Quote of the Day:
“I had a dream about Mika and Katty Kay last night.”
— Donny Deutsch on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
Lede of the Day
“For better or for worse, this is what happens when @HunterW writes my ledes.” — Business Insider‘s Colin Campbell. He’s referring to his colleague Hunter Walker. This is the story and it involves Ben & Jerry’s feuding with a top GOP political operative. So what if Rocky Road is Baskin-Robbins?
“It’s a rocky road to get to the White House.”
The Observer
“You are a hack if you must fabricate quotes to justify your dislike of a candidate.” — TheBlaze‘ Dana Loesch.
On Richard Simmons’ physique…
“‘You know, for someone who works out so much, he’s in terrible shape.’ – My dad discussing Richard Simmons.” — Katherine Timpf, reporter, NationalReviewOnline.
Job prospect
“Hey journalists: I’m looking for an environmental writer-editor. Bonus for Spanish fluency. Email resumes to alexis.madrigal at fusion.” — Fusion‘s Alex Madrigal.
Confessional.
“My cough sounds like a sea lion went on a cable news show with a book to promote.” — Julianne Smolinski, GQ.
Journo argues about the semi-colon
“The Semi-Colon: How a Simple Punctuation Mark Has Made Titles So Incredibly Long and Complex That Some of Them Won’t Even Fit on a Twitter F.” — Jeff Greenfield, TV political analyst.
A Question To Ask Ourselves: “Anybody seen any good movies recently that they would recommend?” — Twitter phenomenon Marty Rudolf.
Confessional 2.
“Day’s over: I just got a pitch about ‘Masturbation Month’ which, apparently, is a thing.” — Aaron Task, editor-at-large, Yahoo Finance.
Comedian has a question about narcissistic presidential hopefuls
“Is there an extra pathetic strain of narcissism that drives people who will never win, & worse, will make ZERO impact, to run for president?” — Comedian and liberal Lizz Winstead.
Online relationships…
Ben Howe works for RedState. “Matthew” is a Twitter weirdo from Texas.
Look who else is following noted webcam model Jenna Jameson
(The Weekly Standard‘s Jim Swift says he’s following her back because he’s a gentleman.)
