THANK YOU ALL for your nice comments. To (not really) answer the most common question here: I do not know if the political content will now be spliced among the existing writers or if there's a full-time political writer waiting in the wings.
An Important Announcement Regarding Your Gawker Political Desk: Goodbye
Tuesday greetings from the Gawker Political Desk! We have some news: This will be the last post for its main political writer, me.
Snoop Dogg Endorses Ron Paul, Or at Least Posts a Facebook Photo of Him
Snoop Dogg has posted this photo of Ron Paul with the text "SMOKE WEED EVERYDAY" overlaid and written "because i said so" in the caption, which may or may not be an endorsement, but if it is an endorsement then Ron Paul is not racist.
Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus said something that many would interpret as sort of insane on television yesterday, comparing President Obama to the Italian cruise ship captain Francesco Schettino, who ran away like a little pussy
Who Will Stop These Muppets from Tarnishing Fox News' Good Name?
The Muppets are liberal. No, they are communists. This, according to the Fox Business Network's Eric Bolling, who went on a spiel last month decrying the latest Muppet film's choice of villain — a greedy Texas oilman, a common stock villain in Hollywood motion pictures. And now the Muppets have publicly acknowledged …
Here's former political person Sarah Palin continuing her weird quest to endorse Newt Gingrich without really endorsing him, telling weekend Fox News muppet Jeanine Pirro that Republicans should vote for Newt Gingrich now to "rage against the machine" and "annoy a liberal."
President John Tyler's Grandson is Still Alive and Has Delightful…
The 10th President of the United States, John Tyler, was born in 1790 and still has two living grandchildren. And one of them, 84-year-old Harrison Tyler — born 138 years after his grandfather — just got suckered into a Politico interview, in which he had much to say.
Check Out Rick Perry's Fancy New Killing Machine
Gov. Rick Perry, who is now less popular in Texas
