Diving right in to the first of three posts today...

POLITICS
General David Petraeus' Monday testimony cleverly mentioned troop withdrawal with the message that the surge is working so people can feel comforted by the notion that "Hey, we're winning!" and "Hey! They're coming home!" Never mind that they were coming home, anyway. President Bush followed that up with a short speech that said, "Hey, we'll be there forever and ever and ever and ever!"

More of the two Johns (and I mean Kerry and McCain, not clients of the D.C. Madam) on Meet the Press. More of the Peanuts teacher effect. And people wonder why the general public (not Dave Wakeling and Rankin' Roger) tunes out. However, just because not everything can be as entertaining as American Idol doesn't mean we shouldn't pay attention, right?

In local politics, I saw what ranks up there as one of the worst political commercials I've ever seen. This one, paid for by the Republican Governors Association, features a girl giving a book report (with crayon drawings as visual aids) to her class about how gubernatorial candidate Steve Beshear "took the Ten Commandments out of our schools which was hard because they are very heavy" along with sarcastic bits about how he lets violent criminals out of jail early, raises taxes and finally that he's "done a lot to Kentucky. I mean for." Kids today! I'm sure these are the views of all eight year olds and I'm so glad the RGA has enlightened me to this situation. I will be sure to vote for Ernie Fletcher now. Too bad I'll be the only one.

ROCK OF LOVE
The parents arrived (wha?!) to the Rock of Love house for a little visit with Bret and their girls. Lacey's father is just as disgusting and arrogant as she is (quelle surprise!) "I hope you know there's going to be a prenup involved," he says and for the first time in the show's history, I feel sorry for Bret Michaels. Jes' parents seem kind of sweet but I'm a bit disturbed that her father compares his wife's boobs to his daughter's.

We're treated to lots of shots of Bret boxing in his True Religion jeans. I know I've always got my AG's on whenever I practice tae kwon do so I can totally relate.

Heather and Lacey have it out in a screaming match where Heather tells Lacey's dad that his daughter is a slut and finally Lacey gets the heave ho. She totters out of the house and professes shock at her dismissal. Ding dong is all I have to say. Following the trend of all (un)reality shows, they keep the crazy around for drama until the final three or so then give way to "actual" candidates (that said, Jeffrey Sebelia's Project Runway win still baffles me).

Coming up next week: Close-ups of Bret's weird fake hair, and apparently Heather is only 31. Is that in Mars years or something?

MADONNA
My opinion of Madonna is mixed but I found this pretty revolting. Madonna celebrated the Jewish New Year with Israeli President Shimon Peres and declared herself an "Ambassador for Judaism." This comes just days after being photographed carrying The Purple Penetrator. Need I say more?

Back after the red carpet coverage of The Emmys. It's sure to be snarktastic!

Busy watching ANTM Cycle 8,
Ms. P

ps. I totally forgot to mention my celeb crush on Richard Schiff yesterday! And he'll be on Burn Notice next week! Also, I saw Viggo Mortensen on Letterman and even though he had a bizarre mustache and goatee, he was pretty charming.

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