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To: LindyBill who wrote (90659)	12/14/2004 8:28:14 PM
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Liberals In Uproar Over... Media Indecency? By WonketteGuest on Media The guardians of our nation's virginal ears over at the FCC may soon be going after one of their own, at least if a bunch of liberal bloggers have their way. (Which is a scary thought.) In a nifty bit of political judo, Atrios is trying to swamp the FCC's indecency patrols with complaints about Rush Limbaugh's program from yesterday. The offending language: LIMBAUGH: Miss Plastic Surgery. (chuckle) And – I’d – I’d – I – I don’t – I don’t know what the winner – I – and, oh, I didn’t print out both pages, so I don’t know what the – I don’t know what the winner gets. Probably a certificate to go to San Francisco to have an add-a-dick-to-me operation. Ha ha! So... um... well, funny isn't quite the word we're looking for. More like lame. Anyway, the bureaucrats at the FCC spend most of their time going after Janet Jackson's nipple and Howard Stern. But Atrios hopes to stir them to action with a shower of e-mails complaining that "Limbaugh used the vulgar, sexual term 'dick'." Wait a minute. "Dick" is a vulgar, sexual term? Does the vice president know? -- "Joe Klein" Meathead's Campaign Terminated? By WonketteGuest on Personalities Would You Vote For This Man?The Daily Kos reports that Rob Reiner won't be running for governor of California in 2006 against Arnold Schwarzenegger, who Reiner's staff judges "too personally popular to take on." Reiner does plan to run in 2010, apparently. It is good to see the Democrats trying to find political celebrities to go up against the likes of Arnold, even if they don't really go up against them for fear of losing. But come on. Rob Reiner? He's never killed anyone -- on screen, at least -- and his recent roles include "Izzy Rosenblatt," "Dr. Morris Packman," "Dr. Plosner," "Dr. Marshall Kinsky," (see a theme?) and "Sheldon Flender." This guy is going to be the savior of the Democratic Party? Wake us when it's over. The party, we mean. Seriously, though: We just hope all the grassroots Reiner supporters don't take this one too hard. -- "Joe Klein"