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Some Notions about Nerd Prom in the District of Calamity (sic)

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner has been an annual event since 1921 when the press corp rubs elbows with the Administration in a social, cocktail fueled supper.  Some serious journalists, like New York Timescolumnist Frank Rich have refused to go to the dinner as  it “illustrates how easily a propaganda-driven White House can enlist the Washington news media in its shows.”

In recent…

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New Film Explores 'Washington's Wildest Week'

Patrick Gavin sits down with America Ferrera, Voto Latino's Artist Coalition Co-Chair, to discuss immigration reform.

(via Thurston Howell, the political epithet - Patrick Gavin - POLITICO.com)

In his New York Times column Tuesday, David Brooks calls Mitt Romney “Thurston Howell Romney,” a reference to the wealthy and privileged “Gilligan’s Island” character played by Jim Backus.

Although Brooks’s high-profile column suggests that the nickname has reached the major leagues, it’s hardly the first time the name has been applied to the former Massachusetts governor.

From a recent article by Patrick Gavin:

When you think of PBS documentaries about the Constitution, you probably conjure up images of sepia-toned images of parchment set to the tone of “Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier.” David McCullough likely narrates, right? And the whole thing moves like molasses.

PBS is trying to change your assumptions.

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