My favorite Washington scandal mongers just had to talk to that pretty dilly, Betsy Rothstein, about Joe Biden’s Barack-i-tude:

“How is what Biden said not a lot worse than what [Sen.] Trent Lott (R-Miss.) said a few years ago?” asks Gannon, former White House reporter. ”The liberal outrage machine is curiously quiet.”

“By ‘clean’ he meant ‘untainted by scandal, unlike Hillary,’” observed, Jess, a free woman in Arkansas. ”And by ‘articulate’ he meant ‘communicates clearly, unlike myself.’”

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The Hill newspaper’s Betsy Rothstein has proven that she’s more than willing to milk a cow to death by asking our pal Perez Hilton to provide a quote on the recent non-mysteries surrounding Mary Ann Akers’ e-mail source lists (see last item). Despite being told by Akers that she didn’t accidentally reveal sources in an e-mail she sent before leaving Roll Call, Rothstein decided to forge on, asking Hilton what he thinks about a reporter revealing her sources.

The gossip king (er, queen) told Rothstein that he would never e-mail all his sources in a way that their names would be revealed. “No, of course not,” he told her on Monday. “Never! I would never do that in the first place. There is no reason to e-mail all your sources. If I did, of course you’d BCC everyone. It’s pretty bad.”

Not wanting Rothstein to further encroach on our relationship with the gossip gansta, we quickly contacted him about her column. We wanted to know whether she gushed over him and if he’s thinking about pointing his gossip lens toward Washington more often. While he wouldn’t kiss and tell on Rothstein, he did note that he’s “always peppered my Web site with political items I find of interest.” Hmmm. Perhaps we should be expecting more Washington sightings of the normally LA-based blogger. Stay tuned.

Earlier Report: Wonkette Admits Error

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