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Wonkette had the opportunity to interview famous journalist Choire Sicha, reporting in New Hampshire for the //New York Observer//. Sicha is most famous for editing the weblog [|Gawker] — the “Wonkette of New York City” — like five times. His brief discussion of Josh Romney’s penis, after the jump. CHOIRE: Not [|Vermin]. Oh actually, Vermin is inside the Obama party! Here’s a great Vermin story: He went up to Ron Paul and said “How are we going to fund time travel,” and Ron Paul said “We’ll just print more money.” That’s the greatest clash of wingnuts ever. There’s a new piece on Observer.com about Rudy Giuliani [SHILL ALERT], and you can read it [|there]! I can’t hate Mitt Romney because he gave birth to those kids. Those incredibly molestable kids. Tagg with two g’s, Matt, Josh, Ben, Craig. [|Josh]. Josh is the hottest thing since bacon was invented. They’re playing the Rocky music at Hillary’s! Oh no that’s McCain’s. Gotta go.
 * WONKETTEBLOG: Who’s gonna win [some election]?**
 * Who do you hate more, Mitt Romney or Rudy Giuliani?**
 * Do you know their names?**
 * That’s 100%. Which do you want to molest the most?**

Marissa Wingate is an award-winning reporter for Channel 3 KTVK in Phoenix, Arizona. Her career has taken her from the multi-flagged state of Texas to the hot desert of Arizona; and along with providing outstanding journalism everywhere she goes, she also holds the distinction of being listed by us as one of the hottest women in the world. **Q:** At what age did you know that you wanted to be a reporter? **MW:** I had always planned on becoming an attorney, simply because that's what most everyone in my family does. However, the day before my college application was due, I panicked. I realized I did not want to become an attorney after all, and I had no idea what major to choose. I said a prayer that night and went to bed - I had a dream but forgot it. The following day my father asked me about my application, and he asked if I had ever considered becoming a "talking head." I had no idea what that was; he explained to me that it was a "news lady." I then remembered my dream had actually involved me being a "news lady." Moments later, my mother came home - not having talked to either of us - and said the thought had just come to her that I would make a great newswoman. I did not even know that it was a major, but I found Broadcast Journalism on my application, checked it off, and to this day it has been one of the best decisions of my life. I can't imagine doing anything else.

**Q:** What has been the most exciting story that you've covered during your career? **MW:** I don't know about exciting, but covering Hurricane Katrina was definitely the most life-changing and memorable story of my career. My photographer and I camped in our news van near the Super Dome. We lived off of peanut butter crackers. At least one of us tried to stay awake at all times, so that no one would steal the gas we were carrying on the top of our van - or our water (at one point someone did try to steal the two of us - but that's a whole different story).