<b>Morning Chatter</b>

Quotes of the Day Words to Live By: Ever Heard of Google? "I don't know about you guys, but every time b4 I report an 'exclusive' I'm all up in Google News making sure that it actually is one." -- Capital NY's Joe Pompeo. Scribe unnerved by first gray hair "Fear I have just discovered my first gray hair. Not cool." -- WaPo's Aaron Blake. Text sent to us Wednesday: "Now that I know who Ezra Klein is, I see him all the time and he is soooo annoying." Oh, Ezzy, don't even listen. Person is just jealous! (Not really, but isn't that what everyone says when someone's TV personality gets knocked?) Healthcare vote lacks drama "The drama seems to be lacking in this health care repeal vote. Maybe they should have held off until Christmas Eve to build tension." -- NYT Deputy Washington Bureau Chief Carl Hulse. Journo is anti-Slurpee "Stopped by 7-11 on way @FLOC_DC. Kids being encouraged by parents to fill up slurpees over&over again (free slurpee day). Humanity, doomed." -- Catherine Andrews, Director of Digital Content at Home Front Communications and former editor of Washingtonian.com. Dirty newsroom banter "O/H in the newsroom, coworker asking about poker strategy: 'what does it mean when old men nut on me?' 'that's not poker.'" -- Roll Call HOH writer Neda Semnani. The Observer "Ah Cavuto explains the weird sound in background was from a 'generator.' what is it with Cavuto and interviews with background noise?" -- ABC News reporter Matt Negrin on FNC's Neil Cavuto. Left & Right Media Wars "Oh, and if you’re wondering how this story would be covered if Jackson were a Republican? You already know how this story would be covered if Jackson were a Republican." -- The Daily Caller's Jim Treacher in a post about Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s (D-Ill.) whereabouts. Interestingly enough, this appears to make little sense. When you search "Where in the World is Jesse Jackson Jr.", some 19,000 hits come up. It appears all sides are covering the congressman. Relentlessly. Fish Poll Results: Last week we asked you to choose how best to get through a hot summer slow news day. Coming in at 26.66 percent: Michelle Fields' TV cleavage. "Watch the heat index shoot up as Daily Caller reporter Michelle Fields' cleavage plunges down." Two answers received second-place status at 23.4 percent. 1. "Tally the number of times FNC's Bret Baier tweets about his son's summer activities." 2. "Create a shade chart to measure how sunburned MSNBC's Chris Matthews' face gets."

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