Rick Santorum enjoys Guiness beer. Just like Newt Gingrich . Sen. Scott Brown is also making bets . Was MSNBC’s Chris Matthews sniffing pepper before going live? Rick Perry has a favorite phrase : “I would suggest to you…” Sen Barbara Boxer says “literally” when she really means “figuratively.”
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VP Joe Biden ‘s family Christmas card is straight out of “Awkward Family Photos.” Sen. Scott Brown scores a date with Wonder Woman. If Mitt Romney had picked a different Kid Rock song for his campaign theme, he could have won the rocker’s endorsement . Newt Gingrich was 11-years-old for his earliest news mention. The Capitol Christmas Tree is 118 years old.
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Sen. Scott Brown found himself in some deep water recently when he made a casual joke about his Democratic opponent Elizabeth Warren not taking her clothes off to pay for school. He got a chance to redeem himself at Wednesday night’s “Funniest Celebrity in Washington” where he was asked, along with a handful of other politicos and national news media types, to perform stand-up comedy. Brown declined to do a whole routine, but did offer up the ceremonial opening joke. Before he did his thing we spotted him drinking a Bud Light. We asked if he was nervous. He said he wasn’t. And actually, the joke wasn’t bad. The set up: While boarding a plane back home from D.C to Boston last week, he helped an elderly woman stow her luggage away. She thanked him and asked if he was “that handsome politician from Massachusetts.” Scott replied, “It’s nice to meet you, ma’am.” She said, “It’s nice to meet you too, Gov. Romney .” Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) also performed. Before taking the stage, he told THE BLAZE that “everything will be fine” because “when you’re standing in front of a bunch of soldiers that are cold, wet and hungry and mad at you for some odd reason, there were a few times I’ve had to tell a few jokes.” (West served in the Army for more than 20 years.) He added that his two daughters called him and warned him not to embarrass them. Most of his routine made fun of being a black conservative in Washington. He said it feels like “being on National Geographic.” A couple other noteworthy performers and their best joke: President of Americans for Tax Reform Grover Norquist : “When midgets play miniature golf, do they know?” Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Wash.): “Pepper spray is ‘essentially’ a food product like Rick Santorum is ‘essentially’ a presidential candidate.” Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.): He called the GOP primary “The Gong Show.” “Funniest Celebrity in Washington” is hosted each year to benefit ” Susan G. Komen for the Cure,” which donates money to breast cancer research.
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Make me laugh, Scott Brown . The senator from Massachusetts is set to check his comedy chops at DC Improv’s annual “Funniest Celebrity in Washington” competition. Brown is headlining the event which takes place in late November, according to Politico. He’ll be joined by a few other big names in D.C, including Rep. Rick Larsen , D-Wash., Mary Katharine Ham and ABC News’ John Hendren . Will Brown deliver the laughs? For fun, lets look at his most famous joke to date: h/t Talking Points Memo
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A conversation on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” sparked controversy when Tina Brown called former Vice President Dick Cheney a “wrecking ball” yet conversely, said he was validated by President Obama. “I mean, you know, Cheney seems to be totally in denial still about Iraq. I mean, totally in denial,” Brown said on Tuesday. “One of the things I feel is just, you know, you get reminded again of what a kind of wrecking ball the guy was.” Just moments later, however, Brown makes an interesting comparison. Newsbusters reports that as the commentators discussed how anti-war Democrats become increasingly militant once elected, Brown called President Obama “Cheney-like.” “He’s been validated by Obama,” Brown said. Watch the odd and seemingly video below to see the full conversation. Cheney’s new memoir, “In My Time” hit bookshelves Tuesday.
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Elizabeth Warren, who took the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from concept to creation, files papers to challenge Republican Sen. Scott Brown in Massachusetts.
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