From the Pork Barrel: Vacation, All I Ever Wanted to Complain About

* Only 48% of Democrats say they're "very excited" about voting in 2012. That number would probably be even lower if the polling places didn't give out free cookies.

* Barack Obama made history by becoming the first politician ever to take a vacation.

* Rick Perry's mouth is full.

* Between the people who are getting laid off and the people who can't get to work, let's go ahead and assume the employment situation is still shitty. (That's the technical policy term.)

* This Missouri gubernatorial candidate's dealings with that stripper were perfectly innocent. He just liked to watch her dance. He's a patron of the arts, see. It isn't art if someone isn't naked.

 

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