CNN compares it to the Great Wall of China.  [Of course they did]

No additional comments.

This is what happens when you tune out the news for three consecutive days: South Carolina, apparently sick and tired of Arizona hogging all the negative attention, is embarrassing itself before the nation once again. Republican state Rep. Nikki Haley is running for governor. So, naturally, a former Mark Sanford …

Yes, Governor Rick Perry [R-Trigger Happy] shot a coyote yesterday.  It’s Texas.  It’s what you do on a Tuesday afternoon. What we don’t understand: Why does Perry jog with a pistol? Perry (R) told the Associated Press on Tuesday that he needed just one shot from the laser-sighted pistol he …

Why are we not surprised by this? According to a local news report, FL Gov. Charlie Crist (R) always travels with his own “fan, just to make sure he doesn’t look sweaty.” As Ben Smith pointed out, “perhaps a reasonable precaution in Florida, where the Senate campaign remains oddly focused …

This can’t be real… The Republican National Committee sent a fundraising mail piece earlier this month with a return number that leads to a phone sex line offering “live, one-on-one talk with a nasty girl who will do anything you want for just $2.99 per minute.” Audio of the call …

No comment. Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank on Thursday said a member of his staff alerted his chief of staff that then-Rep. Eric Massa had taken one of their junior staffers to a private dinner. [blue] Frank said the staffer became suspicious when he arrived at the Blue Oyster Bar.  Hmmmm…. h/t …

Is it sweeps week?  This morning NBC’s Today Show ran a segment on used underwear.  [solid reporting]

Thank God we already ate lunch. John Edwards finally admitted to what the National Enquirer reported over two years ago – that he had an affair with a former staffer and then later fathered a child with her. But his problems are far from behind him. A tell-all book from …

We’ve heard of parents bailing their kids out of a few jams, but going so far as to paying off your child’s mistress?  [this keeps getting weirder] Note to Congress: In case you hadn’t figured it out yet, you’ll get caught every time.  And then made a fool of.

If we had a category tag on FamousDC entitled “strange as hell,” this would go under it. The whereabouts of Gov. Mark Sanford was unknown for nearly four days, and some state leaders question who was in charge of the executive office. His wife must have been worried, right? She …

Meghan McCain just inked a six figure book deal.  And believe it or not, she’ll likely sell a ton of them – so long as she continues to drop heaters on all the conservative super heroes.  [Begs the question:  Coloring book?]