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By Jessica

Comment by Penny: Hells yes! I get to try and have sex again tonight (cervical biopsy drama). CAN'T WAIT. 7 Responses | Other threads

  • sarah palin

    Wow. At an event in Wisconsin just now, Palin threw out the "community organizer" insult she dropped at the RNC the other night. Says Megan: "God, is that really effective? It seems so stupidly mean spirited, especially after McCain's call for service last night." A parsing of that phrase here. You can see video of the comment by clicking on the picture at left. [NY Times] More »
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    By Anna

    Comment by Macloserboy: Well, honestly this is the VP candidate's job. It's Biden's job and it's her job. It's good cop/bad cop... 13 Responses | Other threads

  • rnc

    The Daily Show: Palin Is "Able To Make The Choice She Doesn't Really Want Other People To Have"

    The thing that's been bugging me about this whole Bristol Palin pregnancy issue is that I think that the Republicans are right: It's a private matter and the pundits and the politicians should stay out of it. In fact, the pundits and the politicians should stay out of all issues concerning any woman's uterus. Too bad the Republicans are unable, or unwilling, to see the irony in this. Last night on The Daily Show, Samantha Bee knocked it out of the park when she did a segment interviewing conventioneers about Sarah Palin. (One woman likes her because "she makes Americans feel like anyone can be president.") The best, though, was when Bee asked around about Bristol's pregnancy, and the Palins' choice they had to make. Clip above.
    09/05/08
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    By Tracie

    Comment by sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): she makes Americans feel like anyone can be president Great. So I'm gonna be your new President. And since I have... 15 Responses | Other threads

  • lindsay lohan

    Lindsay Lohan Is No Playboy Bunny

    • Lindsay Lohan has turned down a $700,000 offer to pose topless in Playboy. Since we already saw her nipples in New York magazine, what would be the point? [Page Six]
    • Meanwhile, there's a truce in the Lohan fam: Michael is actually saying nice things about Dina! And mom, dad and all the kids will allegedly all be together for the final service for Lindsay's grandfather, who died last week. They'll scatter his ashes in a Long Island harbor. [E!]
    • You know how Sarah Palin was on the cover of Us? Apparently the magazine "lost thousands of subscribers in the first 24 hours" following the printing of the issue. [MSNBC]
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    By Dodai

    Comment by YorubaGirl (nee MakeLoveToTheJudgesWithYourEyes): Gotta love Kanye. That man has never gone back on his word. Never.Also, Go America! Sarah Palin pisses off Us... 19 Responses | Other threads

  • john mccain convention speech

    Liveblogging John McCain (And Cindy Lou Who)

    Stop! It's Maverick time! Cindy will introduce the film to introduce her husband who will apparently talk forever and a day but I am such a dedicated blogger that I will mock the thing in its entirety while the energy brought to me by my bag of Twizzlers and my double cappuccino slowly dies, like the light in my eyes and the hope in my heart. More »
    09/04/08
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    By Megan

    Comment by Penny: Was that Maria Whatsherbutt? I am already drunk. 23 Responses | Other threads

  • republican convention speeches

    Liveblogging The Boys of Republicana

    In order to make my life worth living and the liveblog tenable, I stopped for a double cappuccino and missed Mel Martinez speak. Actually, I didn't "miss" him so much as I looked up and realized — unlike the rest of the crowd — that he was speaking. The rest of the crew, though, I paid attention to and my liveblog your conversation starts after the jump. More »
    09/04/08
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    By Megan

    Comment by Political Party Girl: Poor Megan. I bet all she wants to do is go curl up in bed or drink or drink in... 21 Responses | Other threads

  • republican national convention

    Convention On A Stick

    Not to scare anyone, but I'll be back shortly after 8:00 ET to liveblog tonight's Republican Convention speeches, which include takes on Republicanism from Mel Martinez, Tim Pawlenty, "Snowflake" Brownback, the inventor of color-coded fear Tom Ridge and their main man, John McCain. Feel free to use this thread as an open forum until I get back. I know there's beer around here somewhere, and I'm going to find it.
    09/04/08
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    By Megan

    Comment by PilgrimSoul: I bought a whole bottle of vodka for this. 15 Responses | Other threads

  • republicans and abortion

    Hey Carly Fiorina, Who Exactly Is Holding My Uterus Hostage?

