Archive: May 10, 2009 - May 16, 2009
Etch-a-Sketch: Torture and Disney Edition
Congratulations to "zippypinhead1," who wrote the lead of today's Washington Sketch column: "Calling Jimmy Carter to testify about energy security is like calling Michael Vick to testify about pet care." Today's assignment is tricky. I'm in an excellent hearing right now in which the Senate Commerce Committee is attempting to...
By Steve Stromberg | May 13, 2009; 11:40 AM ET | Comments (19)
Etch-a-Sketch: Jimmy Carter Edition
Thank you for all those excellent Limbaugh jokes yesterday. I loaded up today's column with them, but the editors, God bless 'em, decided every last one of them "crossed the line" and therefore had to be removed. Still, let us not be discouraged. This afternoon, Jimmy Carter will appear before...
By Marisa Katz | May 12, 2009; 9:46 AM ET | Comments (41)
Etch-a-Sketch: Limbaugh Edition
Good morning. Today, let us try a new game in which I, the Sketchwriter, get you, the Sketchreader, to do my work for me while I go to the gym, eat lunch and listen to Rush Limbaugh on the radio. I call this Etch-a-Sketch. Today, your assignment is to come...
By Dana Milbank | May 11, 2009; 10:51 AM ET | Comments (450)
