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• Buttgate: Did Barack Obama check out a girl's butt at the G8 Summit? See the photo, watch the video and judge for yourself

• Check out the week's best late-night jokes and the week in political cartoons

• As Sarah Palin prepares to step down as governor, we salute her unforgettable time in the national limelight by looking back at her political life in pictures.

• View a collection of amusing cartoons about quitter Sarah Palin

• "Pulling a Palin" has made it into the Urban Dictionary. It's defined as "Quitting when the going gets tough; abandoning the responsibility entrusted to you by your neighbors for book advances and to make money on the lecture circuit" and “Bizarre move that will damn ambitions for higher office."

• Watch a hilarious Keith Olbermann segment saluting the GOP's embarrassing political catch phrases, from "wide stance" to "hiking the old Appalachian Trail."

• Play Where's the Naughty Governor, courtesy of Addicting Games

• Sen. John Ensign's parents made payments to his mistress and her family

• The Daily Show presents the best of Jon Stewart's interviews with comedians. One host. 23 comedy legends. Three minutes and 45 seconds of interview gold.

• David Letterman presents the Top 10 Messages on Sarah Palin's Answering Machine: #1: "Hey, it's McCain. Who would've thought you'd retire before I did"

• From projectile vomiting to stained dresses, here are the Top 10 Famous Politicians and Their Disgusting Bodily Functions, courtesy of Apoliticus

• The late-night comedians skewer Sarah Palin over her resignation. David Letterman: "Was it something I said?"

• You can't spell Sarah Palin without "anal rash": Fun with Sarah Palin anagrams

• Borowitz: New England Journal of Medicine Reports Mental Health Epidemic Among Republican Governors

• Watch the first comedian sworn in as senator

• A great collection of Michael Jackson tribute cartoons

• See my list of the Top 10 Real Reasons Sarah Palin Resigned As Governor: #10: She's pregnant again and is having John Edwards' baby

• Borowitz: Comedians Mourn Palin Resignation

• Jon Stewart begs Gov. Mark Sanford to shut up

• Now that Al Franken has become the first comedian elected to the Senate, will the joke now be on him? To get the laughs started, here's a vintage video clip of Franken in tights impersonating Mick Jagger on "Solid Gold."

• Watch a video reenactment of the Mark Sanford affair, the latest in the conservative erotica series "Drill Baby Drill" from satirist Andy Cobb

• The Mark Sanford affair commemorated in poetry: Sanford at the Bat

• Stephen Colbert urges viewers to take food away from the GOP lawmaker who said that "hunger can be a positive motivator"

• Stephen Colbert says the "Clinton Curse" is to blame for Republican adulterers, pointing out that Mark Sanford is the latest in a long line of Republican men who started cheating on their wives after the Lewinsky scandal.

• Jon Stewart blasts FOX News's Glenn Beck and guest Michael Scheuer for promoting the slaughter of Americans

• New cartoons about comedian-turned Senator Al Franken.

• A Vanity Fair article titled "It Came From Wasilla" paints a devastating portrait of Sarah Palin that describes her life as an "unholy amalgam of Desperate Housewives and Northern Exposure." Among the revelations: one of John McCain's advisers called her "little shop of horrors"; she writes creepy emails to friends pretending to be God; and she's a compulsive liar.

• Here's a handy Republican Sex Scandal Flowchart, courtesy of Talking Points Memo

• NotTheLATimes: White House Orders Celebrities to Stop Dying in Threes

• Borowitz Report: Madoff to Share Cell With O.J.

• See out our complete roundup of jokes about the Mark Sanford sex scandal

• Former George mayor arrested for nudity

• Wonkette presents a children's treasury of presidents posing with Michael Jackson

• See a collection of Michael Jackson tribute cartoons

• The Onion: Obama To Hold Job Performance Review With Every American Worker

• Stephen Colbert declares himself Governor of South Carolina

• Watch "Ahmadinejad Tweets Back," the latest spoof video from Funny Or Die, in which Ahmadinejad gets a Twitter account and tries to master the new social media.

• Bill Maher: Democrats Have Moved To The Right And The Right Has Moved Into A Mental Hospital

• Borowitz Report: Ayatollah: Green Twitter Avatars 'Number One Threat' to Regime

• The Onion: U.S. To Trade Gold Reserves For Cash Through Cash4Gold.com

• In response to the above story from The Onion, Cash4Gold has made an actual offer to purchase U.S. gold reserves for $240 billion

• Catch complete highlights from the Radio and TV Correspondents' Dinner, including President Obama roasting the press, John Hodgman roasting Obama for being a "nerd," plus JibJab's new animated video portraying Obama as a superhero.

