Stephen Colbert’s Super PAC (Political Action Committee), called ‘Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow,’ has raised over a million dollars. Is he “showing the loopholes” of our system, or just seeing how far he can go? I think the answer is… who the hell cares.
At least this will ensure we get a lot more Colbert style attack ads like the one above. And I can guarantee that he’ll make a big show out of how the Super PAC will spend the last dollar.
Donors listed in the 147-page document include Gavin Newsom, the lieutenant governor of California ($500). A representative from Mr. Newsom’s office confirmed in an e-mail that the lieutenant governor had in fact donated to the super PAC. Some celebrities’ names also turned up in the filing, including the actors Laura Sangiacomo, star of “Hot in Cleveland” ($250), and Bradley Whitford, a star of “The West Wing” ($250) — naturally. Mr. Colbert also received money from a Rolling Stones tribute group called “Sticky Fingers Band” ($400).
Gavin Newsom has confirmed on his twitter:
When I was helping Gavin out with this radio thing he was doing (that’s why I feel comfortable calling him Gavin and not disrespectful for not using his title) he really was a pretty funny guy. I realize there is absolutely no point in this blatant name dropping, but there never really is, is there? Is there!? Didn’t think so. Yeah, in your face!
President Barack Obama has sung a couple of times in public and it’s gotten him some fairly good attention; he comes off charming. Do you remember that kid in high school who would do the exact same thing that another kid did that everyone seemed to like? And all it did was make that first kid look like a dip-shit. Well, ladies and gentlemen I give you Singing Romney. What a dip-shit.
I’m reminded that people don’t really use the term “dip-shit” anymore. That’s too bad.
Holy crap! Did you watch that whole thing? I don’t usually suggest watching anything on the internet in it’s entirety, but that is awesome. I imagine it’s what getting a tattoo is like; painful, yet enjoyable.
That guy is named Joseph Maturo and he is the mayor of East Haven, Connecticut and he is awesome in the stupidity of his answer and his making-matters-worse attempt at backpedaling. This is the story the reporter is asking him about, from this story:
The public fiasco began Tuesday with the announcement by federal officials that the FBI had arrested four East Haven police officers on charges that they conspired to deprive some residents, particularly Latinos, of their constitutional rights. The charges include multiple counts of excessive force, false arrest, obstruction and conspiracy.
“What are you going to do for the Latino community?”
How about something like: If the charges are true, we will work with the police department and local community leaders to ensure nothing of this sort happens to anyone.
Nope, he goes with: “I may have tacos for dinner.”
The State of the Union is where the President of the United States has to go in front of Congress and the Senate and be on television to talk about how great of a job he is doing. Which is good. Obama does a terrible job at promoting his successes. But he gives amazing speech.
Except he dropped that stupid “spilled milk” line. By my calculations that cost him 456,789 votes. Really?! Fuck me, that was terrible. That better have been a bet. They put in that crap about milk farmers and that old hokey guy in the room who can’t help but say the terribly obvious joke probably said that line about crying over spilled milk, and later Obama and the younger guys were probably sitting around the Oval Office talking shit on the spilled milk guy and Obama would be all like, “I should say that, in the speech, ha!” And the other guys would be all, ‘Yeah, right, whatever.’ “What, bitch? You don’t think I’d do it?” ‘There’s no fuckin’ way.’ “Oh, I’m gonna do it.”
Newt Gingrich, some guy who wants to be the President of the United States, went for the win-win with his second wife. From this story:
His second wife, Marianne, said in the interview that he asked her in the late 1990s to tolerate an affair he was having with congressional aide Callista Bisek, who is now his third wife.
“He was asking to have an open marriage and I refused,” she said. She has spoken publicly before about Gingrich’s behavior during their 18-year marriage.
Whatever. Dude wasn’t into his wife, wanted some strange, and basically gave her the option: We can stay together, and I’ll bang my aide, or we divorce, and I bang my aide, then probably marry her, and then most likely cheat on her too. What’do’ya say? No? Alright… See ya!
People are giving the guy a hard time for this; I say he should be commended. He could’ve slept around with his wife knowing, as per usual, but he was honest. And aren’t the building blocks of a marriage made from honesty. Yes, I do believe they are.