    Last weekend, McCain surrogate Carly Fiorina told women to stop allowing the Democrats to win their votes on the issue of abortion, saying, "The Democratic Party has done a disservice to women by trying to hold women hostage to the issue of Roe v. Wade." In Carly's world view (and in her speech last night), the issue is the economy, not abortion. Carly might have been the only person at the RNC last night for whom abortion isn't that important an issue. More »
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    By Megan

    Comment by Elizabooth: As a Canadian watching with keen interest, it strikes me as strange that the Republicans are so fixated on an... 18 Responses | Other threads

  • roberta mccain silenced

    Dear McCain Handlers, Please let Roberta McCain talk to reporters again. Not because she'll lose her son the Presidency — we think he might be able to do that himself — but because the campaign is more fun for everyone, including your candidate, when it's not all scripted and boring. It'll totally fit with your meme that John speaks his mind, and Roberta can tell charming stories about buying cars in France and when Johnny was naughty as a kid and Paris Hilton and we can hate him marginally less because we like cool old ladies. In fact, can you work with Biden's people to get Mama Biden and Roberta to do their own talk show? [Raw Story]
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    By Megan

    Comment by emsigh_the_second: hp nvr rch hr g. dn't wnt t lk lk th crypt kpr. 16 Responses | Other threads

  • the daily show

    The Daily Show Calls Out Republicans' Sudden Interest In Sexism

    Have you noticed that ever since Sarah Palin was added to the Republican ticket, the GOP has been countering attacks on Palin's inexperience with a lot of "that's so sexist"? Remember just a few months ago when the GOP scoffed at the idea that Hillary was facing any sexism at all? Last night The Daily Show had an awesome segment where they showcased a Republican tendency for flip-flopping when they aired footage of right-leaning pundits like Karl Rove and Bill O'Reilly defending Palin, and then scrounged up footage from the past year where they use those same arguments to attack the likes of Hillary Clinton and Jamie Lynn Spears. Clip above.
    09/04/08
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    By Tracie

    Comment by vamusical: The Karl Rove clip touting Palin's mayoral experience THEN criticizing Tim Kaine for being mayor of a lame little town... 11 Responses | Other threads

  • sarah palin acceptance speech

    Liveblogging Sarah Palin's Acceptance Speech

    Sarah Palin is taking the stage tonight to give the most important speech of her political career. And if the shouting crowds (and my utter lack of a internet connection as I type this) are anything to go by, there's not going to be an Eagleton moment. Anyway, it seems like I'll apparently be posting this after it's over, what with the complete lack of internet access that started when she took the stage, but that's the way the Internet crumbles. (UPDATE: A hard restart, um, restarted my modem! This bitch is back, too!) More »
    09/03/08
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    By Megan

    Comment by moogybaby: Bounding in- well, it's really an unfair criticism of my posting style. I've worked carefully to match the level of... 51 Responses | Other threads

  • mitt romney convention speech

    Liveblogging Romneybot 3000

    Mitt Romney once seemed poised to be John McCain's Number 2, and not in the poopy way, but Sarah Palin reportedly got Joe Lieberman's sloppy seconds and Mitt Romney was left holding his balls after trying to curry favor for months with the guy he hated and who hated him. But enough people love their Mitt that he got a convention speaking slot to... accomplish whatever it is these speaking spots are supposed to accomplish Those accomplishments, or lack thereof, are after the jump. More »
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    By Megan

    Comment by marin79: I know this probably means I'm nuts & take all this politics stuff way too seriously, but I actually spend... 13 Responses | Other threads

  • whitman and fiorina convention speeches

    Liveblogging The Businesswomen Of The RNC: Meg Whitman And Carly Fiorina

    The start of Ladies' Night at the RNC is here, and it's a CEO sideshow, with former eBay CEO Meg Whitman and former HP CEO Carly Fiorina speaking right off the bat to a half-empty convention center. I'm one of 3 people paying attention to the speeches, if the loud conversations and lack of working reporters are any guide. But, hey, I'm here and I can't find any booze, and they are two of the few women addressing the RNC during "prime time," so here's your first Ladies Night live blog, back here staring at famous people's asses again. More »
    09/03/08
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    By Megan

    Comment by TRexstasy: Totally OT: My mom found a dead body in one of the rooms at her bed and breakfast this morning. ... 14 Responses | Other threads

  • republican national convention

    Convention On A Stick

    Reminder: Megan's liveblog of Sarah Palin's speech will commence at around 10pm EST. (She is also liveblogging the speeches of Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman at about 8:30pm EST. Oh, and some guy named Rudy.) Also: at 8pm EST, Tracie will be liveblogging the season premiere of America's Next Top Model. Consider this your open thread for RNC/election-related news.
    09/03/08
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    By Anna

    Comment by BlowJoy: A part of Palin's speech leaked: "Maybe being a small town mayor is like being a community organizer. Except with... 10 Responses | Other threads

