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News & ArtsMonday, May 11, 2009
Homo / Hetero Miss California's Crown
Posted by Dan Savage on Mon, May 11, 2009 at 12:01 PM
Oh for cryin' out loud: it looks like Donald Trump is going to milk this thing for another 24 hours.
Officials with the Miss California USA Pageant said today in Beverly Hills that title-holder Carrie Prejean is in breach of contract and "entered the contest under false pretenses." Donald Trump, who owns the Miss USA pageant, will decide tomorrow whether she will keep her crown.
I was watching MSNBC when the anchors breathlessly cut away live to the news conference that would "decide Miss California's fate." Her fate—as if Miss California were on death row and we were about to find out if the governor was going to come through with a last-minute pardon. I didn't catch his name—the dude with good hair who heads the Miss CA USA org—but he does have very good hair and he's a total raging bitch. I mean that in the nicest possible way. He accused Maggie Gallagher, of the National Organization for Marriage, of interfering in the Miss California USA Pageant and coming between Miss CA from the Miss CA USA org. I'm paraphrasing here, but he ended his remarks about Gallagher by saying that he didn't see why Gallagher would involve herself in pageant politics, "unless she has some beauty secrets she's keeping under wraps." Ouch.
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You know you shouldn't be caring about something when Trump comes into play. Bye. Don't care, don't care.
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I hope they don't kick her out. It'll just make her a martyr and a rallying point for the religious right.
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they absolutely need to remove her crown. bitch isn't doing her job. personal feeling aside, blah blah blah, she has a job to do and has basically given the miss CA organization the finger, and run off to hide behind her 'handlers'.
fire the stupid whore.
fire the stupid whore.
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You know it's a pretty Goddamned slow news day when this is the most exciting thing going on in the world.
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The short-fingered vulgarian is INFINITELY more repellent than Carrie Prejean's fake titties and ill-considered synaptic firings. God, he'll probably let her keep her crown if she sleeps with him.
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What are the odds The Donald says "You're fired" just to get some Apprentice buzz? Or maybe he could install Joan Rivers in Carrie's place.
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The sad part about this story is that it's all really interesting AND deeply symbolic. Pretty people, manipulation for personal gain, boobs, politics, catfighting, Christians, gays, gossip whores, tiaras... it's really got something for everyone.
Especially since the characters involved are all kind of dumb (which is why it's particularly appealing to a lot of people). It's righteous Christian[ists] vs. catty fags and their apologists, Regular Christians vs The Media - the same old boring epic struggles of good vs evil, but this time dressed up in bikinis and fake boobs.
Especially since the characters involved are all kind of dumb (which is why it's particularly appealing to a lot of people). It's righteous Christian[ists] vs. catty fags and their apologists, Regular Christians vs The Media - the same old boring epic struggles of good vs evil, but this time dressed up in bikinis and fake boobs.
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Do you think Donald will fix his hair and then do that finger shake thing and say "you're fired"? I have a theory that Mr. Trump personally created this controversy becasue his finances are in the toilet, just like he did with that lame-ass reality show. Maybe she can keep her crown if she lets him saddleback her.
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Wow, this comment thread suddenly took an exponential turn for the literate when I installed the "hide anonymous user" and killfile features that Elenchos posted about on Questionland. They work! Yay for killfiles!
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And she'll have to "milk" the Donald for another 24 hours. P.S. @8 - LOVE the "Spy" mag classics!
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I'm thinking 24 hours is about how long it would take for The Donald's people to pitch this as a new reality series to the suits at NBC.
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Maybe Dan wants the title for himself. You have to be a resident of Cali and have the right organs though ;)
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@18 You are sooo funny. Blech! It's all about the money. Those fucking self righteous, right wing fools give Gallagher their money. That was the point he was making. Prejean is being used to make money for Gallagher.
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