Blagojevich-approved Roland Burris will not be sworn into office in the Senate this morning -- but after arriving in DC last night, the politician got a brutal taste of just how unwelcome he may be.
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
Great news -- Bon Jovi will be performing at Hillary Clinton's presidential fundraiser! Wait, didn't anyone tell her the news?
The January 15 gig at Manhattan's Town Hall is being advertised as "a final evening in support of Hillary Clinton for President Debt Relief."
Looks like there's that final matter of the $6.3 mil her campaign still owes.
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
You know the difference between an unwed teen baby daddy who left high school to become an electrician and a HS dropout? Nothing, according to Sarah Palin.
She corrected several publications and their reports Levi Johnston, her daughter Bristol Palin's fiancé, dropped out of high school. He's doing it online, apparently, and Bristol is getting "her last credit" to graduate while taking care of her new baby Tripp. (Track, Trig ... Tripp. No, we don't get it either.)
The Governatrix also said she is "over the moon" about the new child, even though, she admits, the news of Bristol's pregnancy was "shocking."
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
Having to quiet the roar of fans is just par for the course for Barack Obama.
The President-elect had to silence the spectators gathered to watch him take down the 18th hole at a golf course in Hawaii on Monday.
Filed under: Talk Sports, Prez Election 2008
...because she's officially a grandmother now!
Sarah's unwed teenage daughter Bristol finally gave birth yesterday to a baby boy named -- wait for it -- Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston!
Congrats Levi...
Filed under: Breaking News, Prez Election 2008
Sarah Palin apparently has made a lasting impression with some TMZ TV viewers.
We're getting "feedback" that our story about Sarah and the turkeys have turned some people into veggies.
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
Rick Warren, the pastor who will deliver the invocation next month for Barack Obama, apparently is doing a little image-adjusting in West Hollywood.
We got this pic, taken yesterday at Out of the Closet thrift store. That's Warren on the right (naturally), his arm around Erol Sarabi, who is openly gay. Warren, who supports the ban on gay marriage which has not sat real well with some Obama supporters, bought 8 to 10 books, two of which were his own (that doesn't help with his Amazon ranking). Warren told Sarabi not to believe everything he reads, that he does a lot for AIDS research and was happy that Out of the Closet does free AIDS testing.
Warren also said he met with Melissa Etheridge recently and the two planned to have dinner together -- go figure.
By the way, Warren gave a signed copy of his book to Sarabi. The inscription from the Bible, Proverbs 19:21: "Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails."
Filed under: Prez Election 2008, Barack Obama
The Prez-elect has proven he has no problem with pork. Well, chopped pork shoulder with a variety of other meats mixed in.
On Sunday, reports People, Barack Obama stopped for a mid-golfing snack and got hot dogs, drinks, and something the Hawaiians call "Spam musubi," which is Spam and omelette on rice wrapped in seaweed. Yes, it's delicious, and we know it isn't going to his abs.
He also reportedly offered reporters beers on his tab, which they declined.
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
According to these peeps, George W. Bush is a shoe-in for the worst President in history.
Following in the footsteps of an Iraqi reporter, anti-war protesters threw shoes at a prison uniform-clad Bush-alike outside the White House on Wednesday.
The two-term 43rd Prez has 33 days left in office.
Filed under: Beauty, Prez Election 2008
There's a drag queen in the White House ... via everyone's favorite female impersonator RuPaul. 
The 48-year-old hot tranny diva posed as both Barack and Michelle Obama as part of a holiday promotion for her new drag queen competition TV series "RuPaul's Drag Race."
That's what you call change, people!
Filed under: Beauty, Prez Election 2008, Barack Obama
If George W. Bush can become President, Tim McGraw can be governor of Tennessee.
And that's exactly what he intends to do, says the New Republic. He's been considering the idea for a while, but apparently Tennessee Dems are heating up the stove on Tim, trying to get him to run against Bill Frist in 2010.
Imagine Faith Hill being First Lady of the Volunteer State. And we know he's got the abs for the job.
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
Lame duck just got lamer: George Bush isn't letting Barack Obama move into DC ten days early, because his peeps have got to party.
The Obamas had asked the President if they could check in early at Blair House, the official guest residence across from the White House, starting on January 5, because the Obama girls are starting school. But Bush's people rejected the request on the grounds that "receptions and gatherings" are being held there and the house won't be available for them until ten days later.
The official Obama camp have said they're cool with it. Right. Laura Bush's spokeswoman says it's a "non-story."
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
Sarah Palin's clothes cost the RNC over $100,000 -– and her emails ain't going for cheap, either.
Reporters have been trying to score the emails she sent and received as governor of Alaska, and Mother Jones reports they're actually available ... as long as you're willing to shell out 10 grand and wait several weeks. The mag filed a freedom of info request and was told "information specialists" would have to search all state email accounts – 70 in total.
During the campaign, a few of of Palin's emails from personal accounts leaked out, for free.
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
How John McCain could make anyone feel "dirty" is beyond us, but that's what Joe the Plumber is alleging today.
In an interview, as Politico notes, Joe Wurzelbacher says being on McCain's bus made him angry and some of the discourse "appalled" him. He says he felt "dirty" after "being on the campaign trail and seeing some of the things that take place."
The unlicensed plumber adds, for good measure, he thinks Barack Obama is "dangerous" and Sarah Palin is "the real deal."
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
The reason Kelsey Grammer can't attend the presidential inauguration: He's the wrong color ... as in Republican red.
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
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