Agreed

Wonkette has declared the trend of "candidate girls" to be the single dumbest trend of the 2008 presidential election. I could not possibly agree more.

Having said that, this new "Brownback Girl" video is, shall we say, a different take on the premise. I really miss Dana Carvey.

Slow News Day

I got nuttin'.

So it WILL be Ronald Reagan impressions and nothing else

In follow-up to the news that believed-dead comedian Rich Little will headline this year's White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, Little has now revealed that he does not intend to even make fun of President Bush or mention Iraq, because of concern within the White House about the beating they've been taking and a repeat of the stomping Stephen Colbert delivered last year:

Little said organizers of the event made it clear they don't want a repeat of last year's controversial appearance by Stephen Colbert, whose searing satire of President Bush and the White House press corps fell flat and apparently touched too many nerves.

"They got a lot of letters," Little said Tuesday. "I won't even mention the word 'Iraq.'"

Little, who hasn't been to the White House since he was a favorite of the Reagan administration, said he'll stick with his usual schtick -- the impersonations of the past six presidents.

"They don't want anyone knocking the president. He's really over the coals right now, and he's worried about his legacy," added Little, a longtime Las Vegas resident.

The WHCA has since denied giving Little explicit instructions not to mention Iraq or mock the President, but it's pretty clear Little was under the impression that's what he should avoid and was chosen because he will instead stick to safe non-critical material. Probably non-funny too.

From Attytood via Peachtree Screed

With jokes only Dick Cheney will get

After last year's controversial performance by Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, the White House has decided this year's comedian headliner will be...Rich Little.

"Who?!" you ask?

Don't remember Rich Little? Then you must be under the age of 30. Maybe 35 or even 40, but I vaguely remember him and I'm not that old, so I'm going to be generous and say 30.

Rich Little became famous in the 70s and 80s for doing impressions of Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Johnny Carson. It seems like perhaps the White House is hoping Little won't have actually read a newspaper or prepared any new material in the last 20 years, and therefore will have no jokes about George W. Bush's staggering incompetence or trampling of the Constitution.

But, there is something really funny and strangely fitting about an administration that has hired half of the Watergate-era White House staff already deciding to bring in a guy known for his Nixon impressions.

What's next, Bush gets new dog, names him Checkers?

Via Wonkette.