Man, I didn't even realize this was still going on. Note to Bravo: please start putting a political news ticker at the bottom of Real Housewives. From the AP:
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Supreme Court has ordered that Democrat Al Franken be certified as the winner of the state's long-running Senate race.
The high court rejected a legal challenge from Republican Norm Coleman, whose options for regaining the Senate seat are dwindling.
Justices said Franken is entitled to the election certificate he needs to assume office. With Franken and the usual backing of two independents, Democrats will have a big enough majority to overcome Republican filibuster.
Yay!
Of course:
Coleman hasn't ruled out seeking federal court intervention.
That guy. Totally one of the best guys. Cafe Press is actually sold out of "World's Best Guy" mousepads because Norm Coleman's friends made a run on the place.
Glenn Beck was on The O'Reilly Factor last night complaining about whatever, and he illustrated some point about ACORN with a Barbie dream house ripoff and a bunch of generic Barbie-type dolls. Glenn Beck plays with Barbies like a little girl!:
I guess, technically, since Glenn Beck is in on, and in fact, made the joke, putting this up isn't really mean enough to Glenn Beck, but since everything Glenn Beck or Bill O'Reilly do is stupid, the ridicule is inherent. (Via TV Newser.)
Fox And Friends were so out of ideas yesterday that they invited three children -- two eleven year olds with college degrees and a home-schooled fourteen year old with loud opinions -- to argue about such topics as school choice on their show. The two prodigies were polite and mature in offering their solutions, but the other kid waved his arms wildly, spouted hackneyed right-wing talking points, and even called Obama "Barack HUSSEIN Obama." If the point was to show that children (or a child) can be as big of an ass on Fox News as the adults, well, that worked. I have the urge to slap this child, therefore Fox News is where he belongs.
On the one hand, it took a lot of courage for Meghan McCain to go on Bill Maher's show this weekend. She doesn't have the media training or experience or knowledge of who Ronald Reagan is to defend her point of view against these guys. On the other hand, Meghan McCain is, on some level, representing the women of her generation, so it would be nice if she didn't make a wittle pouty face and refer to her blondeness when she got (appropriately) zinged by Paul Begala. The worst part comes at 1:33, when Bill Maher actually "Awww"s her. If Bill Maher "awww"ed me I would just give up:
Look, there are plenty of absurd things to make fun of on both the left and the right, which is why The Daily Show itself, which is commonly assumed to have a left wing bias, doesn't let democrats off the hook for their silliness, either. But as any nine year old with a video camera knows, news parodies are much, much harder than they look, and this week they get to look even more excruciatingly impossible with the advent of the twice-weekly podcast Newsbusted, "Fake news from the right," by the conservative site Breitbart. And like the other sad attempts at conservative news parody before it, it's Bush league. Don't worry about spitting your Obama Kool Aid all over the computer screen. It's safe.
Well, it seems that Angelina Jolie might be onto something with that whole not speaking to her father thing. John Voight gave a speech at a dinner in DC last night and said a bunch of really weird extreme things about Barack Obama that didn't even make sense, like (emphasis mine): "Every thing Obama has recommended has turned out to be disastrous. Obama really thinks he's going to bring all the enemies of the world into a little playground where they'll swing each other back and forth. Let's bring an end to this false prophet, Obama." Bring an END? I don't care what your politics are, this dude sounds like your average lunatic in the park.
Barack Obama's nominee to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, fractured her ankle at LaGuardia Airport in New York today on her way to Washington DC to meet with the Senate. Oh no! Please be more careful Ms. Sotomayor! There will be just as much Cinnabon if you walk as if you run! Obviously, Rush Limbaugh, a man who knows a thing or two about Cinnabon (he's fat), has already weighed in on the situation.
Haha, what? According to Think Progress, they believe that this was a "joke" in reference to a statement Judge Sotomayor made in a speech in 2001. Sure. I mean, it's a "joke" insofar as something painfully unfunny and incredibly confusing is a joke, and it's a "reference" insofar as something that you have to research, misinterpret, and then use out of context in a way that makes absolutely no sense is a reference.
At this point I think even Rush Limbaugh is mostly confused by everything that leaves his mouth, unless it's cigar smoke or ham-flecked spittle.
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