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Robert Gibbs Gets Hands-On About Mocking Sarah Palin
By Christopher WeberDuring a briefing in the White House press room Tuesday, administration spokesman Robert Gibbs held up his hand and revealed a shopping list scribbled onto his palm -- "eggs, milk and bread" -- along with a few other notes. "I wrote down hope and change just in case I forgot that," Gibbs told ...
Scenes from the Tea Party: A Reporter's Notebook in Nashville
By Mary C. Curtis
The Birther Movement Lives Joseph Farah, editor of the conservative Website WorldNetDaily, opened his speech at the Tea Party convention in Nashville with jokes and questions about President Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship. To loud approval from the crowd, Farah said his dream is that if Obama seeks ...
Is the Resurrection Funny? One Church Has a Super Bowl Bet on It
By David Gibson
Tim Tebow vs. ManCrunch has become the dominant Super Bowl story line in the run-up to Sunday's championship game. The decision by CBS to broadcast the pro-life story of Tebow's birth vs. the decision to bar ManCrunch's gay dating service spot (as the network has done with other gay-themed ...
Gayle Haggard: Devoted or Delusional?
By Helena Andrews
Watching Gayle Haggard, the devoted wife of former evangelist mega star and admitted sexual immoralist Ted Haggard, on ABC's The View this morning I couldn't help but think one thing, Man this lady's got some guts! Or as we might put it around here at WomanUp, some serious big girl panties. There ...
Vanna White in the White House? How About Bruce?
By Donna Trussell
Vanna White, the pleasant letter-turner on the game show Wheel of Fortune, was wildly popular in the mid-1980s. Some surmised that Vanna's appeal stemmed not from her blondness, but rather her blandness. Viewers saw either a girl next door or an irresistible, slightly dangerous hottie, depending on ...
Chicago Comedy Troupe to Launch Rush Limbaugh Musical
By David SessionsChicago's Second City comedy troupe will try to replicate its recent success satirizing political figures with a new production titled "Rush Limbaugh: The Musical." The show will feature songs depicting Limbaugh's early life -- borrowed from Broadway hits such as "Wicked" and "Spring Awakening" -- ...
Hummus Wars: A Middle Eastern Conflict I Can Live With . . .
By David Gibson
It's the battle over hummus -- and who can make the most of it in one place. Just three months ago, the Lebanese were savoring a tasty victory over the Israelis when some 250 Lebanese chefs combined to produce nearly 4,500 pounds of hummus, a chickpea-based dip that is a staple of Middle Eastern ...
Sarah Palin Mocks Self, Journalists at Gridiron Dinner
By Lynn Sweet
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had a second chance to make a first impression on Saturday night, speaking at the Gridiron Club annual winter dinner -- supposedly enemy territory since it is a black-tie gathering of elite mainstream Washington journalists. ...
So This is Blasphemy? I'll be Darned
By David GibsonThe Center for Inquiry (CFI), one of the leading organizations promoting secular humanism, stirred the pot a bit last September when it announced a "Blasphemy Contest" on the occasion of the first annual Blasphemy Day, on Sept. 30. Entrants were challenged "to create a phrase, poem, or statement ...
Did Arnold Schwarzenegger Send Obscene Message?
By Christopher WeberCalifornia Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is taking some heat after a newspaper found an obscenity purportedly encoded in a letter written by the governor to a political opponent. The Republican governor wrote the note to Democratic San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano explaining why he refused to sign ...
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