  • greta van susteren interview

    Greta Van Susteren On The Empowering Nature Of Apathy

    Greta Van Susteren is one of Fox News' anchors and even after I kvelled all over Bill Hemmer last week, she was still willing to sit down for an interview. So I trekked over to the Fox News tent at the RNC yesterday to talk to Greta about all the gender issues going on in politics and the media. I was going to ask how the response was different to Fox at the RNC than it was at the DNC, but when I got there, I had to be cleared through security to go into the tent, which was set up to allow RNC delegates and attendees to walk through and gawk at the anchors anchoring and reporters reporting — I also passed a gauntlet of interns handing out plastic hats and McCain's head on tongue depressors — so I didn't really end up having to ask. From her presence and her obvious intellect on the air, I was figuring on her being tall and statuesque, if only because I assume that pretty much all strong, smart women are taller than me — but she ended up being short, petite and a complete force of nature. More »
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    By Megan

    Comment by J.D.Regent: It's so sad how Megan looks all happy and real and Greta can't smile with her eyes because of the... 11 Responses | Other threads

  • Vivienne Westwood album

    Vivienne Westwood Cuts First Record At 67!

    • Punk queen Vivienne Westwood is releasing her first album! Well, sort of. "Conceptualised, compiled and art-directed by the designer personally, the album - which is being released by Mercury Records - features 16 of the favourite songs of fashion's grande dame, which, in typical Westwood style, are anything but predicable; think Last Night Was Made For Love by Billy Fury alongside Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Flowers." [VogueUK]
    • The fact that Christina Aguilera seems so totally stable these days doesn't bode well for her new fragrance, "Inspire." Aguilera says the scent "is a natural extension of herself." But who wants to smell like happily-married mom without a substance abuse problem these days? [USA Today]
    • It's official! Debbie Phelps has signed an endorsement deal with Chico's! [WSJ]
    • Kate Moss returns to the catwalk after four years! Again: Well, sorta. "Kate grabbed a top hat and cane to join Beth Ditto of The Gossip in the show which was hosted by Scissor Sisters' singer Ana Matronic, and attended by a cheering posse of the model's friends including boyfriend Jamie Hince." [This Is London]
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    By Sadie

    Comment by Penny: "Even as you read this, New York Fashion Week, debuting the spring 2009 collections, is unfurling on the Bryant Park... 5 Responses | Other threads

  • rnc

    The Daily Show: Republicans Say The Darndest Things

    The RNC got off to a kind of rough start this week thanks to Hurricane Gustav. The Daily Show did a great segment about the "a sea of white faces" who have been "left out and left behind" back in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, while the more important Republicans went down to New Orleans to "deal" with a natural disaster. One member of the GOP — anyone know who he is? — gave one of the assiest, yet most honest comments on the situation: "I was real excited until we decided to cancel the convention to placate the liberal media…because some people are getting rained on." Harsh as that is, it's probably a pretty accurate sentiment to what many of the GOP delegates were thinking. Clip above.
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    By Tracie

    Comment by SarahMC: I'm doing this!: When did the, ahem, liberal media ever demand that the GOP move the convention or switch things around? Bush needed... 5 Responses | Other threads

  • phyllis schafly event

    Phyllis Schafly, she who led the fight to make sure that the rest of American womanity wouldn't have the benefits of a constitutional amendment giving us equal rights, has her granny panties all in a bunch because the McCain campaign canceled a scheduled appearance by Sarah Palin at Schafly's event yestserday. Schafly, whose relevance in the Republican party has waned since it finished using her as a figurehead for why women don't need equality, thinks that someone higher up in the McCain camp should've called her to cancel Palin's appearance now that she's the VP nominee and has to prepare a speech. We're surprised she can get 800 people to cough up $100 a pop to see her give the same speech about how great it is to be unequal that she's been giving for 30 years. [ABC News]
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    By Megan

    Comment by unpopular: 1. The "disowned" gay son lives in her house. 2. She's got 100,000 followers that love her and get their... 5 Responses | Other threads

  • fred thompson speech

    Liveblogging Fred Thompson's Speech

    I spent much of George Bush's speech messing with my crap Internet connection and staring at him smirking on TV, so let me recap: he and Laura like John McCain. The new drinking word is "hero." I'm back in the media stands staring at everyone's butts: Laura's seemed perfectly nice. Apparently, the mean old lefties won't break John McCain's spirit. It's too bad I'm without Diet Coke because Fred Thompson could put anyone to sleep that survived the "inspirational" Ronald Reagan tribute video. My attempts to remain awake are after the jump! More »
    09/02/08
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    By Megan

