“Ever wonder how Alan Greenspan managed to land a much younger babe like Andrea Mitchell?” the Reliable Source asks today. Um! We take issue with the premise of that question. The NBC correspondent referred to as a “much younger babe” has got to be a tongue-in-cheek joke, right? Like one of Perez Hilton’s backhanded compliments to the Olsen twins? Either that, or the column’s writers, Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts, are doing some major suckage of Mitchell’s dried up teats to try to get some dirty milk.

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Washington Post’s gossip column, The Reliable Source, is going into overdrive, and will now appear Monday through Friday. Monday used to be a break day for Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts. The move is widely seen as an attempt to better compete with blogger gossipers who’ve been frequently scooping the column.

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Reliable Source is off the next two weeks “reading trashy novels and daydreaming about George Clooney,” according to Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts. No new Washington Post gossip, apparently, until after Labor Day.

We’ll be here, though!

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From Rox and Amy: 

Getting hitched: Conservative pundit Andrew Sullivan and his partner of three years, artist-actor Aaron Tone. The New York Observer set off a blogger guessing game yesterday when it reported that Sullivan is making it legal with an actor appearing in Studio Theatre’s production of “The Pillowman,” whom it erroneously ID’d as simply “Eric.”

No big mystery: Sullivan, 43, and Tone, 31, have been domestic partners in D.C. for two years, and will marry in Provincetown, Mass., this August. The couple originally planned to wed last year until a “book crisis” postponed the event. “There’s no way to pull off a book and a wedding at the same time,” Sullivan told us. No word what role their beloved dogs Dusty and Eddy will play in the small ceremony, but they’re “definitely” in the wedding party.

MORE: Andrew Sullivan’s Lover is a Michigan Drama Queen!; Aaron Tone’s Blogroll: Madonna, Andrew Sullivan, Matt Drudge; Andrew Sullivan’s Lover Makes Art (But is That Andrew’s Butt???); Why Trust The New York Observer When You’ve Got The Reliable Source?; Andrew Sullivan’s Pocket Gay Revealed?; Will Andrew Sullivan’s Secret Eric Please Stand Up?

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From Rox and Amy’s live chat today:

Springfield, Va.: Has Catholic University released any statement on the Antonella Barba photos? if they are her, would the university take any action? wasn’t there something last year with photos of their girls lacrosse team?

First, our answer: Yes — to Big Head DC. Now Amy’s:

Amy Argetsinger: Catholic University has said, in effect, that this whole darn thing is sad. They also drew a distinction between the ordinary crazy-girl-spring-break photos (”Girls Gone Wild Lite,” Lisa de Moraes called them) and the X-rated ones. Of the first set of photos, CUA spokesman Victor Nakas said, “They’re not the most flattering but not the most earthshaking in their significance.”

Beyond that, he told de Moraes: “The second set of pictures, the ones that are more explicit — and I want to underscore that it has not been proved those are actually of Ms. Barba, the ones that are purported to be of her — are sad and unfortunate regardless of the person being depicted…. We’re saddened for Ms. Barba and her family and friends in these circumstances that have turned an exciting opportunity into an embarrassing moment in their lives.”

I think it’s apples/oranges with the girls lacrosse team photos, which, if I recall correctly, showed photos of the entire team whooping it up with male strippers, which got them into trouble because it appeared to be part of a team initiation, raising questions about hazing, etc., relevant to the school’s oversight of an official sanctioned activity. A world apart from what one student does in her personal life.

Related: Antonella Barba’s Alleged BJ Pics; The Sexy Side of the WWII Memorial; Catholic University’s Support for Antonella Barba; Antonella Barba’s Homemade Catholic University Calendar; Another Antonella Barba Secret; Do You Pinky Promise Not to Frolic in the WWII Memorial?; Barba Not Expected to be Expelled from Catholic U — Yet

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Wonkette likes to use that silly “gossip” moniker, but this morning they simply rehash a fun WaPo Reliable Source brief about the Allbritton family’s purchase of a swank gazillion dollar Georgetown mansion. Pathetic. Shouldn’t Wonkette be finding new gossip to report? Like Gawker does  in NYC?

Speaking of the Reliable Source column, Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts, its authors , appeared on Tucker Carlson’s MSNBC show on Friday (supplanting Carlson’s usual dirt-mongers Jeff Dufour and Patrick Gavin from the DC Examiner), and, boy did they look cute. Amy in a pretty pink blouse and Rox in a sleek black sweater.

Apparently, Amy had been super hyper mode all last week thanks to her reporting on director David Lynch’s recent visit to DC (ironically, to talk about his new meditation book). Rox had to tell Tucker that he was actually getting a much more “mellow version of Amy” than she’s been dealing with lately. Everybody’s jittery all of a sudden — we don’t get it! 

