(Every week political pundits grace us with gaffes, hyperbole, violation of logic and just plain untruths. Every week we try to catch them because we are smart alecks.)
Christopher Hitchens is back and as venomous as ever.
The well-lubricated one has been quiet lately, perhaps because he didn't have much of a dog in the McCain-Obama fight. But word that Hillary Clinton is being considered for Secretary of State sprung the uber-contrarian back into action, and, on "Hardball," Hitch had no problem calling Hillary a race baiter, a fool and a "ludicrous embarrassment" to the nation. He did, however, have a problem squaring his shoulders to the camera.

See an MSNBC pundit get fooled, the aftermath of the "terrorist fist bump" and the rewards of a potty mouth, all after the jump.


David Shuster was badly, badly fooled.
After Sarah Palin accused the press of incorrectly reporting that she thought Africa was a country, MSNBC's David Shuster emphatically barked back, claiming he knew her Africa confusion to be fact because McCain policy adviser Martin Eisenstadt had said so. Unbeknownst to Shuster, Eisenstadt is not a McCain adviser, but instead a well-known Internet trickster.

E.D. Hill free to fist jab speculate elsewhere.
Fox News has announced they will not renew the contract of anchor E.D Hill. What distinguished Hill from the rest of Fox's endless parade of strong-jawed bottle blondes is that she once touched off controversy by suggesting some think the fist bump Barack and Michelle Obama exchanged after the last democratic primacy was a "terrorist fist jab."

Potty-mouthed Morning Joe is number two.
Last week, Joe Scarborough called attention to himself by using a very naughty word on live TV. This week, his show moved up a notch to grab second place in the cable morning ratings. Coincidence? No f**king way.