    Comment by Sev: Does anyone else hear that one man YELLING (on CNN)louder than everyone else during the standing ovations? 8 Responses | Other threads

  • republican national convention

    Convention On A Stick

    Megan will be back later this evening to liveblog a number of speeches at the Republican National Convention this evening, including those of Fred Thompson, Joe Lieberman, and yes, good old 43 himself. As before, use this thread as an open forum until the liveblog begins.
    09/02/08
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    By Anna

    Comment by BitchIsTheNewBlack: Does anyone else get all giggly and feel their heart start to pitter patter when Anderson Cooper starts to make... 46 Responses | Other threads

  • republican national convention

    Republicans Just Want To Have Fun

    Though John McCain called for toned down convention festivities in light of Hurricane Gustav, it seems someone forgot to tell the rest of the GOP. In the clip above, conventioneers are seen dancing awkwardly to Cyndi Lauper and hiding their faces from the cameras with pink feather boas. Today Good Morning America reported that corporate and lobbyist funded parties celebrating the RNC were in full swing this weekend, including a party sponsored by the NRA, Lockheed Martin, and the American Trucking Association that featured a band called "Hookers and Blow." (But rest assured, the accompanying article notes, "there was no evidence of any actual prostitutes or cocaine" at the party.) Lest you think that ABC News is unfairly targeting GOP partygoers, you can check out their coverage of parties at the DNC last week as part of their series The Money Trail.
    09/02/08
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    By Margaret

    Comment by velvetjones: Seriously, Hookers & Blow is a really great local cover band, really fun. They have a horn section for chrissakes.... 3 Responses | Other threads

  • crappy hour

    Conventional Crap: The Protests Are On And Randy Scheunemann Is Worse Than You Think

    The thing about living in Washington is that you run into famous-for-DC people all the time because it's a relatively small place and everyone goes to the same 10 restaurants for work functions. Between that and being a lobbyist, I've met a lot of Republicans, big and small, and rarely are they ever less than gracious. Last night was the first time in nearly 10 years that I met someone who wasn't — Randy Scheunemann, McCain's foreign policy adviser and lobbyist for foreign interests that don't necessarily have America's best interests at heart. Luckily, I have fellow Glamocracy blogger Asma Hasan to assuage my hurt feelings this morning. More »
    09/02/08
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    By Megan

    Comment by SarahMC: I'm doing this!: Whoa, is it true that Bristol dropped out of h.s. due to her pregnancy? 14 Responses | Other threads

  • madonna

    Madonna Treats Her Concert Crew To Second-Class Accomodations

    • The crew on Madonna's world tour is threatening to quit because they had to stay at a cheap airport hotel while she stayed in an £11,000-a-night castle. It cannot be confirmed whether or not Her Madgesty said, "Let them eat cake." [Mirror, WOW Report]
    • Here's the latest on David Duchovny: He may have had an addiction to online porn. And he may have released a statement about it because he was already in treatment and a fellow patient was about to sell info to the tabloids. [Fox News]
    • Looking back at old interviews, Duchovny revealed his love of porn and '80s porn stars. [People]
    • Meanwhile, Tea Leoni has canceled her appearance at the Toronto Film Festival. [People]
    • Lindsay Lohan hung out with Sam Ronson instead of going to her grandfather's wake on Long Island. [The Sun]
    • Lindsay signed a MySpace message "This song is for SR… ILY." Translation: "This song is for Sam Ronson. I love you." [Pop Dirt]
    • Are Queen Latifah and her long time partner Jeanette Jenkins planning on adopting? Are they out now? [ONTD]
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    09/02/08
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    By Dodai

    Comment by mepo - Robert Cornhole invented it: I assume we'll have a piece on Helen Mirren and her foolish comments about date rape, cocain and the size... 13 Responses | Other threads

  • crappy hour

    Conventional Crap: The Sun Is Already Setting On The RNC

    The Republican National Convention hasn't even officially started and already it's being scaled back due to Republicans not wanting to look like insensitive assholes (again) when a hurricane hits the Gulf Coast. In the absence of hangovers, parties or Madonna concerts to discuss this week, Kay Steiger of Campus Progress (still Conventionally blogging at Pushback and RH Reality Check) and I discuss hurricanes, Sarah Palin, polar bears, drilling for oil, Carly Fiorina, how we won't be voting with our vaginas and the most desperate need of our time — that Kevin Costner never star in another science fiction movie. More »
    09/01/08
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    By Megan

    Comment by farmersdaughter: I have a very liberal friend from Alaska. She loves Sarah Palin, and keeps telling us not to underestimate... 15 Responses | Other threads