Friday link dump: Bob Rubin cuddle party

• NObama's savage ACORN shock troops viciously attacked some little old Tea Partiers, according to blogs. (But not according to reality.)
• Archbishop John C. Nienstedt is basically the asshole of the day.
• Robert Gates has asked Congress to hold off on repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell until the military is ready. But based on certain recent armed forces-created music video homages, it doesn't look like DADT is actually being enforced anymore.
• Charlie Rose totally zinged Larry Summers. Seriously. It was stone cold.
• Here's your White House Correspondents Dinner preview: Leno just told a terrible Eric Massa joke on Hardball. All that nonsense is tomorrow night.
• You really need to read this whole thing, but basically it's the story of Bob Rubin asking a grown woman if she wants to "cuddle." Also: as the world economy collapsed, he didn't do very much to stop it because he was too busy calling this lady.

By Alex Pareene

Alex Pareene writes about politics for Salon and is the author of "The Rude Guide to Mitt." Email him at apareene@salon.com and follow him on Twitter @pareene

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