I’ve never been real sure what the hell the Muckity Mucks at HBO’s Corporate HQ were thinking. First they fail to write a contract rider in insisting that Jamie-Lynn DiScala aka Meadow Soprano show her jubblies at least once an episode and now they’ve hired former Wonkette Blogger Ana Marie Cox and former Air America voice Marc Maron to anchor a political show titled The Gaggle.

I’d have never thought one could fire off a career blogging about the butt love taking place in Washington Dee Cee politics, but well, I’ve been mistaken once before.

From Wonkette, to Time.com’s Washington Editor (funny no anal references have managed to sneak their way in) to HBO, and beyond!

Like Meet the Press but wish it had more full-frontal nudity and graphic language? (”Madam Secretary, don’t fuck with me—are you running for president or not? Go Bills!”) If so, HBO has something in the works for you!

The Gaggle, a live political gabfest featuring growed-up blogger Ana Marie Cox, now the Washington editor of Time.com, and former Air America Radio talker Marc Maron, will have its debut at the U.S. Comedy Festival next month. It’s currently conceived as a one-off panel just for the HBO-sponsored fest, which serves as a sort of live development slate for the network. But a source tells Radar that HBO is testing the waters for a Sunday morning alternative to Meet the Press and This Week With George Stephanopoulos that would feature Cox, Maron, and two rotating panelists grilling whatever political figures they can convince to appear.

Really, I’m not appalled that Ana Marie gets to host a HBO show, I wish her all the best. Hell I even find her jail-house ‘tats kind of alluring, in a please don’t stick a shank in my kidney kind of way.

What does have me shaking my head is their choice of co-hosts. Couldn’t they have at least found somebody with some draw? Granted you’d have to write Ana Marie will not talk about your “back-door-lover fondness” clauses into their contracts but they could have pull a B or C lister in for some excitement. Hell they could have really mixed things up and brought in Sean Penn and 9/11 expert Charlie Sheen.

If they’re still insisting on going with someone who isn’t already known by hundreds of millions, why not create an uncensored version of Hanity and Colmes and go with Ace or Michelle Malkin? ’cause that mix would create some verbal lashings that even Rosie & teh Donald couldn’t compete with.