It's been awhile since we've had a juicy political-ish affair to report on, so let's start the day with this one: the National Enquirer (ahem!) has published a super grainy photo of a blond woman in a pony tail kissing a creepy looking dude (perhaps also wearing a pony tail).
The tabloid says the woman is Cindy McCain and the dude is, well, they don't say. They say this make-out scene was at a music festival in Tempe, Ariz., two years ago.
We're skeptical, though gracious enough to note the scandal mag totally nailed the John Edwards/Hunter Rielle affair.
But you have to ask yourself: Cindy in an ugly flannel shirt? Drinking Bud from a plastic cup? And don't we expect more discretion from the former non-first lady of the U.S. Thoughts?
We're trying to quit Sarah Palin, so to speak, we really are. But we can't get her off of the widescreen! It appears she is covering all her bases during the post-election media frenzy that features, mainly, her.
First, she told us she'd run for president in 2012 if she received divine orders to do so. Now that her Alaska compatriate (and felon!) Ted Stevens is behind by three votes (at last count) in his re-election bid, she's also saying she'll be lookin' out for God's orders to make a run for that Senate seat in 2010 (or fill an empty one if Uncle Ted wins but gets the boot). So many ways to get Todd and the kids the hell out of Alaska!
Palin's poised even to unseat George W. Bush and his wife Laura in the book world. Publishers are lining up to get the not-much-longer first couple to pen their memoirs, even setting aside bags of money for their troubles. But Sarah Palin could strike a deal that would get her way more than them ... something like $7 million. George, baby, it's so over.
Now it's Joe and Jill Biden's turn to check out their new digs (what? The vice president is finally going to give up his Amtrak pass and live in D.C.?). They're meeting with Dick and Lynne Cheney today and, yes, we'd like to be a fly on the wall there too. No word on whether Cheney will be disclosing all those undisclosed locations. Or whether he'll wait until Jill leaves the room to tell Biden to "go fuck himself."
Ex-Rep. Mark Foley is breaking his silence on the whole text message young male pages thing that basically wrecked his career and helped Democrats take over Congress in 2006. But he's not exactly contrite. He says he's sorry for getting caught, but not for what he did. "They were almost 18!" he says. "No one told me that they weren't enjoying it!" Um. OK (you perv).
Disgraced non-gay Ted Haggard is also breaking his silence two years after the meth-using evangelical minister got totally outed by his favorite gay male prostitute. Haggard says his indiscretions stem from having been molested when he was 7 years old. But that he's all better now. And basically it was God's will that all these Republicans, including himself, got caught being hypocrites.
We like it when gays embrace their gayitude and are especially happy that Connecticut has kicked off gay marriage season just as California preps to shamefully shut its down. The Connecticut State Supreme Court recently struck down a gay marriage ban and couples are lining up to make their partnerships legal. Huh. We're going to go ahead and declare that God's will too.
Photo: National Enquirer
