A Little of the Old In And Out

In: Kerry and McCain are Still Fucking With The President. I swear to God, it looks like Kerry and McCain met at his campaign bunker, and decided -- just for the hell of it -- to play jedi mind tricks on the President. Today, McCain sticks up for Kerry on Defense, AP reports, "Asked on NBC's 'Today' if he thought Kerry was weak on defense, McCain said: 'No, I do not believe that he is, quote, weak on defense. He's responsible for his voting record, as we are all responsible for our records, and he'll have to explain it. But, no, I do not believe that he is necessarily weak on defense."
Geez. Will someone get McCain and Kerry a room already?

Out: Kelly Ripa cameltoe, (via Stereogum via Nick Catchdubs)

In: Star Magazine's Victoria Gotti reporting on the breakup of mob wife actress Edie Falco and Stanley Tucci.

Victoria Gotti writes, "'They're not together,' Tucci's spokesman, confirmed to Star. But Star has learned the backstory behind the breakup. 'Edie says they split because Stanley felt guilty about leaving his wife and their kids,' a friend of the HBO mob mom tells Star exclusively. The couple paired up both onstage and off while co-starring in the 2002 Broadway play, Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, in which they appeared in the buff for five months.

"Right around that time, Tucci's seven-year marriage to Kate, with whom he has two children, came to an end. But now, Tucci (whose next project is 2004's The Terminal) may be heading back to the homestead: 'They'd been fighting about how much Stanley was spending time with his family,' the source reveals to Star. A few weeks ago, Tucci spent the whole day with his wife and kids in Central Park, the source adds. According to the source, he was supposed to meet Falco at chic Italian eatery Da Silvano that night, but instead dined with his wife. Falco was not happy and gave Tucci an ultimatum: 'Her or me.' A few days later, we're told, he told Edie, with whom he was living that it was over." Poor Carm ... men!

Ironically, Victoria Gotti, daughter to mobster John Gotti, also dumped her husband after he was found -- through racketeering wiretaps -- to be sleeping with his bookkeeper. Gotti and Falco have quite a bit in common.

Out: Dirty but beautiful. That's how a snitch describes the relationship of just released from police custody (link via Gothamist) Courtney Love and Chris Milk to Rush and Molloy:

"The duo met on the set of her video for 'Mono,' but evidence of their liaison did not surface until Love accidentally left her BlackBerry at a restaurant in December.

"Someone saw these really juicy, poetically pornographic things going back and forth between them," says our snitch. 'They were dirty, but beautiful. Just a sign of how much she loves him and how much he loves her." Courtney is a mess.

In: Running away from Kerry? According to Hans Nichols of The Hill, "A handful of (ed note: Southern and Midwestern)House Democrats who look vulnerable in November�s election, plan to run away from their party�s presumptive presidential nominee, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), and will not endorse him.

"The holdouts are a minority of the 17 'frontliners' selected by the party leadership for member-to-member cash infusions, but their attitude reflects varying levels of comfort with how the New England senator will play in their districts."

And the really odd thing is, that Bush and Kerry are in a statistical dead heat right now.