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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI just got this urgent CNN news alert on my phone:
The Romneys sat down with hosts Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan in an interview scheduled to air next Tuesday that covered various topics, including whether he knew much about MTV's "Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi.
"I'm kind of a Snooki fan," Romney confessed. "Look how tiny's she's gotten. She's lost weight. She's energetic. Just her spark-plug personality is kind of fun."
Apparently he is doing "Live With the Person who used to sit next to Regis" with Ann and favored us with some idiotic banter and CNN felt it important enough to send me the news about Romney and Snooki.
I feel ashamed to know that out of curiosity some time ago I actually took the time to find out what a 'Snooki' is and trying to understand my daughter better watched an episode of the program that she is on.
Romney also likes peanut butter.
Mr. and Mrs. Romney would love to have dinner with Nelson Mandela and Mother Teresa.
Mrs. Romney finds it difficult to keep up with the Kardashians (again I actually know who these people are because my Thai wife has asked me why the American people find them interesting, to which I had no answer. To these kinds of questions I simply say "I don't know I am Canadian" and she know it is simply another instance of me being unable to interpret certain aspects of the popular culture.)
You can read the details in this AP version here;
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/politics&id=8810886
I don't know which bothers me more, the absolutely aggressive need for the Romneys to attempt to appear to be normal Americans or the fact that CNN had to send me an urgent update on this at the same time that we are receiving back the bodies of Ambassador Stevens and three others were being received and an entire region of the world was in deep unrest.
If Romney were to win I would be faced with either a symbolic self immolation at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave or getting rid of all media of all kind for the next 4 years as I find this kind of banality beyond human endurance.
Initech
(100,102 posts)sufrommich
(22,871 posts)Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)Symbolic (or otherwise) self-immolation sounds like such a drag...
Kali
(55,019 posts)not sure what is worse - people like the booshes and rmoneys pretending to be regular folk or dumbass trailer trash thinking they have a shot at living life at the 1% level and thinking the repukes give a shit about them.
spanone
(135,873 posts)for cnn this is some factual reporting!!!!
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)a mother who pimp's her daughter's sex tape and pushes all their daughters out there to make her money. She is nothing more then a pimp, period. And Snooki is nothing but a drunk and a terrible example what a lady should be like. Another loser on tv. I don't see anything interesting about any of them.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)The alternative is simply too revolting to even comprehend.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)While there are struggling families out here just trying to put a roof over their heads and food and clothing on their families. Thing is wrong when we all get interested in reality shows. It sickens me. A girl can make a sex tape and she becomes a millionaire. I honestly can't stand her.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)ohnoyoudidnt
(1,858 posts)central scrutinizer
(11,661 posts)both are ignorant attention-whores, both are plastic media creations, etc.
Bucky
(54,065 posts)Gregorian
(23,867 posts)There is only so much we can do to combat ignorance. It's really like weightlifting. They have to do it for themselves.
So, be kind to your brains and hang out with people who aren't batshit crazy. Or CNN. Or my realtor.
blogslut
(38,016 posts)Yeah, Mittens. They call it "giving birth".
rugger1869
(106 posts)Bucky
(54,065 posts)... in your back yard?
asjr
(10,479 posts)they could hear what she says.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)have gone back and baptized her.
Barack_America
(28,876 posts)Scandalous!