AUDIO: "For the past 8 years, this White House has mainly given the 4th estate and the 1st amendment the finger"

By GottaLaff

A must-listen:

President Bush bid his final farewell to the White House press corps on Tuesday. “Through it all,” he told reporters gathered in the briefing room, “I have respected you.” Really? Let’s look at the record.

A snarky recap by NPR of Georgie's relationship with the press. Thank you, Georgie, thank you (that will make sense after you listen to the audio).

VIDEO-- Rachel Maddow: What's wrong with pajamas?

By GottaLaff

Comedy Binky Barbie is blaming bloggers for her bad press now. Surprise! I'll have you know, I don't have a basement, although I believe CBB may have been projecting just a tad since that's where her poll numbers are.

I'll have you know I, as an evil blogger, will gladly take responsibility for the downfall of CBB. And I'll have you know, we bloggers lerve Rachel even more after seeing this:


For the record, I don't wear jammies when I post. I reserve them for when I dine out.

Gramm-pa's closest aide: The press wanted to "embarrass the sh** out of" McCain

By GottaLaff

"Blame the press" is the mantra of the bad-losery, jittery right:

Mark Salter, Sen. John McCain's closest aide, told Time magazine that the changes to how McCain campaigned -- such as no more "straight talk" with reporters on the campaign bus -- were actually forced by the press.

Said Salter: "The fact that we didn't do the back-of-the-bus stuff is only a function that you guys really wouldn't let us. Once the cameras demanded to be there, it became, What can McCain say that we can circulate on the hour and embarrass the shit out of him? So he just couldn't do it, and it wasn't a Bush hijacking or anything, it was recognizing reality. We were being mocked by the meta-narrative writers for being undisciplined, lacking a single central message."

Here's an idea: Accept responsibility for a horrendous, disorganized, erratic, mean-spirited campaign.