Whoa.
So, I’m going to come clean about some things. When I gave up celebrity gossip for Lent, I did not give up on entertainment news. And the news site with the best entertainmenst section happens to be www.msnbc.com. And, yes, they tend to be just a bit farther left on the spectrum than I, but I nonetheless have particularly enjoyed their entertainment section and continue to.
So, tonight I’m clicking around and I come across an article on what the Obama’s donated for the charity auction at their daughter’s school and how it was not as generous as what the Clinton’s donated when Chelsea attended blah blah. And below it is a story about Levi Johnston, aka Sarah Palin’s daughter’s baby’s daddy. And the newspaper describes Levi’s son as “Sarah Palin’s first acknowledge grandchild”. Um, what? Totally unecessary to throw that one in there, especially since it’s almost a year later. Find something new to hold a grip about. It’s also insanely hypocritical that the very same people who whine about how Sarah Palin remains relevant are the people who keep her relevant. I don’t think the person who actually got to be Vice President (what’s his name – Jim?) probably gets half the amount of news coverage that Palin still does.
BTW, has any one found out where I can get those boots Jill wore during the Inaug? Those things were hot!
Over it.
I love my gossip, and since I am a woman, I by nature love magazines. So whenever I find myself at a roadstop in south Jersey during my 5 hour pilgrimage, I peruse and occasionally purchase a nice healthy magazine oozing from cover to cover with dirty rumors and makeup ads. My magazine of choice was always US Weekly.
While People Magazine is probably the most respected out of the celeb mags, it always had this hint of elitism to it. While other magazines saw the beginning downward spiral of Britney’s career, People would have a cover story “Inside Brit and Kev’s Dream Wedding! The Dress! The Flowers! The I Do’s!”. People also adds to its credibility with stories about normal people. How thoughtful. If I wanted to know about real people, I would turn on Maury Povich. That being said, I stuck to my US Weekly faithfully.
Until now.
Enter this week’s cover:
I know the fine print is hard to read, so all I can say is you’re missing out on a lot. Apparently she loves “Sex and the City” and never misses one of her daughters’ recitals. Which is why Barack loves her. You know what I want to read? Whether or not she really loves this country. Yknow, the same country that gave her Affirmative Action so she could attend Princeton University for undergrad and Harvard University for law school. The same country that gives her husband a paycheck so she can afford $800 shoes. You know what else I want to read? Her husband’s response to this. I would put aside my gossip columns for a few minutes just to read that.
Never again will I pay $4.25 for that magazine. You have my word. Xoxo.
And, yet, the masses are swayed anyway. Have to love democracy.
Does It All Come Down to Race?
Best logic I’ve heard today – Well, that person looks like me so they would do a good job.
Listen hear to Obama’s mentor. According to him, we should vote for Obama because, well, he has been called a nigger and Hillary Clinton hasn’t. Following that logic, the dude sitting outside Ben’s Chili Bowl waiting for any change that falls onto the sidewalk would do a better job than the NY Senator.
For some reason, we identify with people who look like us, whether it’s race, sex, height, or weight. And we identify, we align and assume that person has the same beliefs and goals. Look at the Mississippi primary results: 94% of black men voted for Obama. Are we as humans that predictable?
By the way, this is the pastor that married Obama and his wife and baptized his children. Half of the people who know who Ron Paul is only know him because they think he is a racist because of two papers written by someone else twenty years ago. Here is a man directly connected to Obama blaming white people for every tragedy over the course of human history . I can only begin to imagine how up-in-arms people would be if McCain even had one crazy in his extended support group who did the same about black people.
Over and out.
No Angel
Maybe I am a cynic, but politicians are not saints. Very few jobs in the world are as stressful as that of U.S. President. If you want photographic proof, google a 1992 Bill Clinton and compare to a 2000 Bill Clinton. If that’s what it does to the outsides, god only knows what it does to the insides. So why would anyone want that job?
Call me crazy, but I don’t think people go into it to improve the lives of others. In my humble opinion, it has a little more to do with the five letter word that has shaped the course of human history and will continue to always change it – p.o.w.e.r.
Sorry, Rolling Stone, Barack Obama isn’t gonna save your life.
Please wake up. And tell the rest of America that the snooze button has been ringing for way too long now.
Something to Celebrate
John Kerry has chosen to back Barack Obama.
Congratulations! Frankenloser is on your side!
(Not that there’s anything wrong with that. He just looks like Frankenstein. And he lost.)
How Soon We Forget
To all the people who will not stop talking about Oprah endorsing Obama,
Just remember the last man she escorted this heavily in the public eye was Dr. Phil.
Thank you for your time.
NewsFlash
A Harvard University study found that sixty percent of Americans believe that media coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign is biased.
Well, I’m glad sixty percent of Americans have common sense. I’m just wondering where the other forty percent gets their news from….
Every Now and Then
Sometimes, I have this strange desire to want to be from the South. Maybe it’s the idea of palm trees, peaches, Southern belles, and boys who act like gentlemen, but every now and then, I wish I had been born south of that Mason-Dixie line.
And when Stephen Colbert announced his presidential run last week, I wanted to be from South Carolina. Just so I could participate in his sorta-kinda-don’t-think-I’m-kidding run in the South Carolina primary elections.
Honestly, I’m unimpressed with this round of presidential candidates. (Is anyone ever truly impressed by them?) All politicians are awful, no matter how fuzzy you think America would be under the reign of [insert favorite candidate here]. Maybe I have just become cynical in law school, but remember kids, the politicians are in it for the power. There’s no other reason anyone would want that job. To make a difference? Please, that’s a nice fantasy.
So that’s why I admire someone poking into this very system just for a lil bit of fun and laughs.
The government and the way we elect officials was designed for this very purpose. No, Thomas Jefferson did not think we would one day vote for a Comedy Central anchor to rule the free world. But the founding fathers did want a government that people not only participated in but could clearly use to express discontent over the current structure. And it seems that’s what Colbert is doing when he fills out his forms on cable television and considers having Larry Craig as his running mate.
So, if you’re from South Carolina, have some fun with your vote. The rest of the country is not only looking at you, but they are probably jealous as well.
