<b>Morning Chatter</b>

Quotes of the Day Ouch! HBO comedian Bill Maher performing last night at Rockville, Md.'s Strathmore auditorium: "To me, John Boehner feels female. He wears a lot of bronzer and cries a lot. I need to see his d!@k. The short form." (Maher in a riff on Republicans saying President Obama feels foreign.) More on the show later... George preps for Katie "Hey @katiecouric, George is getting ready for you! He's doing push-ups, wearing an algae face mask and getting a pedicure! #GMA" -- Ali Wentworth, author of the new memoir Ali in Wonderland, comedian and wife of ABC "This Week" and GMA host George Stephanopoulos. WTF: Reporter did what? "Fed a dachshund some bear meat. Enjoy little dog. That would never happen in the wild." -- Politico White House reporter Byron Tau. In June of 2011, Tau's affinity for dogs was questioned when he cracked on Washingtonian for their "hard hitting" story on Beagles. But Tau's innocence was proven. See here. Procession of TV losers "Current TV replaces Keith Olbermann with Eliot Spitzer. Who's next, John Edwards?" -- TWT Senior Opinion Writer Emily Miller. The Media Observer "Between Grassley vs. History Channel and Chambliss vs. C-SPAN, Republicans have chosen some odd parts of the media to be mad at." -- The Atlantic's Molly Ball. April Fools' Tentativeness "When deciding to go with the fake news story for April Fool's Day, never forget the audience's capacity not to grasp comedy." -- Mark Joyella, Digital Producer for CNN's Erin Burnett's Out Front. "Always trying to remember: completely ridiculous things I hear on 4/1 prolly aren't true #winning." -- TPM founder and Editor Josh Marshall, who prolly should use the word "probably" if he doesn't want to sound like he's from Hee Haw. "The funniest part about April Fools' Day to me every year? The constant misspelling of the actual title." -- WaPo Express' Clinton Yates. Sightings: On Friday night, Townhall.com's Kevin Glass was spotted enjoying a beer with a friend at Millie & Al's bar on 18th Street. On Saturday night Politico's Jedd Rosche was spotted at a college-themed party near U Street. WaPo Gene Weingarten's ingenious idea "Twitter should offer a 20-second 'undo' option. A cooling-off period for drunks and hotheads." -- WaPo humor columnist Gene Weingarten, who can be quite the bitch on Twitter and over email. Is bacon really good with everything? "I was kinda expecting the @FreeBeacon to change its name to the Free Bacon and write stories about bacon and how CAP uses 'Bacon-first'" -- Matt DeLuca, Communications Strategist for New Media Strategies. Journo consumes heart attack-worthy cuisine "Just perpetrated a High-larious April Fools on my heart: wolfed down a bubbling crock of jalapeno-laced cheeseburger dip #coronaryhereIcome" -- Roll Call HOH's Warren Rojas. Journo Love "Jake Tapper with striped suit, haircut and oh, yeah, real talent does a great job anchoring the ABC World News" -- Politico's Roger Simon. Peter Ogburn and Eddie Scarry contributed to this report.

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