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Our pals, Amy and Rox ask a question today that just happens to be weighing heaviliy on our fluffy little ole big heads: “[W]hy aren’t these darned bloggers getting sued all the time? Heck, if we printed a fraction of the wild, unchecked, often untrue rumors they do, we’d spend all our time in court!”

What a timely moment to bring this issue up! A vast majority of your average, run-of-the-mill bloggers simply aren’t rooted in journalism, and therefore don’t know where the legal line is when reporting a story. We, ourselves, have reported several articles for mainstream publications about bloggers who’ve gotten themselves in trouble because they have absolutely no clue what they’re doing, beyond whispering, and then point and clicking. Our reporting - along with consultations with dozens of lawyers, both for journalistic and personal reasons - has helped give us the sensibility about where one can and cannot go, legally.   Read more…

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We told ya so! From the lovely Reliable Source today:

Mark Kaye knew things were getting sticky in contract talks, but he didn’t know it would come to this. On Wednesday, the suits at Clear Channel told him and partner Kris Gamble that their popular 99.5 FM “Hot Morning Mess” show was no more.

Kaye and program director Jeff Kapugi gave the same explanation: “It’s a business decision.” Which is to say, it’s all about money. The duo took the station from No. 11 to No. 1 among young female listeners since starting in ‘01 — which means they were due for a raise, Kaye told our colleague Paul Farhi. “I imagine they figured the new guy [ Kane , a deejay outta Tampa] would be more cost-effective. You know, one salary instead of two.”

Many listeners thought Kaye, 32, and Gamble, 38, were married, on account of their on-air chemistry. They’re not, though they plan to stay a team wherever they land next. It’s a delicate time for both: Kaye and his wife just had a baby; Gamble just had back surgery. “I’m not angry, I’m not bitter,” said Kaye — but they will greet their fans at a Starbucks near WIHT’s Rockville studio this morning.

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David Kuo, a former Bush Administration official who cares deeply about faith-based initiatives, became instantly famous after a report on 60 Minutes aired Sunday regarding his misgivings on what he views as the politicization of religion in the conservative White House.

Kuo told the mop-headed Lesley Stahl in an interview that people in the administration’s political affairs office called Pat Robertson “insane,” labeled Jerry Falwell “ridiculous,” and said that James Dobson “had to be controlled.” He also says in his new book, “Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction,” that President Bush often spoke about his “compassionate” agenda, but never really advanced it.

Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts, our faithful Reliable Sources, soon caught up with Kuo, grilling him with questions from conservatives who also quickly came out of the woodwork to cast stones at Mr. Faith.

“So, the smears are beginning,” Kuo wrote on his blog this week. “A call this afternoon from a DC gossip columnist who was called by a Republican finance person alleging I had done something wrong to him five years ago.

“All I wanted to do was fight back — to defend myself and preserve my ‘reputation.’ But then I made a quick decision: I called the columnist and said that I apologized and I was wrong.

“Do I remember the situation? Nope. Does that matter? Probably not. I am called to be reconciled to my brother and that person, whoever he is, is my brother. And so I am sorry. It felt amazingly freeing actually.”

Kuo concluded his blog entry saying that he was “reminded that Jesus really did know what he was talking about.”

Who knew that our very own Rox and Amy could bring out such good and light in people?

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David Kuo, a former Bush Administration official who cares deeply about faith-based initiatives, became instantly famous after a report on 60 Minutes aired Sunday regarding his misgivings on what he views as the politicization of religion in the conservative White House.

Kuo told the mop-headed Lesley Stahl in an interview that people in the administration’s political affairs office called Pat Robertson “insane,” labeled Jerry Falwell “ridiculous,” and said that James Dobson “had to be controlled.” He also says in his new book, “Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction,” that President Bush often spoke about his “compassionate” agenda, but never really advanced it.

Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts, our faithful Reliable Sources, soon caught up with Kuo, grilling him with questions from conservatives who also quickly came out of the woodwork to cast stones at Mr. Faith.

“So, the smears are beginning,” Kuo wrote on his blog this week. “A call this afternoon from a DC gossip columnist who was called by a Republican finance person alleging I had done something wrong to him five years ago.

“All I wanted to do was fight back — to defend myself and preserve my ‘reputation.’ But then I made a quick decision: I called the columnist and said that I apologized and I was wrong.

“Do I remember the situation? Nope. Does that matter? Probably not. I am called to be reconciled to my brother and that person, whoever he is, is my brother. And so I am sorry. It felt amazingly freeing actually.”

Kuo concluded his blog entry saying that he was “reminded that Jesus really did know what he was talking about.”

Who knew that our very own Rox and Amy could bring out such good and light in people?

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