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And now for a break from the typical political discussion because this is just too hilarious not to share:

Bill Clinton, that is. Some Thursday morning humor for the masses:

After spending two months accompanying his wife, Hillary, on the campaign trail, former president Bill Clinton announced Monday that he is joining the 2008 presidential race, saying he “could no longer resist the urge.”

“My fellow Americans, I am sick and tired of not being president,” said Clinton, introducing his wife at a “Hillary ‘08″ rally. “For seven agonizing years, I have sat idly by as others experienced the joys of campaigning, debating, and interacting with the people of this great nation, and I simply cannot take it anymore. I have to be president again. I have to.”

Clinton also noted that, if elected, the timing would be perfect for his family, as his wife has recently expressed a desire to move back to the D.C. area.

I looked for this the other day, but couldn’t find it, thankfully though, it has turned up on YouTube (where else?). It’s a parody of Hillary Clinton appearing on Hardball with Chris Matthews after announcing that she will be running for President in 2008. Enjoy…

[Cross posted on Capitol Talk, and Raising Kaine!]

I don’t know what to make of this but it’s hilarious, none the less. The “America First Party” posted the following “breaking news” on their website earlier today:

Abortion Leads to Nuclear War

Boulder, CO - It is the 34th anniversary of that sad day when respect for the sanctity of innocent human life was cast aside by the Supreme Court. Since the Roe vs. Wade decision, about 50 million have been “terminated,” destroying a generation of Americans.

Our Founding Fathers knew that all men are created equal and that they are endowed with “unalienable rights,” among those being the Right to Life. The Declaration of Independence recognizes the right to life, and that it originates with God, not man.

The “press release” went on to say:

“Abortion is one of the greatest evils,” stated National Chairman Jonathan Hill. “The abortion movement has undermined a basic element of civilized society — the principle that all innocent human life should be protected. Unfortunately, this diminishment of respect for human dignity has a ripple effect: it fosters violence within families, the local community, and nations. The philosophy behind abortion on demand has affected our national character, and this can have a subtle influence on foreign policy. As Mother Teresa of Calcutta said, ‘abortion leads to nuclear war.’”

Wow, obsess much?

[Hat tip Wonkette!]

Bush’s Iraq plan dead upon arrival. - New York Times via Huffington Post

Christian right sticking their big fat noses where they’re not wanted, again. - Washington Post | Daily Kos

Democrats preparing to get tough; Oversight hearings likely. - Associated Press

Gay obsessed Brownback Mountain is definitely running for President. - AmericaBlog

Iraqi PM announces “crackdown” on militias, gunmen. No one really pays attention. - Reuters

New URL, new look. Vivian Paige rolls out first in series of changes for 2007. - Vivian Paige

President King George W. Bush declares he can do whatever he wants; Vows to dissolve Congress next. - CBS News

Capitol Hill wrap up. - AmericaBlog

Look what we’re teaching our kids! - CBS News

Nancy Pelosi Now Free To Hammer Children. - Wonkette

Virgil Goode’s office window gets a much needed update. Waldo Jaquith | West of Shockoe

Rehnquist dropped acid prior to death. - ABC News

Sorry my posting has been scant over the past day or two folks, I’ve been a little under the weather. I’m better now though, so everything should be getting back to normal around here.

Bigot, hypocrite, liar, zealot (take your pick) to submit paperwork for 2008 Presidential bid. - Associated Press

Footage of Saddam Hussein’s execution appears on YouTube. - Gawker

“God” is talking to Satan George Bush psychotic Pat Robertson again. Remember how he told Robertson that a tsunami would hit the Eastern United States in 2006? I guess “God” was just joking. - Vivian J. Paige

Jimmy Carter Personally Hauling Ford’s Corpse To Michigan. - Wonkette

Carter to Nation: stop toting dead bodies around the country, Terry Carter, that is. Never mind tradition…it’s creepy, and weird!! - The Herald News

George Bush’s definition of Progress. - AmericaBlog

Seems I’m not the only one that hates iTunes. Associated Press

More “progress” in Iraq. - Associated Press | Reuters

Fans pack arena to honor James Brown. - Reuters

Tiger Woods reveals his wife is a man pregnant. No one really cares. - Associated Press

Cheaters, bigots, and child molesters will be missed on Capitol Hill when the new session begins. - New York Times

Pentagon already anticipating another retarded decision from Bush on Iraq. - Associated Press

Stupid bills of 2007. - Virginia Progressive

Global warming? Puhlease! That’s just something the whiny Liberals made up. - AmericaBlog

Unfortunately, “Mother Nature” has bad aim. - Associated Press

Mike Huckabee says he won’t “scare” independents, or moderate Democrats. TOO LATE! - Associated Press

Tim Kaine makes budget change proposal to provide more funding for high crime localities. - Richmond Times Dispatch

For display purposes, the timestamp on this post will be changed so the more pressing news of the evening, Saddam Hussein’s execution, will be displayed at the top of the home page.

