LL Cool J vs. Fox News And Sarah Palin

LL Cool J vs. Fox News, Sarah Palin [UPDATE: Toby Keith Responds]

Huffington Post |  Danny Shea First Posted: 03-31-10 11:10 AM   |   Updated: 03-31-10 06:28 PM

Updates below…

Fox News has an unlikely adversary: rapper LL Cool J.

After the network announced that Sarah Palin would host a special Thursday called “Real American Stories” — featuring interviews with LL Cool J, Toby Keith and other celebrities — the rapper and country singer both hit back claiming they were lying.

“Fox lifted an old interview I gave in 2008 to someone else & are misrepresenting to the public in order to promote Sarah Palins Show. WOW,” he tweeted.

Likewise, Toby Keith never sat down with Sarah Palin, Keith’s spokesman told HifFix. “We were never contacted by Fox,” Keith’s spokesman said. “I have no idea what interview it’s taken from. They’re promoting this like it’s a brand new interview.”

Fox News responded Wednesday morning, saying they would cut the footage of LL Cool J (aka James Todd Smith) from the special. Keith’s old interview is still slated to run.

“Real American Stories features uplifting tales about overcoming adversity and we believe Mr. Smith’s interview fit that criteria,” a network spokesperson told TVNewser. “However, as it appears that Mr. Smith does not want to be associated with a program that could serve as an inspiration to others, we are cutting his interview from the special and wish him the best with his fledgling acting career.”

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Jon Stewart: GOP Bondage Club Scandal (VIDEO)

Jon Stewart Revels In GOP Bondage Club Scandal (VIDEO)

Huff Post- First Posted: 03-31-10 08:31 AM   |   Updated: 03-31-10 08:41 AM

The majority of the news stories covered by Jon Stewart are of a serious tone. So while we get to reap the benefits of his satirical breakdown, he’s got to deal with the weighty stuff. But shouldn’t he get to have some fun, too?

Last night he got his opportunity. Upon hearing the RNC spent nearly $2000 at a lesbian bondage-themed strip club, “The Daily Show” ran with it. A Muppet reenactment, a correspondent totem pole, and Groucho glasses were all included. It was fantastic. Did we mention MUPPET REENACTMENT!??

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Afternoon Jukebox- Rebel Rebel

David Bowie – Rebel Rebel

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Undercover FBI Agent Helped Bring Down Hutaree Militia

Thomas Piatek

Undercover FBI Agent Helped In Sting Of Hutaree Militia

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Justin Elliott | March 30, 2010, 6:20PM

A nice catch from the Wall Street Journal: A court document in the Hutaree case appears to have inadvertently revealed that an undercover FBI agent was involved in bringing down the Christian militia group.

The indictments of the nine Hutaree members — charged in an alleged plot to kill police — show up in a court record database on March 23. But the indictments were still sealed at the time. The Feds didn’t make arrests until this past weekend.

The now-unsealed records show that on March 26, a correction was made to the indictment of one of the men, Thomas Piatek, because his middle name was listed wrong in the indictment and arrest warrant.

In the document noting the correction, this passage appears:

“The evidence presented before the Grand Jury … included the sworn testimony of a law enforcement officer that the person pictured therein is the person known by a Cooperating Witness and an undercover FBI agent … ”

So there you have it — there was an undercover agent and a cooperating witness who positively identified Piatek. We’re pretty sure there’s a good story behind this one …

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Swiftboater Bud Day Endorses Charlie Crist

Gross Old Racist Swiftboater Gives Important Endorsement To Charlie Crist

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6:25 PM on Tue March 30 2010
By Ken Layne

Pleasant moderate-Republican homosexual Charlie Crist is facing a tough primary campaign against … uh, who knows, some teabagger, Marco Rubio … hey wait a minute that sounds like a Mexican? Let’s get an old racist Swiftboater to chime in for Crist, for white (orange-skinned) Americans. Ladies and gentlemen, here’s Colonel Bud Day of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, with his opinions on the coloreds infiltrating Our Politics.Northwest Flordia Daily News offers this delightful tale:

“You know, we just got through (electing) a politician who can run his mouth at Mach 1, a black one, and now we have a Hispanic who can run his mouth at Mach 1,” Day said. “You look at their track records and they’re both pretty gritty. Charlie has not got a gritty track record.” Day confirmed he was speaking of Obama and Rubio. “You’ve got the black one with the reading thing. He can go as fast as the speed of light and has no idea what he’s saying,” Day said. “I put Rubio in that same category, except I don’t know if he’s using one of those readers.”

Wait a minute, so the minorities are learning to read, and then using it against white illiterates? This is, frankly, an outrage.

(We know, we know, this idiot is trying and failing to come up with some kind of “word thing” that means “teleprompter,” which teabaggers have repeated more than any single word besides “socialism” since Obama was elected. Senile old racist is senile.)

Charlie Crist responded by saying he “could not be more grateful” for this old racist shitbag’s endorsement, adding that “Florida old heterosexual people should know that I am One of Them, except for the heterosexual part.” [Via Dave Weigel’s Washington Independent]

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