<![CDATA[Gawker: defamer, wonkette]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: defamer, wonkette]]> http://gawker.com/tag/defamer/wonkette http://gawker.com/tag/defamer/wonkette <![CDATA[Obama Asks, We Answer: The 5 Stupidest Things Elisabeth Hasselbeck Has Ever Said]]> Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was on The View this morning, and things got both political and personal. First, Barbara Walters told him she found him "very sexy". Then, token right-winger Elisabeth Hasselbeck got on the Senator's ass about the controversial statements made by his pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright Jr. Obama responded in part by asking Hasselbeck to imagine how she'd feel if someone compiled a clip of five of the stupidest things she'd ever said, and we started salivating. Above, our gift to Obama: A clip compilation with some of Hasselbeck's most idiotic bon mots.

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<![CDATA[The Harper's (Bazaar) Index: Designer Diets, Little Miss Mortimer & Lindsay Lohan's DUIs]]> Do people get confused by Harper's Magazine and Harper's Bazaar? After all, the luxury goods industry is not so different from Halliburton — shameless, ubiquitous, and sooo fucking talented at charging more for less. So again, we're taking things to their (ill)logical end with our own "Harper's (Bazaar) Index", inspired by Harper's famous feature, which parses the world of big oil, big money, big politics and Big Pharma and puts it into easily-digested numerical form. After the jump, Intern Cheryl and I "discuss" designer diets and increasing cost of food worldwide; women who marry for money (socialite Tinsley Mortimer?); and suggest that perhaps Lindsay Lohan's alcohol problem would have been even better enabled if she'd lived in Seoul, South Korea.

(Graphics created by Cheryl Campbell; click on image to enlarge) IndexMarchfinalsmall.jpg

Related: Harper's Index (March 2008) [Harper's]

Lindsay's Super Comeback [Harper's Bazaar]

Blonde Ambition: Tinsley Mortimer [Harper's Bazaar]

Earlier: The Harper's (Bazaar) Index: J. Lo's Diamonds, Giuliani And The Cougar Allure
The Harper's (Bazaar) Index: January 2008
The Harper's (Bazaar) Index: December 2007
The Harper's (Bazaar) Index: September 2007
The Harper's (Bazaar) Index: August 2007
The Harper's (Bazaar) Index: July 2007

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<![CDATA[The Top 7 Black Presidents From The Screen]]> After yesterday's Wisconsin primary, a convincing win by Barack Obama in a largely white state, the prospect of a black Democratic nominee, and a black president, looks possible, even likely. And it only took 232 years! Of course, oh-so-progressive Hollywood got there long ago. Here's the ultimate list of black presidents, from movies and TV. They range from President Camacho of Idiocracy through to the weary statesman played by Morgan Freeman in Deep Impact. (If we've missed any, let us know.)

Tom Beck, Deep Impact

President Lindberg, The Fifth Element

Mays Gilliam, Head of State

Duane Elizondo Camacho, Idiocracy

Douglass Dilman, The Man

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dpalm5.pngPrincipled, dedicated man facing crazy, bomb-explodey times. Confounded by scheming wife. Sadly, he was assassinated after leaving office.

Wayne Palmer, 24
wpalm5.pngPrincipled, dedicated man facing crazy, bomb-explodey times. Confounded by his scheming, Cheney-esque VP. Not quite dead yet.

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<![CDATA[Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy Nearly Prevents Elizabeth Hasselbeck's Voice From Being Heard On Super Tuesday]]>
On this Super Tuesday, there is no Hotter Topic than voting, as we've just been reminded by the right-wing-representing member of The View's daytime political thinktank, Elizabeth Hasselbeck. If you haven't yet been moved to do your civic duty, Hasselbeck's account of how she overcame the unconscionable harassment of ballot-hoarding liberal operatives at her polling place to finally cast her Republican primary vote—out in the open, not behind some shame-concealing curtain!—will certainly encourage you to abandon your cubicle long enough to take part in the democratic process. Let her struggle be your inspiration, America.