Rep. Virgil Goode (R-acist) refuses to apologize for letter. - Richmond Times Dispatch

Outgoing Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT) blaming National Republican Senatorial Committee for his loss. Go figure. Associated Press

DEJA VU? George Bush prepares to go to war; UN attempting diplomatic route. - AmericaBlog

Arnold Schwarzenegger calls GOP out on environmental policy. - Washington Post

Florida congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen admits to calling for Fidel Castro’s assassination. - Associated Press via Huffington Post

Pentagon looking to further rape American taxpayers. - Associated Press

The part of Faux News’ fictitious “WAR ON CHRISTMAS” that they never tell you about, or “How The Condi Killed Christmas.” - AmericaBlog

FORMER Senator Macaca George Felix Allen, performing INTERN duties on Capitol Hill? - Wonkette

Murdoch’s got MORALS! - CNN

Yawn. Another Republican bigot. Washington Post | Raising Kaine | TPM MUCKRAKER

In an attempt to prove to radical righties that he is, indeed, a bigot, Senator Brownback Mountain asked a Senate panel to re-question a judicial nominee who attended a same sex union ceremony. - Richmond Times Dispatch

Premarital sex is ::gasp:: NORMAL BEHAVIOR!!!! - Associated Press

Richmond Churches launch war on ChristXmas, seeking to depress their congregation. - Richmond Times Dispatch

George W. Bush’s Kwanzaa War On Christmas. - Wonkette

Aside from just making shit up, or, (to be more fair) shall I say trying to make news out of a non story, CNN has another way to fill the “December news hole.” Today, they simply decided to give hours, upon hours, upon hours of coverage to “stories” they’re just PRETENDING people care about. - CNN

Virginia Conservatives in a panic as control of key Virginia Court could be at risk. - Washington Post | Howling Latina

Not safer in the U.S. Not safer world wide. George Bush just doesn’t get it. - AmericaBlog

Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) gives me ANOTHER reason to dislike him. - The Herald News Online

Wonkette’s hilarious poll on why Mark Warner may have dropped out of the 2008 Presidential race before it ever really began (I know it’s a little old, but given today’s circulating rumor that Warner may be getting back into the race, I thought I’d point it out). - Wonkette

And finally, The White House continued it’s very own war on Christmas today:

Attention all Iraqi insurgents: The Pentagon has posted the U.S. military’s new 282-page counterinsurgency war-fighting manual on the internet (how smart of them!). Looks like someone else is picking up right where Rummy left off. - IraqSlogger via Huffington Post

Another virtual unknown (to most) drops out of 2008 Presidential race just 2 weeks after throwing his hat in the ring; John Kerry Edwards gears up for another run. - Associated Press

Another one of George Bush’s BFFL is sleeping with men. - AmericaBlog

America’s smartest cities - Notice anything about this list? It’s completely dominated by “BLUE” cities! Including Washington, DC/ Arlington/Alexandria which came in at number 8. - MSNBC

Britons think English government is in “shambles,” as Tony Blair continues to serve as Bush’s lapdog. - Huffington Post

As mentioned here last week, and here last night, looks like NASA finally launched that rocket from Virginia’s spaceport on Wallops Island. - Vivian J. Paige

Another incompetent loser gets honored by Bush. The sane half of the population: GOOD RIDDANCE!!! CNN

Voters usher out Republicans with the quickness. - Associated Press

NASA will try again tomorrow morning to launch a rocket from Virginia’s spaceport on the Eastern Shore for the first time in nearly a decade. - Richmond Times Dispatch

The WAR ON CHRISTMAS continues!!! Jaime gives us a look at perhaps one of the most vile Christmas cards ever created (not for those with weak stomachs). - West of Shockoe

Not to be outdone, here’s something almost equally disturbing:

I also have two “house keeping” issues so to speak. First, I’d like to wish everyone who celebrates Hanukkah, a very happy first night of the “Festival of Lights” which began at sundown.

Second, I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that with the holidays approaching I was going to be suggesting a few charities which people interested in donating, may want to look at. The first charity I picked was “Help Virginia Read,” the second was “Threads And Toys For Girls And Boys,” and tonight I’m choosing Toys for Tots.

Toys for Tots is a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve program that collects new, unwrapped toys during October, November, and December each year. They then distribute the toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community the campaign was conducted in. For a list of drop off locations in Richmond, go here.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Green room love at CNN (some of the comments as to who it may have been are absolutely hilarious, especially Jack Cafferty, and Ann Coulter). - Wonkette

Mitt Romney is absolutely OBSESSED with gay marriage, kind of makes you wonder if he’s got something to prove to someone. Himself, perhaps? If you know what I mean… - Associated Press

More proof that Republicans are WRONG on global warming. - Reuters

Bush is delusional. - Raising Kaine

I’m REALLY getting tired of the lame “blame the media” tactic from the GOP. Even Laura Bush is joining in on the “fun!” - Think Progress

Metro board says it won’t rush into suicide. - Richmond Times Dispatch

The WAR ON CHRISTMAS got underway at my house today. We went out and finally got our tree, and decorated it this afternoon. For the past few years we’ve had a fake tree, but this year, we got a real one, which is good, because I loathe fake trees. Sorry for the poor picture quality, I had to use my cell phone since my sister still hasn’t returned my digital camera she borrowed to take on her cruise last week.

