How long can you keep from strangling this cute kitten while reading a Tom Friedman column? Let’s find out!

An election does not a democracy make — and Iraq’s politicians still have yet to prove that they are up to governing, nation-building and both establishing and abiding by the rule of law.

So do America’s politicians, and they don’t even have a foreign invasion for an excuse.

Oh, look! Kitty’s licking herself! She’s so adorable.

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So many sailors, so little time: “Massa climbed up on the top of his bunk, which is hard to do — you never crawl up on somebody else’s bunk. He wakes up to Massa undoing his pants trying to snorkel him.” [Atlantic]

Sully’s husband scores a hit in DC. But in the interest of fairness, let’s Google up a counter-image:

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Larry King to Eric Massa: “Are you gay?” Eric Massa to Larry King: “Why don’t you ask my wife, ask my friends, ask the 10,000 sailors I served with in the Navy.” [TPM]

Nevada has a “Tea Party” candidate challenging Harry Reid. Teabaggers say the Tea Party candidate is a decoy run by Harry Reid’s minions. Harry Reid may be smarter than we thought. [CNN, via Political Wire]

Dan Rather explains his “Obama couldn’t sell watermelons” line, asks Internet to get off his lawn: “I must confess that until recently I had no idea what Twitter was. Even now, I’m not completely sure how it’s best used.” [HuffPo]

Walmart swears this photo isn’t what you think. It’s not that Black Barbie is only worth half as much as White Barbie, it’s that Walmart is trying to get rid of Black Barbie to make room for new inventory.

Okay. It’s worse than what you think.

Black Barbie Sold for Less Than White Barbie at Walmart Store [ABC, via Raw Story]

Photo: FunnyJunk

If nothing else, Tuesday’s Glenn Beck/Eric Massa meltdown produced a line for the ages: “America, I’ve got to shoot straight with you. I think I’ve wasted your time.” [Full video at Political Wire]