ve got yourself a well-fed big brother program. D.C. police are now watching live images …
I don’t know how to put this but I’m kind of a big deal
Greg Keeley Elected President of Senate Press Secretaries Association Keeley: “The Senate Press Secretaries Association is the only truly bipartisan organization of its type on the Hill, and that is pretty important. Fortunately, I was able to reach across the aisle, based on the wise words of the great Anchorman …
2 steps forward – 2 steps back
Rogers and O’Connor: Boehner and Pelosi’s First date
Back to Brickbreaker
BlackBerry service out in N. America Disruption affecting all wireless carriers /Dang it! No Playbook on the Metro!?
Coooooooley!
Redskins’ Taylor honored, remembered at game Cooley and teammates Chris Samuels and Ethan Albright each wore Taylor’s No. 21 yesterday at the request of Taylor’s family. Cooley caught three passes for 41 yards and a touchdown.
HYPER HILL [you email ’em, we link ’em]
Gummy Bears tour Washington [yummy] 5 painful spots to get a tattoo [ouch] Great way to waste 10 minutes at work [fail] Obama’s First Coming [washer and dryer] Shouldn’t they be doing something more important? [Penn] Not ready for prime-time [Captain Ed] Send us links to tips AT famousdc DOT …
Clinton stops in D.C., but not for her day job
According to the Caucus blog, Hill blew into town this morning, but it wasn’t to work on behalf of New Yorkers. She was too tied up in campaign promising.
Video: MSNBC “pimping out” apologies
Last week MSNBC host David Shuster eloquently referred to the Clinton campaign’s use of Chelsea on the campaign trail as her being “pimped out.” He was suspended, and now MSNBC is running scared of the Clinton wrath, and having everyone apologize on his behalf, even Keith Olbermann. Only one problem, as the …
Famously quoteworthy
“If John McCain locks up the Republican nomination and has any hope of becoming the next Republican president, he might want consider spending his leftover campaign cash to micro-target that last remaining fringe group that could help him get to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. – Republicans.” -Jim Mills (The Hill, February …
Hollywood: Where everyone gets to personally interview POTUS candidates
“I had a conversation with Barack Obama. I’m waiting to hear from Hillary Clinton” — undecided voter Hayden Panettiere (USMagazine.com). WWWD (What Would the Whales Do)?
Clinton fires friend, then promotes her to adviser
Hillary Clinton said Monday that the “replacement” of her “trusted” campaign manager wasn’t a big deal, nor a “significant” change. As if anybody is going to believe that. Since when is replacing your campaign manager in the middle of the most heated primary in history, not a big deal? Clinton said …