Julian Sanchez | November 8, 2006
Now that we know the Virginia Senate race will remain in doubt for at least days to come, and the Dem House majority will be sufficiently dramatic that Nancy Pelosi will be capping one of her own freshman reps execution style just to prove she can, America can move on to the day's real top story: the Britney/K-Fed split.
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Nancy Pelosi will be capping one of her own freshman reps
execution style just to prove she can
Heath Shuler?
The Britney-KFed breakup got "breaking news" treatment on CNN. Talk about not meeting the definition of news--it's (a) unimportant, (b) uninteresting and (c) totally unsurprising. I realize some people may argue with (b), but I don't see how anybody could possibly argue with the other two.
Smart move on her part, announcing it on a hotly contested election day. It'll still be in the tabloids, but the "serious" press will be too busy chasing the Virginia recount story. She's maybe not so dumb.
Talk about not meeting the definition of news--it's (a)
unimportant, (b) uninteresting and (c) totally
unsurprising.
As opposed to yesterday's election...?
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