Imagine Sarah Palin in the White House
Sarah Palin may soon exchange her current occupation as professional rambler for another more structured job as the second hand to a shouting, shriveled piece of dried mango.
Sarah Palin's Budding NASCAR Career Cut Short by Speeding Ticket
When you're Sarah Palin and you get clocked doing 63 in a 45, there are lots of good responses to give reporters: "It was dumb, won't do it again." "I was in a hurry, won't do it again." "Why do you think this is news? Won't do it again." But then, if you're Sarah Palin, you're gonna go another way.
Millionaire Dipshit Ted Nugent Stands Up to Tyranny on Hannity
Ted Nugent was a special guest on Hannity last night, where he said "we, the Tea Partiers" are sick of Obama "spitting on the U.S. Constitution, the Bill Of Rights, the Ten Commandments, the Golden Rule." You tell 'em, Nuge!
Miley Cyrus' Jailbait Lap Dance Video and Other Parental Nightmares
She's 16 in the video; the guy is 44. Lil' Wayne gets caught with prison contraband. Tyra picks a fight with Palin. Leonardo DiCaprio is mistaken for a normal person. Ian McKellen is mistaken for a beggar. Wednesday gossip arrives.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck Begins Her Slow Conversion to Becoming a Die-Hard Liberal
Mark this day on your calendars, people. Today is the day that Elisabeth Hasselbeck agreed with Joy Behar on The View. And it was about Sarah Palin, too! Up is down! Black is white! Cake is pie! What's going on!?!?
SNL Predicts the End of the World in 2012 as Sarah Palin is Elected as President
Sure it's the end of the Mayan calendar and no one is really quite sure how the world is going to end, but in 2012 someone's going rogue and it doesn't look pretty.
Levi Johnston Goes Hollywood
Levi Johnston, noted Palin daughter-nailer, has hired Tank Jones, "a size-58 suit-wearing black man," to manage his career and be his bodyguard. He's also developed an alter ego to help him destroy his Wasilla-ness and fully embrace douchedom—"Ricky Hollywood."
Please Turn the Governor of Alaska's Family Into a Television Program. Thank You.
The heartwrenching saga of the Wasilla Hillbillies, the most recent installment of which features the dramatic break-up of Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston, cries out for a reality show. It could be on VH1.
Gawker's Top Ten Posts of 2008
Oh what a year it was! We had some big, boffo posts, primarily about monsters (Cruise, Palin, O'Reilly and Montauk). Yay for riches. Enjoy!
Palin Will Never Quit Us in 2009
Did anyone receive a new calendar for Christmas? (I got a puppy one.) Perhaps you received the Sarah Palin 2009 calendar—it's the #1 most popular "Office Product" on Amazon!
Bill Kristol, Palin Camp Lackey
One of the best parts of that juicy NYT story yesterday about all the
infighting in the McCain- Palin campaign was the fact that a huge chunk of the story was given over to exploring who was leaking to sniveling conservative columnist Bill Kristol—a columnist! It's pretty unusual for a paper to start digging on its…
Sarah Palin Sorry She Ruined the Election for McCain
When maverick John McCain picked moose-hunting maverick Sarah "Pit Bull" Palin as his running mate, everybody said that it was the typical sort of impulsive McCain gamble that would make him such a terrible leader—and cost him votes. Here's Palin admitting as much.
Sarah Palin's Gullibility Shocks Canadian Pranksters
Looks like Sarah "Pit Bull" Palin is just like your supernice Midwestern neighbor who remains polite and doodly-dorable on the phone, even when annoying telemarketers or French president Nicolas Sarkozy calls. The Canadian radio show duo
that prank-called her how they did it. It was duh-easy, just like they taught…
A Career Guide for the Human Campaign Prop
Presidential elections aren't just about the candidates; they're about all the random crazy people only tangentially related to the candidates and their campaigns, the ones who are hyped into momentary superstardom by political reporters desperate for storylines. Or by the candidates themselves, desperate to deflect…
Radar Posthumously Funds Trip to Palin's Hometown
What to do if you have a magazine assignment, but the mag folds days before you're scheduled to leave for freaking
Alaska? If the trip's already paid for, you go anyway and hope to shop the resulting piece to another publication. That was the case with Jessica Pilot (of the ) and . "It was purchased on [editor] Maer…
100,000 Attend Obama Rally in St. Louis
Here is Barack Obama and a few of his friends getting together under the Gateway Arch in St. Louis yesterday. "All I can say is wow," said Obama as he took the stage. Meanwhile, let's take a gander at what was going on with the 400 to 500 people who showed up to watch Sarah Palin boost for Senator Norm Coleman in…
Today's Sleazy, Racist Republican Roundup
So, how have our friends at the GOP been behaving themselves this week? Oh, it's not good. First, they tricked Democrats in California
into becoming Republicans by telling them they were signing petitions for stiffer punishments for child molesters. Then, in DC, Boston, Seattle, and elsewhere, they sent to ACORN…
McCain/Palin Boosters Continue to Astound, Terrify
A roadside billboard sprung up in West Plains, Missouri, recently, featuring a caricature of Barack Obama wearing a turban along with the message "Barack 'Hussein' Obama equals more abortions, same sex marriages, taxes, gun regulations." While some members of that community are shocked and disgusted-the Obama campaign…
Peter Dinklage Seeks Palin Impression Advice From The Master
Click to view Hunky indie film star Peter Dinklage approached the Jedi master of Sarah Palin impressions, Tina Fey for a few helpful tips on how to nail down Palin’s legendary wink. Fey said that there was nothing special about the wink, other than simply winking. Fey demonstrated her wink, which floored Dinklage.…
Peggy Noonan At The New Yorker Festival: Kind Of Embarrassing
Early Saturday morning I dragged myself to the New Yorker Festival in Midtown, to see media mensch Ken Auletta moderate a panel discussion with
Times editor Bill Keller, blogger Ta-Nehisi Coates, press critic Jack Shafer, and WSJ columnist Peggy Noonan, the token conservative. I'll leave out the boring recap parts…