This is seriously one of THE funniest things I have EVER seen:

I’m a little late with this tonight, due to the fact that I’ve been concentrating on covering one MAJOR news story, and one non news story which is being promoted as shocking, and BREAKING news, when it in fact, it is not, and is nothing more than “news gap filler.” Regardless, tonight’s “Daily RunDown” is a rather short one, but here goes:

More proof that the Republicans are WRONG on minimum wage! - Richmond Times Dispatch

Religious, right wing bigots have complained for years about Liberals using “Liberal courts” to pass legislation. Well, looks like we have another case of hypocrisy on the right. - Associated Press

Bush: I won’t be rushed on Iraq! We know George, WE KNOW. Americans are all too familiar about how you’re a SLOTH when it comes to getting anything meaningful done. - AFP

Governor Tim Kaine plans to introduce legislation authorizing $250 million in bonds to help clean up the Chesapeake Bay!! A SINCERE THANK YOU GOVERNOR KAINE!!! - Richmond Times Dispatch

Please also note that it is after midnight (and therefore technically Thursday), therefore I am going to change the timestamp on this post, not only for archiving purposes, but also because I think the two items I mentioned at the top of this entry deserve more debate, and attention than perhaps this one does.

Senator Barack Obama “one ups” all the politicians who have gone on Letterman and Leno:

With still just under two years until the next Presidential election, I’m clearly not going to endorse anyone, but this is pure brilliance, and I’m sure it had a lot of people watching smiling/laughing as I did.

Unlike Republicans, Democrats are actually following through on Campaign promises. - Associated Press

The Virginia Gun Owners Coalition attacks Frank Wolf for not supporting guns in Darfur! Next they plan on endorsing IED’s in Iraq!!! - Not Larry Sabato

Don’t agree with something? Does it offend you? NO PROBLEM! Just TRASH the first amendment and try to censor it! - West of Shockoe

Diary on Raising Kaine shows one of the first pictures of the newest addition to the Webb family. - Raising Kaine

Jaime over at West of Shockoe joins the so called “war on Christmas.” - West of Shockoe

Check out Tom Delay’s (most honest Congressman in U.S. history!) new “blog.” Please note that ALL COMMENTS must be approved by the author, who apparently, is SOMEONE WHO WORKS FOR TOM DELAY. MSNBC showed a brief clip of an interview with Delay tonight where he claimed he did not actually write the material, rather someone else did it for him. ON TOP OF THAT, after he originally launched the “blog,” (if you wish to call it that), he was upset by the comments people were leaving telling the truth about what a scumbag he is, so he moved the blog, deleted the comments, and either Delay or one of the minions working for him must now approve reader comments in order for them to show up. Fortunately, someone copied the entire post/comments to another blog before it was taken down by Delay. Check it out here. - Wonkette | West of Shockoe | Beltway Blog Roll

The thought of Tom Delay “blogging,” and anyone actually reading it and believing anything that comes out of his mouth deeply disturbs me.

Virginia Democrats gearing up for 2007. - Washington Post via Not Larry Sabato

AP headline reads “No Kudos for Bush in Annan’s Farewell,” but Kofi Annan ACTUALLY said that the U.S. shouldn’t sacrifice it’s democratic ideals while waging war on terrorism. Meaning, STOP TRYING TO TAKE AWAY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS UNDER THE GUISE OF “PROTECTING” AMERICANS FROM TERRORISTS, OTHERWISE - WE LOSE! Kofi Annan makes a great point. Now, let the GOP bashing of him BEGIN!!! - Richmond Times Dispatch

George Bush obviously taking some sort of hallucinogen; says “I’ll be dead before they get it right!” - New York Daily News

Once again, Vivian J. Paige gets it right. - Vivian J. Paige

And finally, tonight, some of you may have noticed that I haven’t posted as much as normal over the past couple of days, or when I did, didn’t write much on the topic. I’ve been extremely busy with the end of the semester (thank God it’s over), and Christmas coming up. I haven’t even begun gift shopping, an experience I loathe more, and more every year. I enjoy GIVING the gifts, just actually having to shop for people (something I don’t even like to do for myself), and fight the crowds? Not my idea of a good time. We also had a small pipe rupture/burst in my house last week which resulted in our downstairs den flooding, and a rather large hole in the ceiling (currently in the process of being repaired). Anyway, suffice to say, I’ve been a little distracted, but promise to get back to my normal routine this week.