Remember that smear piece on Cindy McCain that the Times put up a couple weeks ago, back when that shit mattered? The reporter, Jodi Kantor, got some of her sources from trolling through MySpace and Facebook, asking 16 and 17-year olds of her future sources if she could talk to their parents.
Sort of like the 21st century version of the cold call. But not really. And now Kantor has opened up a whole ethical can of worms over what is and is not acceptable etiquette when dealing with minors or social networking sites when you are a reporter.
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So The National Enquirer has a huge scoop about Skeletor Cindy McCain kissing a guy who is not a billion years old so is clearly not her husband, John McCain. Except the picture they use could be any grandma in a ponytail, so we can't immediately assume it's true.
Unfortunately, since even a broken National Enquirer is right twice a year, we can't immediately assume it's not, either.
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When Michelle Obama stepped out onto the walkway of her husband's acceptance rally in Chicago last night wearing a Narciso Rodriguez number, the future First Lady caused an already divided nation to become even more divided-er: Was her frock divine or a rare misstep for Ms. Obama?
Michelle's understated style already has fashion experts claiming she's the new Jackie O. (minus the J. Crew wear), and despite criticism of last night's choice, Narciso Rodriguez will likely benefit from Obama's outfit, just like Michelle's other favorite designer, Maria Pinto did (her sales spiked 45%).
But what about the two other ladies whose style choices have been at the forefront of this election. Both Sarah Palin and Cindy McCain have been attacked for their expensive tastes. Cindy because of her beer money and unpaid taxes, and Sarah Palin because of her cah-razy Supermarket Sweep through Saks.
Who wants to guess how their favorite designers will deal with the upcoming fallout for forever being associated with that crazy lady from Alaska/that crazy lady that looks like Skeletor? CONTINUED »
Today's blah blah: Laurie Munn is the artist who did the window decs at Barneys this season, which feature all of the first ladies of today and yesterday, and possibly tomorrow.
As you can see from the pics though, Munn's portrait of Mrs. McCain is less flattering than if they had asked Jill Greenberg to do it, while Mrs. Obama and the rest of the first ladies look, "made to the women's general likeness."
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The New York Times over the weekend ran an article focused on crypt keeper Cindy McCain, and it wasn't exactly flattering. The feature paints John's latest wife as an outsider in an emotionally-challenged marriage, deprived of warmth and attention. We kind of guessed that just by looking at her. Who knew there would be photo evidence to go along with the vivid descriptions the Times offered up?
So all y'all read that piece in The New York Times about Cindy McCain and her drug habits and her second wife status in Washington circles and her distant relationship to husband John McCain her support of her husband?
If you didn't know any better, you'd think the NYT was one of those liberal elite media institutions that unfairly paint ugly pictures of candidate's spouses much in the way that the GOP and Fox News tried to portray Michelle Obama as an American-hating fistbumper who has never been proud of her country.
It's almost like…both sides are wrong! Judge for yourself this example of tit-for-tat, after the jump:
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Finally, a list of the 50 richest members of Congress (27 Republicans, 23 Democrats)!
As you may have been able to guess, John Kerry is the absolute richest fuckin' millionaire in Congress today, worth about $231 million that the government knows of. And that's not even counting his wife's ketchup money. Second richest is Jane Harman, who's rolling in just under $226 million made from the sale of Harman Kardon electronics.
Presidential candidate John McCain is the nation's 13th richest congressman, with almost $20 million to his name. Not that twenty mill is anything to sneeze at, but McCain's largest assets are all listed in the name of his wife, Cindy, whose worth reportedly exceeds $100 million.
The disgusting celebrity elitist Barack Obama is nowhere on the list.
Only yesterday John McCain received recognition as the media darling, beloved by all the David Brooks and Richard Cohens in the greater US.
But lately ole' Maverick comes across as a wee bit testy. Friday brought us that interview on The View where McCain lost some of his trademark affability. This morning his creepy reptilian grin was nowhere to be found on Morning Joe, when the GOP candidate started sparring with Mika Brzezinski:
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At a RNC event last week, guests enjoying beverages at the bar were ordered to chug their drink or toss it — if it was a foreign booze. That's because Cindy McCain was approaching, and bartenders, a spy tells us, were instructed to offer only domestic beers in her presence. Which meant the Heineken had to go, and the Bud Light moved front and center. (Nevermind that Anheuser-Busch is about to be a foreign cash machine.) The sake-sipping Lady McCain is, of course, heir to her father's beer distributorship, and holds more than $1 million in Anheuser-Busch stock, so maybe it was less about offering anti-American product and more about showing support for Cindy's financial portfolio.
Like the scene in The Exorcist, where Linda Blair starts speaking in the voice of Satan and Father Karras' dead mother, here is an ad for anti-poverty group ONE and its Vote '08 project, featuring Matt Damon as the cipher:
Can you guess who the political celebs voices are? The answers, below:
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Project Runway judge and catchphrase coiner Tim Gunn on lady style of the presidential campaign:
Michelle Obama
"From a fashion viewpoint, Michelle Obama looks so comfortable and relaxed in her style and her fashion, and she exudes that. She has a presence that gives you confidence in her."
Cindy McCain
"Cindy McCain looks like someone has twisted her pony tail into a knot and tried to give her a face lift."
Oh this is just delicious. In an interview on Friday, Sen. John McCain insisted that every candidate's wife "should be treated with respect, and if there's any disrespectful conduct on the part of anyone, those people should be rejected." He was talking about Michelle Obama, who he was "the greatest respect for," who's been on the receiving end of harsh criticism for her abrasive ways. But his comments are more readily applied to his own marriage. You know, what with his vows to wife Cindy and all, one might think he always treats her with respect, and without any disrespectful conduct. If somebody could tell him where, exactly, on the Venn Diagram Of Respect that calling your wife a cunt falls, it would be much appreciated.
The backlash from Fox News referring to Michelle Obama as "Obama's Baby Mama" has begun. And, thankfully for our faith in smart rebuttals, the backlash is clever: CONTINUED »
Despite how lucrative book deals can be, especially at the presidential level, John McCain's wife Cindy has canceled her planned memoir. [Halperin] Official excuse from the campaign: The time requirement was “simply too great” and she wants to “spend her time campaigning for her husband.” Worth noting: Michelle Obama also killed any book deal plans, at least for now, even though publishers were throwing the sort zeros at her that Hillary Clinton is carrying around in debt.
RECIPE FOR DISASTER Cindy McCain claims it was a "low-level unpaid staff debacle" that caused the foodie plagiarism. [TMZ, earlier]
Know what's going to turn out to be more damaging for John McCain's presidential campaign that rumors he was too close to a certain lady lobbyist? The fact that his wife is a plagiarist.
Cindy McCain – or, more likely, her husband's campaign – has some answering to do for seven "McCain Family Recipes" that appear on John's website. Instructions for whipping up Ahi Tuna With Napa Cabbage Slaw, Passion Fruit Mousse, Farfalle With Turkey Sausage, Peas, and Mushrooms, which are all attributed to Cindy, are actually recipes from The Food Network's website. One appears to be a slightly modified Rachael Ray recipe.
So when all the dust settles, what's this scandal actually going to expose?
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