I happened to be watching the Today Show this AM when my favorite female drag queen Tyra Banks was on, swinging her long silky tresses and promoting her upcoming interview with Barack Obama. I forgot to watch it, but the Today Show aired a clip in which Obama reminisced about his first date with his wife – they had ice cream and then he kissed her, and guess what? Her lips tasted like chocolate – Ooooohhhh, how blackalicous! Does that qualify as pandering,I wonder?
More to the point, does Barak really want to cast his fate with Tyra and Oprah? For one thing, all those little long limbed chicklets on America’s Next Top Model are too young to vote. And while Oprah definitely has bucks to spare, she’s already foisted at least two charlatans on America – does Barak really want to ride the Dr. Phil / Dr. Oz wave? He’s a man of passion and intelligence, with the ability to articulate idealistic goals and melt the hearts of hotties nationwide. But he’s gonna have to dumb himself way down to compete with these bozos for the hearts and minds of America…
And now, for your viewing pleasure, a couple of priceless moments compliments of the Obama girls themselves…
Tyra Banks Gone Wild
Oprah on Iraq
BTW – is it just my imagination, or is it true that ever since Daniel Shore of NPR outed news anchors as talking heads who read the work of real reporters from teleprompters and shuffle blank sheets of paper around to make it look like they have notes, Matt Lauer’s pile of paper has gotten larger, and there is at least one camera shot looking down on the pile, so that we can see it’s a real pile of paper with writing on it?
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