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Celebration Excuse

Strap on those dancin’ shoes, Smooth Criminal. Here’s what happened on November 20th.

1789

New Jersey does something right! The Garden State becomes the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

1820

An 80-ton sperm whale attacks the Essex (a whaling ship from Massachusetts) off the South American coast, inspiring Herman Melville’s novel Moby Dick.  But Free Willy is still MicCheck’s favorite great American whale.

1945

The Nuremberg Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals begin.  It’s only, like, the most important exercise of international law during the Cold War era.  No big.

1947

A royal affair: Britain’s future queen, Princess Elizabeth, marries Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, in Westminster Abbey in London.

1966

Come to the Cabaret, old chum: the famous musical opens on Broadway.

1985

Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.  It’s no Vista.

1996

Eek: Newt Gingrich is elected to be Speaker of the House.

2003

Wacko-Jacko strikes again: King of Pop Michael Jackson is booked on charges of child molestation in Santa Barbara, CA.

Birthdays Only Come Once a Year...

1946: Our favorite newswoman, Judy Woodruff.
1956: Actress Bo Derek (“10” ring a bell?)
1970: Rapper Q-Tip, whose name we still question.

Daybook

POTUS

No public events.

OTHERS

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff

11:30 AM

Delivers remarks to the Federalist Society’s 2008 National Lawyers Convention

Attorney General Michael Mukasey

7 PM

Delivers remarks to the Federalist Society’s 2008 National Lawyers Convention

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson

11 AM

Delivers remarks on the Economy at the Annual Reagan Lecture

Transportation Secretary Mary Peters

8:15 AM

With Gov. Timothy Kaine, D-Va., delivers remarks at a ceremony to open the fourth runway at Dulles Airport

Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer

On foreign travel to attend an international conference on biofuels in Sao Paulo, Brazil

CONGRESS

HOUSE

10 AM

House Agriculture Committee: Credit Derivatives’ Economic Role

10 AM

House Small Business Committee: Small Business Credit Conditions

1 PM

House (Select) Intelligence Committee: National Intelligence Estimate (this hearing is closed)

Watch More TV

AM

The View: Oooh! We’re excited about this one — Lily Tomlin.

Regis & Kelly: Newly creepy actor (thanks, Dexter) Jimmy Smits

Ellen: Tween sensation Miley Cyrus; TV talker Chris Matthews

Oprah: “Beauty Secrets From Around The World”

Tyra: “Don’t Ruin My Gay Wedding”

PM

Letterman: Late-night hero Stephen Colbert; best cover-band EVER, SuperDiamond

Leno: Sexiest Man of the Year Hugh Jackman; Jack Black’s awesome band Tenacious D

Conan: The always-controversial Rosie O’Donnell; Beach Boy Brian Wilson

Stewart: Law & Order star-slash-political activist Richard Belcher

Colbert: NYT columnist Tom Friedman

Kimmel: Talk-show host Jay Leno

 

Eavesdrop

STEAL THIS AUDIO

WHO: Gov. Mike Huckabee

WHERE: CNN’s Sit Room with Wolf Blitzer

WHEN: Wednesday, November 19

The Audio

Huckabee on supporting a President Obama

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I’ve made some comments recently that Barack Obama was not my choice but he will be my president on January 20. And I feel that way. This is my country. I love it and I want it to do well. And so if we elect a president and he’s inaugurated, I want him to be a effective, good president for every American, and that includes me.

Huckabee on how to restore the GOP

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The other thing I would do to try to restore the Republican Party is to recognize that we don’t have any credibility if we say we want to balance budgets and curtail spending, and then we create these huge, humongous deficits that are going to be passed on to our grandchildren. That to me is not only wrong, it’s irresponsible. Recklessly so.

Popularity Contest

HOTTEST!

ABC: Big Three CEOs Flew Private Jets to Plead for Public Funds

MSNBC: Pilot has mid-flight mental breakdown

CBS: Al Qaeda: Don’t Be Fooled By Obama

CNN: Big Three auto CEOs flew private jets to ask for taxpayer money 

FOX: Suspects in 1998 Hot Tub Murder Found Dead After TV Profile on Case

REUT: Qaeda scorns Obama with racial slur

BBC: Al-Qaeda vows to hurt Obama’s US

MCCLATCH: Under Iraq troop pact, U.S. can’t leave any forces behind

POL: How Rahm got rich

NYT: Mitt Romney — Let Detroit Go Bankrupt

WP: Giving Up on God 

WSJ: Bill Clinton in Talks to Smooth Wife’s Path to Cabinet 

USAT: College athletes studies guided toward ‘major in eligibility’  

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