Was ABC’s Diane Sawyer drunk on election night? Unsurprisingly, her reps say no. “Diane’s fine, she’s exhausted,” said a spokesperson. “Diane’s been up for days and she’s had many sleepless nights. She was covering the hurricane and then preparing for the election broadcast.” Reasonable explanation, though “exhausted” is often a PR code for snoggered. Fix readers took a snap poll and were highly skeptical—with 59% deeming that the anchor was indeed under the influence. Whatever the cause, her slurred request for ABC’s election theme song when President “Orama” won Minnesota has earned Sawyer an eternal spot in the pantheon of (alleged) boozecasters.Continue Reading… … Read More
Ukraine ruling party set to get grip on new parliament: analysts
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s ruling party has emerged from the fractious October 28 election well short of a simple majority, but support from communists and independents should ensure its grip on the new parliament, analysts said.
SNL: Tagg Romney wants to punch America in the face
On Saturday Night Live, Mitt Romney stood on a balcony and drowned his post-election sorrows in gallons of milk, while his son Tagg expressed his anger with Americans. “I’m so very angry father, I wish I could punch America in the face,” Tagg said in the SNL skit, alluding to…
Disruptions: Casting a Ballot by Smartphone
At a time when we can see video shot by a robot on Mars and when we can deposit checks on our smartphones without going to a bank, why do most people still have to go to a polling place to vote? … Read More
The Week In Arts & Culture: Manhattan Goes Dark, Obama Looks Good And An Artists Tosses Cats (PHOTOS)
What a week! Here on the East Coast we were recovering from Hurricane Sandy while freaking out about the upcoming election. (Somewhere in the madness flying cats and Camille Paglia managed to stress us out even more.) Things are finally settling down, so let’s recap what happened in the arts this past week.As many of you now know, the city that never sleeps was pretty dark last week when Hurricane Sandy wiped out power to much of lower Manhattan. The bright lights of the skyline disappeared for days, shutting down businesses and dissuading heavy foot traffic in the usually bustling metropolis.Read More…
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Carlos Gutierrez, Mitt Romney Adviser: Latinos ‘Were Scared’
WASHINGTON — Former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, an adviser to former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Latino outreach, said Sunday the candidate’s failure with those voters was due to hardliners in the Republican party who were “scaring the heck out of them.”"The Hispanics I know were scared of the Republican party,” he said on CNN’s “State of the Union” in a blunt assessment of Romney’s loss. “I think it has to do with our incredibly ridiculous primary process where we force people to say outrageous things, they get nominated, and they have to come back.”Gutierrez worked under former President George W. Bush, who won around 40 percent of the Latino vote in 2004 — over 10 points more than Romney won this year. The Latino vote was a pivotal part of the 2012 election, and it is widely acknowledged that the Republican Party could be forever damaged if it can’t win over more Latinos in the future.Read More…
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Must-see morning clip: SNL on Mitt’s defeat
This week’s Saturday Night Live imagined that Mitt Romney spent his election night party out on the balcony, secretly on a milk binge, while Paul Ryan did “feats of strength in the drawing room.”Watch:Continue Reading… … Read More
