Who knew that Bill Clinton’s foreign ties might actually be an asset to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton?
With India dominating the news, perhaps Clinton’s connection to Vinod Gupta — who donated $1 million for a women’s polytechnic in his village of Rampur Manhyaran, a school that was celebrated by Bill Clinton — might come in [...]

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For our listing below of the top ten funniest political quotes of 2008, several folks note we omitted an eminently qualified line from Joe Biden — asking a state senator in a wheelchair to stand up.
We can’t list every Biden line, nor can we help people in wheelchairs walk — even on water, God luv [...]

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At the end of 2006 we brought you the funniest political quotes of 2006.
At the end of 2007 we brought you the funniest political quotes of 2007.
Now that we’re nearing the end of 2008 it’s time for the top ten funniest political quotes of 2008.
That’s the pattern and the premise. No further set-up required. [...]

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We learn that Harvard professor and former Obama campaign foreign policy adviser Samantha Power is now advising president-elect Obama on transition matters relating to the State Department — which Hillary Clinton might head.
Why is this significant?
Here’s why …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAiunfJa2Sg

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And yes, that’s not the Laffer Curve they’re talking about being written on a napkin…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm4ikLH3qW0

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Item:
Edna Parker, who became the world’s oldest person more than a year ago, has died at age 115.
No word on who will replace Parker in the U.S. Senate.

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Back in March, the New York Times examined Barack Obama, the author.
The story contained this intriguing nugget:
When his keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention sent his memoir soaring out of obscurity and straight onto the best-seller list, he untethered himself from his longtime literary agent in favor of Robert B. Barnett, the Washington [...]

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It’s a Thanksgiving tradition at Extreme Mortman — our rerun of our blog post on the late great Art Buchwald that played off the Washington Post running his Thanksgiving column year after year after year.
Basically, every prediction we make in this rehash of our old gag proved wrong.  But why would that stop us from [...]

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Not necessarily for the good old days of Carter-era stagflation with high interest rates and high inflation.  But for the good old days of when you good provide Congressional testimony while chomping on a lit cigar.

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With special guest George W. Bush.  Sarah Palin’s got nothing on this career-stopping turkey video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSDhSa2NxYc

Instead of bowling a turkey, and we don’t mean Paul O’Neill, maybe Bush could have tried his hand at, ahem, duck pins.

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Barack Obama is getting mostly plaudits for his developing economic team — from folks on the right as well as the left.
But this exchange at his press conference today seemed a bit, well, lacking in substance.
QUESTION:  Do you have any shopping advice for nervous consumers? And are you planning to hit the malls yourself on [...]

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Guess the mustachioed Democratic politician or porn star here …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI8pF-wHCUU

Now guess the Redskins fan and Republican former Maryland Lieutenant Governor at :22 here  …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c9DQd6CBRc

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Last time we checked in with Hank Williams, he was doing this for the Redskins and Sarah Palin…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2MKG2hFWao

Now, according news conveyed by Famous DC, he might be giving similiar speeches in the U.S. Senate…
NASHVILLE — Country music singer Hank Williams Jr. said he plans to run for the U.S. Senate as a Republican during the [...]

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Nifty punchline by Yeas & Nays to this item:
Although Barack Obama gets credited for running a fairly impressive presidential campaign, he did make one serious misstep: Deciding to bowl in Pennsylvania.
In March of this year, Obama did his best to hang with Pennsylvania’s regular folk by bowling at Pleasant Valley Recreation Center in Altoona, Pa. [...]

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Fishbowl quotes Washington Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth on competing in a fast-paced Internet environment:
“We’re not going to prostitute ourselves — no Britney Spears stories.”
Whether Britney Spears stories are a force for good or evil is a debate better left for another time (we don’t find anything wrong with mentioning Britney Spears, but that’s us).
What’s more [...]

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P.J. O’Rourke in the Weekly Standard:
Bail Me Out, Mr. Paulson … Print journalists aren’t feeling the love, these days. … There are many compelling reasons to save America’s print journalism.
Variety:
Needed: Network bailout?  Bad economy slows ad sales

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The late Jim Mattox, a colorful politician even by Texas standards …

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Here’s some noteworthy praise of Barack Obama’s emerging economic team — coming from the right.
Appearing on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” this morning, free-market champion Larry Kudlow had these kind words to say about Barack Obama’s economic advisers:
KUDLOW: I want to complement Senator Obama’s appointees — Timothy Geithner, Lawrence Summers, they are terrific free traders.
HOST: Most of [...]

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A test of U.S. elected officials (via Instapundit):
Asked about the electoral college, 20 percent of elected officials incorrectly said it was established to “supervise the first televised presidential debates.”

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