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Hillary's Speech May Heal Some, But Others Prefer The Wounds Stay Open

Megan — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:30:00 EDT

A year ago, common knowledge held that this year's DNC would be the Hillary convention, culminating in a coronation of the first female soon-to-be President. What a difference a year makes. Hillary Clinton will be speaking tonight in Denver on the 88th anniversary of women's suffrage, but as the losing candidate and not the nominee. And the bitterness that was on display at the end of her run has, for some people, not dissipated. So what will tonight change? Probably not very much.

McCain's been using Hillary Clinton's words — and some of her former supporters — to push his own candidacy, even as some of them march in protest in Denver but aren't planning on leaving their party utterly behind.

On the other hand, Clinton's speech tonight is expected to focus less on the history that she made and more on the reasons that McCain needs not to win in November. The catharsis her supporters have been looking for will likely come tomorrow during the roll call vote, rather than during tonight's speech. But, either way, there will always be some people willing to make fools of themselves for the camera — in this case, in support of a candidacy that is long-dead and a candidate-that-was who would probably prefer they follow her now in support of the party to which she's dedicated a good portion of her adult life.

Feeding Gender Stereotypes [The New Republic]
How Healed is Hillary? [Time]
Clinton to Take Stage in Praise of Obama's Candidacy [Washington Post]

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Anna — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:20:19 EDT

Kill us now.

Holy Shit: The Olsens Look Hot!

Jennifer — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:38:26 EDT

If you live long enough, you see everything. And last night, the Olsen twins — Mary-Kate and Ashley both — showed up to the CFDA Awards looking gorgeous. Like, gorgeous gorgeous. We have nary a "homeless man-style" nor "eat a sandwich!" joke in us upon seeing these photos of the girls in their own designs (MK, in white, is wearing juniors sportswear label Elizabeth and James and Ashley, in black, has on the high-end The Row). A better peek at the classy-looking Olsens, after the jump.

[CFDA Awards, New York, NY; June 4. Images via Getty]

Speechless

Anna — Wed, 30 May 2007 17:13:42 EDT

Best Week Ever has just posted what has to be the most disturbing video we've seen all day (other than Jenny getting harassed by the manager of Victoria's Secret, but that's a matter for tomorrow!). Taken from the new E! show Sunset Tan, the clip shows a young mother dragging her reluctant young daughter to a L.A. tanning salon and spending $1300 so that the girl "stands out" — "like Lindsay Lohan!" — for her primary-school pictures. Anyway, there's more horror within but we'll let the kids over at Best Week Ever sum up the insanity for us.

Unemployment Check: This Video Contains All The Reasons Why Our Society Is Doomed [BestWeekEver]