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<![CDATA[One Robocall Worth Taking]]> Potential voters in tomorrow's Super Tuesday primaries are receiving automated calls from actress Scarlett Johansson, one of Barack Obama's more glamorous supporters. (A $100 Amazon.com certificate to the first person who can provide us audio.) Update: And here it is. Thanks, Albert!

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<![CDATA[Bill Clinton And Gina Gershon]]> The Wall Street Journal, in the newspaper's excellent investigation into the ties between Bill Clinton and Ron Burkle, explains why the former president is disentangling himself from the supermarket billionaire, as Gawker mentioned last month. Clinton will put some distance between his wife, the leading Democratic candidate in 2008, and politically toxic associates of the Yucaipa owner such as the Sheikh of Dubai and the official Chinese news agency. But is that all?

Ron Burkle, seen in the company of models like Gisele Bundchen since he separated from his wife, is a key member of Clinton's billionaire boy's club. (Former member: teen-massage-loving Jeffrey Epstein.) We don't really believe Hollywood's autumn rumor that the former president, notorious for receiving oral sex in the Oval Office, had entertained an actress on Ron Burkle's plane. (That was probably just an amalgam of Clinton's supposed affair with raunchy actress, Gina Gershon, and earlier pictures of the ex-president with girls on the Burklejet.)

Nobody really cares about Burkle's ties to foreign governments, apart from a few right-wing obsessives. It's Burkle's ties to pretty women that represent the real embarrassment, and threat to Bill Clinton's image as a reformed husband, or at least a more discreet reprobate. With Hillary Clinton in a battle for the Democratic nomination, her husband does not need a billionaire modelizer as a friend.

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<![CDATA[All Shirts $9.99]]> judging-closeup2.gifAs we told you back in December, sadly the Gawker Shop is closing. So in an effort to clean out our warehouse, we're offering all shirts for just $9.99. Many shirts — including Yes, I'm Quietly Judging You, Douché, and I Hate Your Kids — are almost sold out, but some sizes remain. Some other shirts, like New York: If You Can Make It Here, You Probably Have a Trust Fund and I'm Fine have more stock. Try your luck!

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<![CDATA[David Letterman's Back-To-Work Monologue: Hillary Cameos, Hiker Beards, And Picket-Line Dancers]]>

Sporting an intimidating beard meant to show the effects of his difficult, two-month-long, tragically scribe-deprived hibernation, David Letterman symbolically crossed a twirling line formed by his Eugene V. Debs Picket Dancers and returned to work, bolstered by the full services of his newly contracted Guild writers. We haven't seen Jay Leno's opening yet, but we're going to assume he won't be doing a self-effacing version of the picket-line bit, wary that the saboteurs who've previously feasted on a vulnerable Carson Daly might have infiltrated his dance troupe, ready to paddle him with "Shame on You, Jay!" signs for going back to work without his striking staff.

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<![CDATA[All Shirts $17.99 in the Gawker Shop]]> How can a t-shirt convey all of our complex feelings? It just can't - though Lord knows we've tried, with "Douché" (sold out in all men's sizes!) and "I Hate Your Kids", and even "It's Not Whoring If You Do It For Free"!

But the moment has come when we have found that we have nothing left to say that can fit on a t-shirt. Plus, coming up with such pith is really tiring.

So we're selling out the rest of our t-shirts and then THERE WILL BE NO MORE. You know what that means: They'll become "collector's items" and nerds will keep them sealed in plastic bags for the future. We've even discounted all shirts to $17.99, and many sizes are already sold out. So buy them now, or forever hold your peace.

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<![CDATA[I Hate Your Kids]]> trustfund.jpgToday's Gawker Shop Shirt of the Day: I Hate Your Kids, printed on super soft 100% cotton American Apparel shirts.

