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American Wife
Politics Buzz Curtis Sittenfeld is about to release a controversial book purported to be based on Laura Bush’s life. There’s actually a scene where Charlie’s (a.k.a. George W. Bush’s) penis is described in grotesquely intimate detail. Shudder.
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Video: I Hate The Bloggers
John McCain admits his hatred of bloggers everywhere.
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Jesse Helms Dies On July 4th
Politics Buzz The North Carolina senator and Conservative superhero (dubbed “Senator No,” for his opposition to…well, everything) passed away of natural causes. Maybe we’re hopelessly romantic, but it wouldn’t surprise us if, on every Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (which Helms opposed), if you listen really carefully, you’ll be able to hear echoes of racial slurs and homophobic slights emanate from the senator’s grave!
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Ingrid Betancourt
Politics Buzz French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt was among 15 hostages rescued from the FARC a ‘Marxist-inspired’ insurgency in Columbia. Betancourt, who had been held captive for six years was rescued by Columbian soldiers posing as members of the FARC. She has said she will now work tirelessly to help free other hostages.
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Image: George Bush’s Fist Bump
George W copies Obama and gives an ecstatic little boy a fist bump.
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Governor Gavin Newsom
Politics Buzz Mayor Gavin Newsom has taken his first public step toward seeking higher office, filing papers to form an exploratory committee for a potential gubernatorial bid in 2010. He’s kind of the Jude Law of municipal government.
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Legalizing Weed
Politics Buzz There’s an initiative in the works that could end up on the November ballot that allows for marijuana to be sold to anyone, and anywhere that already sells alcohol. More weed stores means more jobs for Californians, more taxes to be collected, and more stimulation for the fledgling economy. On the other hand, forgetting to go to work because you ate a giant pot brownie for breakfast is kind of counter-productive.
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Wesley Clark
Politics Buzz General Wesley Clark questions McCain’s Vietnam War experience, which is basically the entire basis for his presidential campaign. The McCain supporters have their panties in a bunch of the remark. But how could anyone hate such a friendly face?
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Image: Mrs. Ahmadinejad
The Iranian leader’s wife is a total babe.
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McCain’s Wifebeating Joke
Politics Buzz Said McCain, chuckling, “And I stopped beating my wife just a couple of weeks ago.” Click here for the context. Oh man. Is that why Cindy McCain is on crutches?
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Video: Gray Ambition
As part of Stephen Colbert’s “Make McCain Exciting” contest, one YouTube user has masterfully mashed-up sound bytes and close-ups of McCain with Madonna’s “Vogue,” making the presidential nominee not only exciting, but really, really gay.
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Boobs for Barack
Politics Buzz A website of user-submitted photos of women who draw messages in support of Barack Obama on their boobs. Even if Obama doesn’t win the election, he can at least look back on the past year and think to himself, “It’s been a really good campaign.”
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SCOTUS: Guns, Yes!
Politics Buzz For the first time, the Supreme Court votes to support the right of the individual citizen to own a gun. Go Second Amendment! This will have a huge effect on handgun bans around the country. Time to buy Smith & Wesson stock!
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Gorilla Massacre
Politics Buzz In July of 2007, six gorillas were murdered, execution-style, in the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Brent Stirton, the photojournalist who shot the intensely disturbing photographs of the slain gorillas, returned to the Congo with writer Mark Jenkins to determine the why this atrocity happened. The story complete with brutal militias, environmental disasters, corruption, smuggling, and the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide is covered in the July issue of National Geographic. and a documentary on the subject will air July 1st.
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Obama “Wants to Talk White”
Politics Buzz Ralph Nader is getting into hot water after making some racially charged comments about Barack Obama. He seems to have outed himself as an essentialist, or at least someone who thinks that black politicians need to heed to a certain ideology that would be considered “more natural.” I am a little shocked.
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Bama Babies
Politics Buzz The babies who love ‘Bama! Aren’t they cute? And so political! There’s an endless sea of baby Obama voters out there.
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Image: McCain and Obama Fist Pound
New York magazine photoshopped the cover of their summer issue to display McCain and Obama sunbathing together mid fist pound.
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Charlie Black: FAIL
Politics Buzz One of John McCain’s campaign advisers has apologized after telling Fortune that another terrorist attack on America would be “advantageous” to his boss’s presidential run. Yikes. McCain has distanced himself from Black, saying he “can’t imagine” why such comments would be made. In the case that McCain is, in fact, voted into office, Black has already been banished to the “loser table” in the White House cafeteria.
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Obama Cornspiracy
Politics Buzz Although he doesn’t take their cash, Obama is surrounding himself with ethanol backers and has flown on jets subsidized by Archer Daniels Midland, the largest domestic producer. In the U.S., ethanol comes from corn, and corn comes from Iowa, Obama’s first caucus win. Did he ride Big Corn to a Democratic victory?
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Video: Country I Love
Obama’s first general election campaign ad.
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