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The Week In Wonkette

• President Bush sends out holiday greetings, reveals deeply-felt prejudices.

• Future Holidays of America announced: Stickmas comes every July, Abramoffukkah could come a LOT sooner.

• The Pentagon may or may not feel threatened by gay kiss-ins (Kisses-in? Is it like Attornies General?). We prefer to think that they ARE worried about them, because it makes things a lot more hilarious.

• Jeanine Pirro sets her sights a little lower; probably needs to set them lower still.

• Tom Delay spends a small fortune to bring GOP's message into the Republican-hostile environments of the filthy rich.

• Maureen Dowd: translated, tabularly.

• Darfur, Mr. President?

• Governor Bill Richardson's Presidential aspirations: doomed by his Uncle Bad Touch tendencies?— DCEIVER

READ MORE: Pentagon , abramoffukkah , bill richardson , gay , george bush , jeanine pirro , kanye west , maureen dowd , stickmas , tom delay , war on christmas , wonkette

We Wish To Inform You That While We Ain't Saying You're a Gold Digger, You Don't Appear to Care About No Broke---

In his nationally televised news conference this morning, President Bush told the press corps that it hurts his feelings whenever he hears that he doesn't care about black people.

That's sort of like the way people in Sudan say it hurts their bodies whenever they hear the President refer to his Darfur policy as "Where?" But then again, it's sort of not like that at all.

Just sayin'.— DCEIVER

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First Lady Pool Report: Come Again?

Does DC have its own Kanye West, Jr.? According to a FLOTUS (cute) pool report this afternoon, a visit to a Southeast Washington public charter school by Prince Charles, the FLOTUS, and Camilla prompted this observation from Denzell Grimes, 14: "It'’s awfully rare for white people to come to our school--like, from other countries.”"

Speak truth to power, Denzell! Or just make an observation:

Upon further review of an audiotape, the quote from Denzell Grimes appears to be incorrect. According to the tape, Grimes stated: "It's awfully rare for ROYAL people to come to our school--like from other countries."

Full reports after the jump.

From: "White House Press Releases"
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 16:34:31
Subject: FLOTUS POOL REPORT #1, 11/2/05

FLOTUS POOL REPORT #1

Washington

November 2, 2005

 

 

The motorcade arrived at the School of Education Evolution and Development (SEED), a public charter school in Southeast Washington, at 1:51 p.m. Open access to press for arrivals, greeting line.

 

FLOTUS, Prince Charles of Wales and Duchess Camilla were taken on a tour of the school led by students Kendra Roberts (15, 9th grade) and Davon Jenkins (18, 12th grade) that included a visit to a dorm and the cafeteria (no pool access).

 

Flotus, the Prince, Camilla, and Washington Mayor Anthony Williams visited the 8th grade English classroom of teacher Melanie Brown. Students, who are beginning a segment on African literature, were seated at desks formed into squares with chairs placed out for their guests. Camilla was the first to engage with the students and the most active participant, moving from group to group and asking numerous questions. She asked one table “Do they work you quite hard?” How much homework?” then queried another on the quality of food at the school. (“Horrible, with a capital “H,” replied student Britney Rempson.)  Another student, Drew Johnson, drew thanks from the duchess when he rescued her errant earring after it tumbled onto his desk. Camilla also expressed interest in school rules, asking another group of students “now, what are the punishments?”

 

Prince Charles queried another table of students about their television habits, asking if the students watch CNN and if they are allowed to watch television at school; he also expressed his opinion that “there are too many channels to choose from.” He seemed engaged and interested and laughed out loud at one point. At another table, FLOTUS and Mayor Williams engaged in a serious discussion about Africa and the article the students were studying. “We didn’t understand anything about the article at first,” said student Morgan Knox, “but [FLOTUS] was like another teacher in the classroom. She explained it to us.”

 

Following the visit, student Denzell Grimes, 14, was asked what it was like to have such high-profile visitors and responded: “It’s awfully rare for white people to come to our school--like, from other countries.”

 

The visitors moved on to another classroom, where they visited an 11th grade U.S. history class led by teacher Bill Stevens, then adjourned to the library to meet with students, parents and school board members (no pool access).

 

The visit closed with a ceremonial tree-planting and the presentation of gifts in the school courtyard, which was open to full press.

 

Jennifer Frey
The Washington Post

From: Press.Releases@WhiteHouse.Gov
Subject: FLOTUS POOL REPORT 1A, 11/2/05
Date: November 2, 2005 4:59:51 PM EST

Pool Report 1A
 
Upon further review of an audiotape, the quote from Denzell Grimes appears to be incorrect. According to the tape, Grimes stated: "It's awfully rare for ROYAL people to come to our school--like from other countries."
 
Jennifer Frey
The Washington Post

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And at Some Point, Won't the Networks Just Go Ahead and Replace the President?

The NFL announced that it will be instituting a 10-second tape delay for the network broadcast of its Opening Kickoff 2005, the concert-event-multisponsor-clusterfuck slated to be broadcast this year from Giants stadium. Among the performers will be Green Day, which casitgates President Bush's "redneck agenda" on American Idiot; the Rolling Stones, which calls our leader "a crock of shit" on A Bigger Bang; and Kanye West, who questions the sincerity of Bush's compassionate conservatism for the other-than-white complexioned. The West and Rolling Stones performances will be taped, in any event, so what this appears to boil down to is that the leaders of America's most proudly macho sports pastime are afraid of what Billie Joe Armstrong might say. This leaves us wondering a couple of things. Aren't the Dixie Chicks and Janet Jackson now owed a big apology from some girly-man or other? And which is now more officially dead: Punk rock or pro football? -- HOLLY MARTINS

NFL Ready to Kick Off Political Statements [USA Today]

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Suddenly Big Kanye Fans

Did you ever think Mike Meyers could be at a loss for words? During NBC's benefit concert tonight, Meyers and ego-riffic Kanye West "rapped" in the emotive sense about Katrina, but then suddenly Kanye got all. . . racial and shit, talking about how he hates how his people are portrayed and what not. Then he admitted that he went shopping before donating, but that "my business manager is looking into" how much he can give. Then things got weird: "George Bush doesn't care about black people," he said. People are upset about this, but, by our lights, West could have put it more strongly and still been okay for primetime. Anyway. . . First, we love that Kanye apologized for going shopping before donating. We're returning our Target placemats tomorrow, Kanye! Second, the look on Mike Meyers's face... Clearly, Canadians have more respect for Bush than previously thought. Oh, behave, indeed.

Breaking News: Kanye West: George Bush doesn't care about black people" [Yeah, right... "Breaking".... Anyway: C&L]

UPDATE: MSNBC liveblogged and put the video as well. [MSNBC]
UPDATE: Ifilm has it, too, as well as the "news" that West's remark's were edited for the P.S.T. broadcasts. [iFilm]

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