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Quotes of the Day "Game Over" -- Politico's Roger Simon accompanying the above picture. More on the Christie fat issue... RT @foxheadlines "Do You Want a Fat President or a Thin President?" // Or do you want a fat president to EAT a thin president? -- The Daily Show Journo could do without Levi fame "Levi Johnston says fame has improved him. Anyone else wish he'd stayed obscure? #HotlineSort" -- NJ "The Hotline's" Editor-in-Chief Reid Wilson. Read here for more in New York Magazine. An exclusive Jewish New Year "May you all be inscribed in the Book of Life for the Jewish New Year.* *except for some of you." -- ABC News White House Correspondent Jake Tapper. "Happy New Year to my family and any Jewish followers, in honor of @howardmortman (his fav joke), hope I can stop writing 5771 on my checks." -- NBC's Chuck Todd. Howard Mortman is C-SPAN's Communications Director. The pair worked together at NJ's "The Hotline" back in the day. The full joke is: "Happy new year. Can you believe It's already 5772? Wow, it flies by so fast. I'm still writing 5771 on all my checks." Mortman explained, "It's actually an old joke. Chuck was kind to remember me telling it during our Hotline days together... I think back in 5761 or so." Unusual pitch of the week: This week we were offered the chance to get fitted for bras by a specialist known as the Bra Whisperer. FishbowlMatt declined. I'm on the fence though I've agreed to go this afternoon. "She's back Thursday/Friday doing VIP fittings, maj lingerie (like fancy schmancy $500 french underpinnings). You want to come to meet her? She also just fit the Kardashians before the Royal Wedding if you want to pump her for juice?" Quick Convo Between Two Journos NPR's Michele Norris: "Clyburn said he cringed when president made bredroom slippers comment because he feared it would overshadow rest of speech." PBS's Gwen Ifill: "@michele_norris It has indeed been widely overlooked that the folks in the room at CBC didn't seem to mind what POTUs sed." Drudge Whores: In a potentially new feature, we highlight journos who mention the attention they get from the God of Page Views..."Leading Drudge now (from @DailyCaller): NC governor sounded serious about suspending elections (AUDIO)" -- The Daily Caller's Executive Editor David Martosko. Read here. Unnecessary Tweet of the Day "Is anyone an Amtrak Guest Rewards member? Is it worth my time to join? I feel like it is, but I need your support to feel whole inside." -- Politico web producer Alex Byers in a truly who gives a sh-t tweet of the day. Um...WHO CARES? We can read TV Guide. Politico CLICK writes on actor Kelsey Grammer's new show, "Boss," in which he plays a Chicago mayor with a brain disorder. He's a Republican in real life. And that's about all you need to know. Go ahead and torture yourself here. A question probably best left unanswered... "Has anybody called you a racist yet today? If not, consider it done." -- The Daily Caller's Jim Treacher. Brag Book: Politico's Alex Trowbridge is having a hell of a good week. First, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, during his Tuesday night speech, ordered everyone to go to Politico.com to watch Trowbridge's video montage in which Christie repeatedly declares that he's not running for prez. Then on Wednesday night, Jon Stewart discussed his video and ran Christie's shout-out and a portion of the montage on The Daily Show. "It's like a treasure hunt, I love it!" Stewart cracked with fake enthusiasm. "It's like a live linking to another website. We'll follow the clues and reveal the secret message!"

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