Looking for something a bit less spiteful? Take a look at our full catalog of shirts, including Yes, I'm Quietly Judging You, New York: If You Can Make It Here, You Must Have a Trust Fund, and Douché.

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<![CDATA[Douché]]> Douche_Store_Image_Closeup.jpgDouché is one of our most popular shirts. It's super soft, 100% cotton made sweatshop-free by American Apparel in LA.

We have plenty of other shirts, too, including Yes, I'm Quietly Judging You, New York: If You Can Make It Here, You Must Have a Trust Fund, and I Hate Your Kids.

Douché [The Gawker Shop]

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<![CDATA[Presidential Campaign Continues Ruining Our Law & Order Reruns]]> Fred Thompson has raised nearly $13 million in campaign contributions, 350 of which came from his fellow actors and actresses, reports the weekend's PARADE magazine in one of the more uplifting things we have read about the political involvement of Hollywood in politics. Think he should put out a feeler to his onetime Law & Order castmate Angie Harmon? Because she's profiled in Sunday's Page Six Magazine, and...

I really don't know how I feel about [a woman in the White House]. I see the positive parts of it. But, you know, I think there's something incredible about a First Lady. That, to me, is a woman in the White House. It's sort of like being parents to the United States, and she takes on the role of mother and confidante and care-giver. Standing behind every powerful man, there's a powerful woman...I don't want to say no, because that doesn't sound very open-mined. But do I want it to be Hillary? No, I don't think so.

Also, we learn Angie is married to a former football player with whom she likes to vacation in Las Vegas, was discovered by David Hasselhoff — "please don't make it sound cheesy, because that's not what it was" — wears silk pajamas that are lined in cashmere, took the stage during the Republican National Convention, loves to shop, would like to have another child but is "waiting on God," has a four-year-old daughter with a pet gecko that totally grosses her out although she is "confident that at any point she will be into Christian Louboutin instead of the lizard," and credits her high school cheerleading coach with instilling in her the confidence to realize she was "not a complete idiot."

Just because I'm friendly, and I like to guffaw when I laugh, and have a cold beer and hang out with my husband and my girlfriends, doesn't mean that I'm not just as intelligent as someone from, let's say, Manhattan.
Um oh yeah, and did we mention she is from Texas?

Anyway, the writer, Amy Spencer, mysteriously fails to mention Fred Thompson, which could be because she, too, is just as intelligent as someone "from Manhattan," or more likely, because she asked Angie about the election and Angie was like, "huh? Oh no I was planning on endorsing Pat Tillman..."

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<![CDATA[Striking Colbert Writers Present 'Leave The AMPTP Alone Guy']]> Following their Not The Daily Show colleagues' very successful foray into the world of viral WGA-solidarity videos, some striking Colbert Report writers have whipped up the videologblog of "hungVP158," a studio executive who realizes it's finally time for the AMPTP to take to the YouTubes to fight back against the wave of pro-scribe sentiment being spread by camcorder-wielding propagandists trying to keep busy in between picketing shifts.

(There is, of course, the inevitable reference to cynically pro-Britney legend Chris Crocker, who has forever changed the course of histrionic webcam confessionals.) Meanwhile, in another, quieter corner of YouTube, one inspired, prepubescent Report fan is doing what he can to keep the Colbert spirit alive while his favorite fictional TV host is out of work. Once he graduates the seventh grade, a scab job somewhere on Comedy Central surely awaits.

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<![CDATA[On Sale: Yes, I'm Quietly Judging You]]> Yes, I'm Quietly Judging YouOn sale, today only: Yes, I'm Quietly Judging You. It's now available in almost every size imaginable, from MXXXL and WXXL to MS and WS. Of course, it's also super soft 100% cotton, made in LA by American Apparel.

Looking for something full price? We have plenty of other shirts, too, including Douché, New York: If You Can Make It Here, You Must Have a Trust Fund, and I Hate Your Kids.

