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By David Poland poland@moviecitynews.com

No Wonder Keith Olberman Hates Her… She's The Competition!


(If she loses, do you think Disney’ll team her up with Ben “I’m changing my name to Pete” Lyons?)

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14 Responses to “No Wonder Keith Olberman Hates Her… She's The Competition!”

  1. Tofu says:

    “Lots of Dogs”
    OK, so picking her WAS a joke. Glad we cleared that up.

  2. MDOC says:

    I don’t know what date this is from but she mentioned the Philadelphia Flyers were in first place…cool.

  3. Josh Massey says:

    How dare she have had a job 20 years ago! The nerve!

  4. David Poland says:

    Oh please, Josh… sense of humor… it’s funny… it’s funny like Bedtime for Bonzo was funny… feel better now?
    You want to talk serious stuff? She’s a liar… she covers her inexperience with attacks and cronies… she can’t figure out how to use birth control and either can her daughter but remains anti-sex ed… she has a special needs child, but cut funds to Alaska’s Special Olympics… she is still considering building the road to nowhere… and did I mention, the cover-up is always what gets you, not the crime?
    But I was just amused…

  5. leahnz says:

    holy hairdo, that 80’s coif is verging on (pre-haircut) tess mcgill! 😀

  6. martin says:

    Marge Gunderson for president.

  7. doug r says:

    Wow. Her accent has actually gotten worse, doncha’ know, eh?

  8. christian says:

    Damn media elites!

  9. IOIOIOI says:

    Her bubble has burst… BOOM!

  10. L.B. says:

    To be fair, she was fantastic as “________’s Best Friend” in all of those 80s high school comedies.

  11. scarper86 says:

    And for what? For a little bit of money. There’s more to life than a little money, you know. Don’tcha know that? And here ya are, and it’s a beautiful day. Well. I just don’t understand it.

  12. Not to defend the women, but if people brought up embarassing ’80s footage of Obama and made fun of it I doubt his cronies would find it all in good humour.

  13. L.B. says:

    Maybe so, but since the 80s Obama went to Harvard, community organized, served in the state and US Senate, and is capable of holding informed conversations about several critical issues.
    Palin, on the other hand, would maybe make a decent fill-in sportscaster.

  14. CaptainZahn says:

    Wow, that’s a full on Melanie Griffith in Working Girl right there.

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