• The Daily Show mocks Republicans for comparing themselves to Iranian protesters

• Jeff Goldblum makes an impassioned plea for flies on Colbert

• Watch all the Letterman-Palin drama in one minute, courtesy of HuffPost Comedy

• Twitter users are mercilessly heckling Rep. Pete Hoekstra for what may be the dumbest tweet ever by a public official

• The Daily Show goes to Iran and gets access to evil

• David Letterman pokes fun at the "Fire David Letterman" protest and presents a top 10 list of things overheard at the rally

• The Onion weighs in on Letterman's apology to Palin

• The Daily Show mocks CNN's Iran coverage

• David Letterman apologizes to Sarah Palin for joke about her daughter, calling it "beyond flawed"

• Bill Maher takes on Obama: "This isn't what I voted for"

• See our compilation of the Top 10 late-night jokes about Bristol Palin, proving that Letterman's controversial joke is not new territory for the late-night comedians

• Sarah Palin intensifies her war of words with Letterman during an appearance on The Today Show, saying that Letterman's joke had contributed to the "acceptance of abuse of young women" and calling on people to "start really rising up."

• Stephen Colbert flies with the Air Force Thunderbirds in Iraq

• George W. Bush gives a shout-out to the troops and mocks Colbert for his press corps dinner speech

• David Letterman defends himself against Sarah Palin's charge of making "sexually perverted" comments about her daughter

• Borowitz Report: Slutty Flight Attendants March in Solidarity with Palin

• Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones visits the New York Times offices for a hysterical segment titled "End Times."

• Jon Stewart responds to Joe Scarborough's "Napoleon Complex" jab

• Stephen Colbert and Tom Hanks make care packages for the troops

• Katie Halper presents 5 Things Americans Need to Know About Obama the Elitist Muslim

• Watch complete highlights from Stephen Colbert's visit to Iraq, including President Obama ordering General Ray Odierno to shave Colbert's head, Colbert going through basic training, and Colbert's official declaration of victory in Iraq.

• The Onion: Michelle Obama's Arms Meet With Sri Lankan Refugees

• David Letterman presents the Top Ten Highlights of Sarah Palin's Trip to New York. #2: Bought makeup from Bloomingdale's to update her "slutty flight attendant" look.

• Jon Stewart hammers FOX News For Obama coverage

• Onion News Network video: Obama Drastically Scales Back Goals For America After Visiting Denny's

• Borowitz Report: Gingrich Accuses Sotomayor of Faking Broken Ankle

• Former President George H.W. Bush has his own private stimulus package

• Stephen Colbert has deployed to Iraq for a USO tour: "Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando."

• The Daily Show rips apart Dick Cheney for blaming 9/11 on Richard Clarke

• Borowitz Report: Cheney Rips "Missed Opportunity" of Obama's Speech: "That Was the Perfect Time to Bomb Them"

• President Obama surprises The Tonight Show audience with a special message declaring that Conan O'Brien will do an "outstanding job," but warns that there will be no bailout if he screws it up.

• Watch David Letterman's Sonia Sotomayor pronunciation roundup

• President Obama critiques Fred Armisen's impression of him on Saturday Night Live, noting, "the ears aren't quite as big on the show as they are in person. That's presumably a makeup situation they can do something about."

• Stephen Colbert will be the first-ever guest editor of Newsweek for the issue that hits newsstands on June 8

• Jon Stewart weighs in on Republican attacks against Sotomayor and Stephen Colbert laments the persecution of white minorities

• Watch highlights from Conan O'Brien "Tonight Show" debut and Jay Leno's last "Tonight Show"

• Watch a montage of the best political moments from The Tonight Show, including appearances by Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Al Gore, and others.

• Katie Halper looks at the Ten Most Shocking Personal Moments of the Supreme Court

• In the wake of the California Supreme Court's decision this week to uphold Prop 8, we've rounded up the best humor about the gay marriage controversy.

• Apoliticus presents a list of the top 10 people who just won't go away, including Dick Cheney, the Palins, and Joe the Plumber

• White House press secretary Robert Gibbs is turning out to be a regular laugh riot, averaging 10 laughs per day, Politico reports.

• Wanda Sykes mocks the media's coverage of Michelle Obama during an appearance on The Tonight Show

• As Jay Leno prepares to depart The Tonight Show, we pay tribute by saluting his best presidential punch lines over the last 17 years.

• Borowitz Report: U.S. to Respond to North Korea with ‘Strongest Possible Adjectives'

• See a highlight reel of Jay Leno's best bloopers of the last 17 years

• Funny pic of the week: Anticipation

• The Daily Show dissects the Cheney vs. Obama duel

• Watch the latest installment of Auto-Tune the News on Cuba, Afghan friendship, and two-party woes

• Watch a highlight reel featuring the best of Jay Leno's celebrity correspondents

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