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The Economy Sucks, Condi Has No Advice And Saxby Chambliss Is A Perv
- Now that it's been a full year of shitty economic news, we are officially in a recession and have been for a year. Aren't you glad to know? [MSNBC]
- The market is not glad to know, and it slid almost 700 points after learning the obvious. [NY Times]
- In other obvious news, Condoleezza Rice doesn't plan to give much advice to Hillary Clinton. What advice she does give, we're guessing Clinton doesn't plan on following. [MSNBC]
- Bill Clinton is pretty happy about Hillary's nomination, though. [Real Clear Politics]
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Like a particularly pernicious canker sore, Sarah Palin will be back in our grill down in the lower 48 next week. She will campaign for Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss, whose race will be decided during a run-off election on December 2nd, before heading to Philly to meet with President Elect Obama and several other Governors to discuss the economy. Wanna hear Rachel Maddow's take on this mess? Click on the pic of Palin and Maddow at left for Rachel's pithy commentary. [MSNBC]
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Mag Hag
From a tipster on the inside: "Not ten feet down the hall in one of our tiny windowless 'crying rooms' here at 30 Rock, Andre Leon Talley and a bunch of assistants are putting make-up on Rachel Maddow for a photoshoot/interview in Vogue. Vogue just got so much more awesome, I don't even know how to deal." If they put the woman in heels and red lipstick there is going to be hell to pay; doesn't anyone remember what Talley did to Jennifer Hudson?
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Sarah Palin Is "Not Gonna Be A Dictator And All This" About Alaska Senate Seat
Sarah Palin is like a scab: we want to ignore her but we can't stop picking at her! Rachel Maddow seems to feel the same way, and last night she addressed the possibility of a Senator Palin. Here's a brief recap: incumbent GOP Senator Ted Stevens, who's been convicted of 7 felonies, is ahead by 3,000 votes though there are 90,000 votes yet to be counted. If Stevens were to win, he would be forced to step down, and many speculate that Palin would either appoint herself to the vacant seat or run in a special election. So what does the Governor have to say about this hullabaloo? "The Alaskan voters have spoken and me not being a dictator won't be tellin' anybody what to do. A Governor, especially one that's not gonna be a dictator and all this, doesn't have control over that." The Governor doth protest too much! Clip above. More » -
The Week That Was
We Just Want The Next President To Come On Down Already
- Only a few more days until the election, and Barack Obama is doing us a solid by appearing with two of our favorites: Rachel Maddow and Jon Stewart.
- You know who is so not our favorite? Former Ms. editor turned turned Palin proponent Elaine Lafferty.
- John McCain is also on our shit list for his female-unfriendly health plan.
- However, we are totally in love with this Price Is Right-inspired Marie Claire fashion spread. Childhood nostalgia come on down!
- But truly, nothing says nostalgia like these pictures of our childhood Halloween costumes.
- Also making us nostalgic: thinking about raiding our moms' closets.
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Rachel Maddow And Barack Obama: Ready To Rumble
Last night Barack Obama sat down with Rachel Maddow to discuss, among other things, why he's been tough on the Bush Administration specifically, but not on Republicans in general. Okay, maybe they didn't "rumble" about Barack's softness on the GOP, but Obama did tell Rachel she was "cruisin' for a bruisin!" Earlier in the Rachel Maddow Show (and not part of this clip), Maddow showed Obama at a Florida rally. People started booing when Obama mentioned the name McCain. Obama stopped the crowd sternly and said, "You don't need to boo, you just need to vote." Maddow quipped, "Oh, so that's the classy way to deal with a crowd that trends towards ugliness." All of this serves to highlight one of the things that's so inspiring about Obama: he cares about uniting people. Clip above. More » -
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McCainiac Nicolle Wallace Will Not Be Left Holding The Garment Bag
- The officially-designated GOP scapegoat for Wardrobe-gate appears to be McCain aide Nicolle Wallace (left), despite the fact that I guarantee she knows how to put together a wardrobe for less than $150,000. Wallace isn't "going to engage" with people until after the campaign, but she knows the score and her memory doesn't even have to be that long. [Think Progress, Politico]
- Speaking of the score, Vanity Fair and the National Security News Service are apparently pursuing reports that McCain killed a guy in a car accident (implication: drunk driving) in 1964 and the Navy is still covering it up. Who knew the October surprise would be about McCain? Karl Rove must really hate him. [Huffington Post]
- Joe The Motherfucking Plumber officially endorsed McCain today, and said that Obama would be the end of Israel. What the fuck does JTMP know about Israel? Joe doesn't know jack, actually, and even Fox News had to admit that. [CBS, Huffington Post]
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campaign crushes
Decision 2008: The Top Ten Campaign Objects Of Our Affection
Ever since the Obama Girl declared late last year that she has a crush on Obama, we've felt a certain freedom to admit that Barack Obama is hot. I mean, who among us doesn't want to be that baby? Unfortunately, Senator Obama's allure keeps people from noticing many of the other crush-worthy objects of our collective affection (besides Reggie Love, who I covered in depth but who never accepted my Facebook friendship invite, so he is dead to me). After the jump are ten other political crushes from this long and arduous campaign season. More » -
The Week That Was
This Week We Crashed At The Intersection Of Fashion And Politics
- We spent way too much time talking about Sarah Palin's sexy secretary garb and how much it cost and/or did not cost. But what we really want to know is how Palin gets her hair so big. Maybe her bouffant is built out of campaign secrets and the souls of unborn babies.
- Maybe all Sarah needs is a good talking to from Tyra and Judge Judy. Then she'd learn to keep her receipts in order!
- She has about as much sense as these crazy cat people. (We kid, we love them.)
- But probably a lot more sense than Elisabeth Hasselbeck, whose t-shirt wearing antics have torn The View asunder.
- Breaking: Goop makes us gassy.
