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August 29, 2008
Sarah Palin: How many igloos does she own?
Sarah
Palin: How many igloos does she own?
Sen. John McCain has selected Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as
his vice presidential running mate. Other than the fact that
few have ever heard of her, the biggest question: How many
igloos does she own?
Despite being a virtual unknown, Palin's chief qualification
is her status as what is known in GOP political circles as
"a woman."
Eleventh-hour negotiations with former Massachusetts Gov.
Mitt Romney broke down at the last minute despite Romney's
offer to get a sex change if that would help the GOP cause.
Posted by John Breneman at 12:26 PM | Permalink
August 28, 2008
Negative ad: Obama, McCain and Hussein
 Negative
ad: Obama, McCain and Hussein
Negative attacks rock Election 2008, as both Barack Obama
and John McCain are linked to Saddam Hussein and the 9/11
terrorist attacks. WATCH
Posted by John Breneman at 9:56 AM | Permalink
August 22, 2008
Olympic humor video
 Olympic
humor video
Join MSG-NBC analysts Bob Gold and Rings Gardner for exclusive
humor from the Beijing Olympics. Get the scoop on fake gold
medals with lead paint and the key to the mens 100m doggy-style.
WATCH
Also, the all-you-can-eat buffets the Chinese have prepared
for the athletes are heaped with the best food in Olympic
history. However, two hours after they eat, the athletes feel
like competing again. WATCH
Posted by John Breneman at 9:13 AM | Permalink
August 21, 2008
China takes gold in Olympic propaganda
China takes gold in Olympic propaganda
 By
John Breneman
Why shanghai a 7-year-old Olympic hopeful's chance to sing
in Beijing? For Chinese officials, yanking the real crooner
for a lip-synching cutie -- like filling the sky with made-for-TV
fireworks -- was all about hosting the best Summer Games ever,
by any means necessary.
"What's the big deal, silly vanilli?" asked Tony
Chin, a dashing ex-karaoke champion identified as the "organizer"
of the 2008 Summer Games. Chin was standing in for the actual
Olympic organizer, whose imperfect teeth and oversized facial
pores disqualify him from playing a more public role.
Asked about reports that the host country was combating lower-than-expected
attendance by filling half-empty stadiums with legions of
fake fans, Chin responded by saying, "The Olympics are
just super."
The controversy has caused critics to wonder aloud if China's
lip-synching mentality has crept into the competitive arena.
("Accepting the gold medal on behalf of the homely, goggle-eyed
swimming champion is this far more aesthetically pleasing
specimen of Chinese cultural and genetic superiority,"
joked one ZNBC commentator.)
The government's desire to stage manage every aspect the
Olympics is also causing security concerns. This, according
to disgruntled police officers who say they've been forced
to pull desk duty while their glamorous and lucrative Olympic
overtime shifts are covered by more attractive but less experienced
trainees.
At least the thick smog that threatened to cast a toxic pall
over Beijing has been brought under control, according to
Bubbles Wang, the perky "minister of air pollution,"
lip-synching at a press conference for the wheezing, soot-covered
actual minister of air pollution.
The Beijing air is also rife with rumors that the 2008 Olympic
medals are not actually gold, silver and bronze, but a cheap
alloy coated with lead paint.
Summing up the controversy, Tony Chin reiterated that the
China that is hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics is not the
scary, authoritarian, polluted-wracked, human rights-repressing
China, but instead the fancy, shiny China that is only brought
out to impress guests on special occasions.
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Posted by John Breneman at 9:55 AM | Permalink
August 14, 2008
Edwards flip-flops on infidelity issue
Edwards
flip-flops on infidelity issue
 By
John Breneman
Swanky ex-presidential candidate John Edwards is drawing
fire from critics accusing him of flip-flopping on the issue
of whether or not he had an extramarital affair.
"First he swears he didn't have an affair. Then he claims
he did," said Sen. David Vitter (R-La.). "What the
heck are we supposed to believe?"
Edwards now admits to getting buck wild with Rielle Hunter,
a woman he hired to "make videos" for his presidential
campaign.
Hunter is now sporting a love child, but Edwards says he
is willing to take a paternity test to clear his sperm of
any wrongdoing.
Despite the controversy, Edwards said he still believes his
own rhetoric about two Americas. "Yeah, there's America
the country and there's America Ferrera, that 'Ugly Betty'
actress I totally did not tag even though my wife's cancer
was in remission."
He also admitted to sometimes feeling "egotistical and
narcissistic" when gazing at himself in the mirror after
one of those sweet $800 haircuts.
Edwards' confessions, following a wee-hours hotel rendezvous
with the National Enquirer-arazzi, gives added credence to
that publication's reports that John McCain had an affair
with Paris Hilton space aliens are secretly ruining the economy.
Posted by John Breneman at 9:06 AM | Permalink
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