Cardboard strikes again: Jon Favreau has been busted for a facebook photo in which he was caught groping a cardboard cutout of Hillary Clinton. Now I can understand the allure of two-dimensional women. In college, my (coed) roommates kept a cut-out of a model stroking a massive six-foot bottle of beer in our common room. But despite the fact that the model was created by marketing geniuses to be the perfect woman (we determined from the disproportionate length of her legs that she was a composite), none of us were quite crass enough to engage in sexual relations with her, at least not in public, let alone pose for a photo in a compromising position with her. And we were unknown pre-facebook college students with a fake woman holding a giant phallic beer bottle. I get that political people are people too and that people do dumb, offensive, embarrassing things, especially when they're drunk. Heck, there's a shameless video of me swallowing a heaping spoonful of cinnamon on facebook somewhere. But for a famous speechwriter in a politically sensitive position to mug for the camera as he fondles the papery breasts of a senator, presidential candidate, and soon-to-be secretary of state, I have one pithy word: duh!

Update: Clinton's people have made light of the story. Senior adviser Philippe Reines responded: "Senator Clinton is pleased to learn of Jon's obvious interest in the State Department, and is currently reviewing his application." My how times have changed since last spring.

Update-update: I found a picture of our college roommate...