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In DC, Everything Is 'Robust' Even When It Isn't
By Laura Parker - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- The economy may be anemic and federal spending slashed, but inside the Beltway, the word these days for all things in the era of austerity seems to be robust. Call it subliminal messaging, but the word that everyone would like to attach to the phrase "economic recovery" is instead hitched to everything but. It describes the Treasury Department's effort to repair its image, the Pentagon's investigation of WikiLeaks. Never mind that politicians use robust when the reality is the opposite. The space shuttle is being mothballed, but Florida Sen. Bill Nelson talks about the robust ...
Jill Lawrence on NBC: Mike Huckabee and Natalie Portman Pregnancy
By Colin McDonald - Politics DailyPolitics Daily Senior Correspondent Jill Lawrence appeared on "NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams" to comment on Mike Huckabee's challenge to Natalie Portman's family values and whether it fits into a potential presidential campaign. Click play below to watch the segment: ...
Obama, Kenya and Natalie Portman: Is Huckabee Letting 2012 Slip Away?
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyTV and radio host Mike Huckabee is embracing his true inner talker. You can't buy the kind of attention he has attracted in the past week, and just when he's pushing sales of a new book. Huckabee is also trying to stay on the public radar screen as a potential late entry into the 2012 presidential race -- and why not? The former Arkansas governor leads in polls of the nascent Republican field, both nationally and in the key states of Iowa and South Carolina. But there's a price. The further Huckabee goes down the road he's on, the less seriously he's taken as a presidential ...
Note to Mike Huckabee: Lay Off of Natalie Portman's Baby
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyFollowing the Academy Awards telecast, Mike Huckabee told radio host Michael Medved "I'm very happy to say that I missed it because usually it's about the most boring waste of several hours that I've ever experienced." I can't disagree with the former governor about the dullness of most of this year's broadcast, but I dotake issue with what he had to say next about Best Actress winner Natalie Portman. The former and perhaps future GOP presidential aspirant disparaged the star for being a poor example by encouraging women to have "out-of-wedlock" children (why not just call them "bastards," ...
Mike Huckabee Rips Natalie Portman Over Out-of-Wedlock Pregnancy
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsMike Huckabee slammed actress Natalie Portman on a radio show for glamorizing out-of-wedlock pregnancy at the Academy Awards and sending an irresponsible message to women. The former Arkansas governor and possible presidential hopeful said on "The Michael Medved Show" this week that most unwed mothers aren't able to support their children on a Hollywood actress' salary. "You know, Michael, one of the things that's troubling is that people see a Natalie Portman or some other Hollywood starlet who boasts of, 'Hey look, you know, we're having children, we're not married, but we're having these ...
Mike Huckabee Disses Natalie Portman; Why Not Bristol Palin? Twitter Asks
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsNot so fast, Mike Huckabee. The former Arkansas governor is taking some serious heat for his comments on Monday criticizing Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman for being unmarried and pregnant. "People see a Natalie Portman who boasts, 'We're not married, but we're having these children, and they're doing just fine.' I think it gives a distorted image," Huckabee told conservative radio host Michael Medved. "It's unfortunate that we glorify and glamorize the idea of out-of-wedlock children." The folks on Twitter seem to think that Huckabee forgot another out-of-wedlock pregnancy ...
Mike Huckabee Gets All BYU Honor Code on Natalie Portman
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsMike Huckabee, whose down-home sensibilities helped him in his 2008 bid for the GOP presidential nomination, may be speaking a little too freely these days. First, Huckabee incorrectly said that President Barack Obama spent part of his childhood in Kenya -- he later claimed he meant Indonesia -- and hinted that that put Obama out of touch with the average American. Now, Huckabee is criticizing new Academy Award winner Natalie Portman for being pregnant out of wedlock. On Monday, Huckabee went on Michael Medved's radio show and said, "People see a Natalie Portman who boasts, 'We're not ...
Will Dior Cancel the John Galliano Fashion Show on Sunday?
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsDisgraced designer John Galliano reportedly was at an Arizona rehab facility today on the eve of Christian Dior's fall 2011 show as the storied fashion house worried about boycotts of Galliano's own show this weekend. Galliano was Dior's star designer for 14 years, and a separate show for his own label is set for Sunday. It looms just days after Galliano's spectacular flame-out over allegedly making anti-Semitic remarks while apparently under the influence of alcohol. Jason Kempin, Getty Images Dior fired designer John Galliano after he allegedly made anti-Semitic remarks. Now the ...
John Galliano, Anti-Semitism, and the Power of Words
By Sarah Wildman - Politics DailyIn just days, one of the greatest names in modern fashion has seen his reputation scrambled, from cheeky enfant terrible to accused bigot. Last Thursday night, John Galliano, Christian Dior's star designer, was drinking at the Paris watering hole and fashionista favorite La Perle, when he allegedly tore into a 35-year-old gallery owner named Geraldine Bloch. He's accused of calling her an "ugly Jew face" with bad eyebrows and cheap boots and threatening her friend with equally noxious epithets (the friend, apparently, is Asian). At first, Galliano was simply suspended from the House of Dior, ...
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