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Quotes of the Day Callista. "Just saw Callista sign bunch of autographs with first name only, #madonna-like" -- NYT's Mark Leibovich. Blogger witnesses double trouble aboard train "Elderly twin sisters board the Acela and sit next to me. Except they meant to board regular Amtrak. Emotions are running high!" -- American Enterprise Institute's Columnist and Blogger Jim Pethokoukis. The Traveling Boybanders "Oy. Long delay in ATL, America's dullest large airport." -- Slate's Matt Yglesias. You've been warned... "Headed to IA in 26 hours, to write stories like 'In Iowa, it's up for grabs' & 'Republicans want to try to win this election'" -- Slate's Dave Weigel. Memorable Metaphors "Listening to @MichelleFields preach about journalism on @cspan is like Chef Boyardee talking about fine Italian cooking." -- FBDC Washington-based reader Eric Wilkens. "Loved the news today. Michelle Fields is changing the face of journalism and I'm so happy she's the Christ that has risen! -- FBDC reader who signed his note, WWMFD? Anonymous. Want to intern for PBS's "Washington Week" with Gwen Ifill? Read more about it here. HuffPost or BuzzFeed? "The top 10 animal news stories of 2011." See here. -- Answer: HuffPost. Isn't it ironic? Just back fresh and rested from a ski trip, BigGov Founder Andrew Breitbart engages us in a Twitter battle royale Tuesday on sexism and fairness in covering conservative journos. What we learned from him: He thinks much of the free world (except those who write for his sites when they're not busy digging up pictures of 4-year-old girls to use for pedophilia accusations against other conservative journos) is sexist and biased when covering conservative media. But Breitbart wears blinders when it comes to the sexist pig in his midst. In the middle of all that, I get a reminder from LinkedIn about my invitation from former TWT Editor Rich Miniter, who was involved in a domestic violence dispute last summer and subsequently cleared of the charges. Still, Miniter isn't the bell of any ball in Washington. An FBDC reader who knew of the Miniter invite writes in, "You're a toilet today, shit flying at you from all over. And this one is a literal piece of shit." And now a word from a Breitbart goon: LastBrainLeft: "@FishbowlDC Bitch, your entire twitter feed is an exercise in progressive, liberal partisanship. The more you tweet, the deeper the hole." And a note for FBDC's Peter Ogburn from damning "Darcy": "You're kind of a dick. And jealousy is...well, you're a dick, anyway." Three Views of the Michelle Fields' C-SPAN Video "How low does the bar have to be for her to clear it? Her biggest accomplishments in journalism are getting knocked over while being where she shouldn't have been in Occupy Wall Street and having Matt Damon swear at her. Next stop: Pulitzer!" -- Anonymous conservative male D.C. journo. "I'm a conservative woman and I sure as hell don't look to her for anything other than hair tips. Andrew Breitbart is off the mark here by like a a continent. The lack of oxygen at the ski resort is making him confuse a two-bit dimwit for a serious female conservative political leader. And I'm quite sure that Palin, Bachmann et al don't want to be lumped in with this child." -- Anonymous conservative female D.C. journo. "I don't understand where all this vitriol towards her is coming from. She's done bold work; if only other young people were as driven as her. Agree or disagree with her politics, she's done bold work" -- Jeff Loveness, Michelle Fields' boyfriend, in comments on FishbowlDC. James O'Keefe is a big Fields supporter "CSPAN interview w/ video journalist @MichelleFields. DC reporters could learn things from her." -- O'Keefe in a Tuesday tweet. O'Keefe considers himself a "community organizer of citizen journalists." Convo Between Two Politico/Media Types GOProud Founder Jimmy LaSalvia: "Hey Prince Charming, call me. I need to tell you where to find me New Year's Eve." Slate's Weigel: "You have my number." LaSalvia: "Dave Weigel did you just come out?"

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