• February 15, 2012
LEAVE BARRY AND HILLARY ALONE!

Arianna Huffington Has Unique Take On Clinton Appointment

by Jim Newell

4:16 pm November 24, 2008

We’ll put this nicely since we don’t wish to become victims of Gawker-style HuffPo blogroll revenge: GIVE THE POOR DUO A CHANCE, FAIREST ARIANNA! She writes in this column of hers, “It’s a Nora Ephron romantic comedy. When Hillary Met Barack. Sleepless in Chappaqua. You’ve Got Fundraising Email. Two intensely driven politicians cross paths, each seeking the highest office in the land — talk about a cute meet!” Just… gahh… hmm… we see the writerly device here and it’s trite vapid plagiarism of Maureen Dowd not very edifying. Look. This selection process has been the most drama-free thing a Clinton has ever done. Celebrate! [HuffPo]

{ 32 comments }

PoliticalGraffiti November 24, 2008 at 4:22 pm

yeah, but, foreign policy is the thing that obama and clinton disagreed the most about in the debates. i think it was a bad call, personally

Chuck Fildren November 24, 2008 at 4:22 pm

Look at what Maureen Dowd hath wrought! Her influence is spreading. Infecting various “writers” throughout the interwebs! She must be stopped! Her idiocy must be tamed!

There, I think that was exclamatory enough.

magic titty November 24, 2008 at 4:23 pm

Kinda looks like Maureen Dowd in that picture. If you squint. And hate your erection.

cal November 24, 2008 at 4:24 pm

Obama drama? Yo mama.

Serolf Divad November 24, 2008 at 4:24 pm

Isn’t there supposed to be a heart symbol and a Mexican hat and a number in those equations?

Bagglio Ordonez November 24, 2008 at 4:26 pm

Huffington + Schwarzenegger = Vienna Sausage

ManchuCandidate November 24, 2008 at 4:27 pm

Given a choice between MoDo and Ariana, I guess I like my cougars to come with some ziziki sauce.

kudzu November 24, 2008 at 4:28 pm

A friend of mine suggested that Barry and Sarah Palin should release a sex video on the Internet. I thought it was a good idea but now that the Hillz is going to be Secretary of the Diplomacy, I think it would be better if she and Barry turn on the video camera while going at it.

MoodProcessor November 24, 2008 at 4:29 pm

Isn’t she, like, European or something?
Bet she likes soccer…

magic titty November 24, 2008 at 4:30 pm

[re=184853]PoliticalGraffiti[/re]: Yeah, like Condi Rice has had any actual influence over foreign policy decisions. Hillz will float around the globe for photo ops, repeating the Hopey mantra. And if not, a little dissent is a good thing, isn’t it?

GlennBecksTaint November 24, 2008 at 4:30 pm

You’d think Ariana would be more revering of Hillary, after all they both achieved their current wealth and status by marrying it.

Add John McCain to that list too.

shortsshortsshorts November 24, 2008 at 4:33 pm

What? The Huffington-Post is busy manufacturing political rumors now without any real back-up evidence?

Well bye bye Huff-Po. Back to the Weekly Standard for me. At least I KNOW that their doing the same thing.

bopumofu November 24, 2008 at 4:34 pm

Unfortunately for all of us, Obama is boring. He isn’t funny, he spends most of his time covering his ass and doing his homework, he loves big words, he avoids conflict…

Simony November 24, 2008 at 4:35 pm

Thank you, again, Jim Newell.

metropolitan November 24, 2008 at 4:39 pm

nora ephron references?
oh damn. the 90′s really are back with barack, aren’t they.

this time around i get to be courtney love, ok?

Naked Bunny with a Whip November 24, 2008 at 4:40 pm

Huffington should incorporate her sexy accent phonetically when writing. Then I wouldn’t be able to understand her in print, either.

obfuscator November 24, 2008 at 4:41 pm

I want a fucking moratorium on the terms “meet cute” and “cute meet” immediately.

blinky_twinkie November 24, 2008 at 4:43 pm

I fully expected the post to contain references to Obama/Luke and Clinton/Laura’s mad, desperate search for peace/The Ice Princess.

FreshCliches November 24, 2008 at 4:43 pm

Since she’s a reg’lar contributor to HuffPo, I’m looking forward to Nora’s “You know nothing of my work” response.

Then again, we may have a new Tina Fey.

Simony November 24, 2008 at 4:47 pm

[re=184890]Naked Bunny with a Whip[/re]: Yes, Arianna and Franken stand on tour-up: should be hilarious for those-our-comrades thinking eg. blaxplitation involves exploitation in the Marxist (instead of military) sense.

V572625694 November 24, 2008 at 4:50 pm

[re=184893]obfuscator[/re]: Okay on the terms, but no moratorium on fucking, please!

Miller November 24, 2008 at 4:54 pm

I don’t understand this concept of ‘High Drama’. If anything, the incessant, vapid phraseology I keep hearing most (other than ‘TEAMOFRIVALS’) is ‘No Drama Obama’. Am I to now believe this media meme is now not true and that Obama, in fact, loves drama? Confusion.

http://thesebastards.blogspot.com/

Naked Bunny with a Whip November 24, 2008 at 4:55 pm

@V572625694: But remember, when fucking on Christmas day, make sure you’re thinking about the baby Jesus.

TGY November 24, 2008 at 4:56 pm

On the plus side, if furners agree to do something JUST SO HILLARY CLINTON WON’T COME TO SEE THEM, it’s all good. Sort of an ill-will ambassador.

heroinmule November 24, 2008 at 4:57 pm

Yes, if you insult that bloviating turd Keith Olbermann, those HuffPost commenters will find out where you live.

Woodwards Friend November 24, 2008 at 5:05 pm

Oh look math! Everyone wants to be Nate Silver all of a sudden.

bago November 24, 2008 at 5:13 pm

howabout a meet-fuck?

Maus November 24, 2008 at 5:18 pm

I stopped posting on Huffingtonpost when they started pushing articles about fashion, reality tv, brangelina, etc.

It really attracted a dumber crowd and a TON of conservative trolls. In their defense, they did eventually take out a few unsporting trolls when I emailed Arianna to complain about the trolls screwing up every story’s comments page.

sanantonerose November 24, 2008 at 5:24 pm

[re=184871]magic titty[/re]: Yes, a little dissent is definitely a good thing.

Sans the Diaper November 24, 2008 at 6:02 pm

I’m sort of sorry to hear vapid plagarizing is out.

But I guess that’s what you get when you vote for
change.

John McDouche 08 November 24, 2008 at 6:21 pm

She’s a douche. 5 years ago, she was holding Mcfudd’s hand and gushing(what, I don’t know)now she’s a rabid leftist. Her web site is shit too. So there.

S.Luggo November 25, 2008 at 12:28 am

Unique? Antiquated.
Jimminey Crickets, in that split between 19th/20th Century Old World/New World inherited wealth and mores, androgynous chronicler Henry James as our guide?
Your descriptions are lapsed into Edwardianna, held in an old world place not ours. We are now, and have been for some time, in a New World.

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