Tweets From The Trail: Newt Gingrich, Amateur Zoologist
Today, political types were focused on the Trump Super PAC, trolls and Newt Gingrich’s love of animals. Here’s our roundup of the day’s best Tweets from the campaign trail. Read More
Sarah Jessica Parker Hosting A Fundraiser For President Obama
Next month, President Barack Obama is having a fundraiser at the home of former “Sex and The City” star Sarah Jessica Parker. The Obama campaign sent an email from Ms. Parker to supporters this morning informing them that they can earn an invitation to the exclusive soiree if they make a donation.
“It’s my honor to invite you to take part in an event I’m hosting at my home with the President and First Lady on June 14th,” Ms. Parker wrote. “If you can make a donation of any amount today, you’ll be automatically entered to win two tickets to New York to join us.” Read More
Chris Christie Begging Celebrities To Watch His Veepstakes Video
Hey, have you seen New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s goofy web video with Newark hero-Mayor Cory Booker? Have you? Have you? Well, if you’re famous enough, Mr. Christie has probably tried to pitch it to you over Twitter.
Last night, the official account of the New Jersey Governor tweeted at Saturday Night Live and Seth Meyers, suggesting Mr. Christie and Mr. Booker would be good for a sketch on the show. Cute. But a quick glance further into his feed shows clear and troubling signs of desperation. Read More
President Obama Is Embarassed By His Own Kardashian Knowledge
In his appearance on The View this morning, President Barack Obama was given a pop culture quiz that included a question about America’s most overexposed reality TV family phenomenon–the Kardashians. View host Joy Behar asked the president if he knew which Kardashian had an infamously brief marriage earlier this year.
“That would be Kim,” the president said, before catching himself and trying to explain his Kardashian knowledge as merely a side effect of his sports fandom. Read More
Tweets From The Trail: Frozen Drinks and Obama’s Jump Shot
Today, political types were focused on drinking margaritas, b-ball with the president and avoiding accidents. Here’s our roundup of the day’s best Tweets from the campaign trail. Read More
President Obama: Ballin’ In Hollywood
While in California this morning, President Barack Obama played a game of basketball this morning with members of his staff and some A-Listers including George Clooney and Tobey Maguire, according to the White House press pool. President Obama spent the night in Beverly Hills after the star studded fundraiser Mr. Clooney hosted for him last night. Read More
Bristol Palin Thinks Obama Made Gay Marriage Decision Based on ‘One Too Many Episodes of Glee’
Sarah Palin’s daughter, Bristol, is horrified President Barack Obama said his young daughters influenced his decision to come out in support of gay marriage. Ms. Palin took to her blog today to bash the president for being molded by their young minds and one of America’s top rated television comedies.
“Sometimes dads should lead their family in the right ways of thinking. In this case, it would’ve been nice if the President would’ve been an actual leader and helped shape their thoughts instead of merely reflecting what many teenagers think after one too many episodes of Glee,” Ms. Palin wrote. Read More
Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Dictator’ Endorses Mitt Romney [Video]
Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen held a press conference yesterday in full costume as his character from his upcoming film The Dictator, Admiral General Shabazz Aladeen, leader of the made up North African nation of Wadiya. The fictional despot was asked to make an endorsement in the presidential race.
“If it was money that I was giving, I support and I give my full support to Mitchell Romney,” Mr. Cohen, er, Mr. Aladeen said. “He has the makings of a great dictator. He is incredibly wealthy, but pays no taxes and it’s not much of a leap to go from firing people to firing squads, and from putting pets on the top of a car to putting political dissidents on the top of them. He taught me how to do that.” Read More
Pollsters Say White House Party Crasher Tareq Salahi is ‘One of the Least Popular People We’ve Ever Polled’
According to the people over at Public Policy Polling, former reality TV star and White House party crasher Tareq Salahi is the most unpopular political hopeful they’ve ever encountered. Mr. Salahi jumped in to the 2013 Virginia gubernatorial race late last month.
“Salahi has the dubious designation of being one of the least popular people we’ve ever polled. Only 2% of Virginians have a positive opinion of him to 34% with a negative one,” PPP Director Tom Jensen wrote on his company’s blog. Read More
Scarlett Johansson To Host Third Fundraiser For Scott Stringer
Actress Scarlett Johansson is holding her third fundraiser for Manhattan borough president and likely mayoral candidate Scott Stringer. The event, which will be held on the roof of the Maritime Hotel in Chelsea, includes a two hour party preceded by an hour-and-a-half long “private reception.” Tickets for the party start at $50, access to the reception is reserved for chairs who pony up $2,500. Read More
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