Yes, I'm Quietly Judging You [The Gawker Shop]

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<![CDATA[Striking Writers Producing New Hit Series 'Not The Daily Show' In Curbside Studio]]>
Writers for The Daily Show—for us, at least, the single biggest hole that's been blown in the TV schedule thus far—are refusing to be slowed by their temporary lack of an indoor studio, regular host, and Comedy Central-financed production values, producing a strike-altered version of the program on the streets of NY.

Though the sidewalk shoot progressed smoothly enough at first, their hypervigiliant Viacom bosses eventually caught wind of the guerrilla production, and in a move designed to show how seriously the company takes the staff's unauthorized actions, dispatched CEO Philipppe Dauman (who, weirdly, decided to adopt a pseudonym for the raid but didn't bother to change out of his instantly recognizable Monopoly Man ensemble) to disrupt the segment and reclaim the scripted material that is rightfully theirs.

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<![CDATA[Who Is The Whitest Kid You Know?]]> Periodically an advertiser gives us (well, someone here!) a lot of money to run a contest. This time around, the advertiser is the sketch comedy show, The Whitest Kids U'Know. Since issues of race are interesting to us anyway, we were happy to create a contest. We're asking you to send a photograph of (wait for it) the whitest kid you know. A couple of things: First, you must actually know this person. We won't accept photographs of, for instance, Sir Harry Evans, unless you actually know Sir Harry Evans! Secondly, the person doesn't have to be white. Race is a social construct. Whiteness can be interpreted in any way you wish. But just like in college, your reading of whiteness must be bolstered by robust argument! Thirdly, you can be the whitest kid you know. Entirely possible, possibly likely! Also, there's a prize and rules.

The whitey winner gets a pair of round-trip tickets to Portland, OR, the whitest city in America. You'll also get put up in Ace Hotel, which is kind of like the Bowery Hotel of Portland. Yay!

So what again do you have to do? This:

  • Take a photograph of the Whitest kid you know being as white as he/she can possibly be.
  • Have the Whitest Kid you know answer these three questions:
    1. What is a French Cuff, as it pertains to denim?
    2. What is your favorite Lil' Wayne lyric?
    3. Fairfield or Greenwich, and why?
  • Send answers and photograph to WhitestKidContest@gawker.com
  • Listen to some Jimmy Buffett and wait.

    Standard Contest Rules apply.

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<![CDATA[Pure Filth]]> Pure FilthToday's shirt is Fleshbot's Pure Filth. Of course, it's super soft 100% cotton, made in LA by American Apparel.

Looking for something cleaner? We have plenty of other shirts, too, including Yes, I'm Quietly Judging You and New York: If You Can Make It Here, You Must Have a Trust Fund.

Pure Filth ]The Gawker Shop]

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<![CDATA[You're With Me, Leather]]> You're With Me, LeatherToday's shirt is the famous You're With Me, Leather, once worn on MTV's TRL. Plus, like all of our shirts, it's super soft 100% cotton, made by American Apparel in LA. What more could you want?

Looking for something else? We have plenty of other shirts, too.

You're With Me, Leather [Wikipedia]
Yes I Am Quietly Judging You ]The Gawker Shop]

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<![CDATA[Yes, I Am Quietly Judging You.]]> Save the EnzosOne of our most popular shirts, Yes I Am Quietly Judging You is available in nine different sizes — from women's small to men's extra extra large.

Is this shirt too cheery? We have plenty of other shirts for you to choose from, including I Hate Your Kids and It's Not Whoring If You Do It For Free.

Yes I Am Quietly Judging You ]The Gawker Shop]

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<![CDATA[Save the Enzos]]> Save the EnzosAround the world, the rich keep destroying the rare Enzo Ferrari. Do your part: Save the Enzos, before it's too late.

Couldn't care less? We have plenty of other shirts for you to choose from, including I Hate Your Kids and Productively Lazy.

Save the Enzos ]The Gawker Shop]

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