The last thing this city needs, other than the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a “snarky” Weblog written under the tired and patently false assumption that Washingtonians are just a bunch of anemic, doughy, poorly dressed cubicle jockeys who, for some tragic reason or another, never made it to New York.

Wonkette – predictably written in overplayed “Oh, aren’t I the dickens!” style – does little to relate to its intended audience of D.C. metro area residents. I mean, the Kewpie banner illustration is pretty, but aside from that American flag in her pencil cup, the Tina Fey-ish cartoon seems as native to The DC as a family of fanny-packers idling at the Smithsonian Metro station. Washington is a city of self-haters and jaded alcoholics. Less sweet, more bitter, please!

Editor Ana Marie Cox is funny in an ersatz-Gawker sort of way, but I think the mostly matter-of-fact Washingtonians would prefer someone who doesn’t try so hard for cheap, obvious laughs. James of Why I Hate D.C., for example, is hilarious simply because he reports on all the fucked up things that happen in this fucked up city. I particularly dig the homicide ticker he keeps in the left column (“3 days since our last murder,” it currently reads, beneath a smiling Mayor Williams). See, that’s smart, funny and (dare I say it?) snarky.

Forgive me for sounding paranoid, but unless Cox changes her direction, Wonkette will cater mainly (though perhaps not intentionally) to holier-than-yooz New Yorkers who look upon smaller cities with a patronizing, disinterested curiosity. I suppose this is just as well, for as far as I’m concerned, Washingtonians will look upon Wonkette in a remarkably similar way.