If you were about to make the biggest speech of your political career, would you wear an orange pantsuit?!
Prior to making her appearance at the DNC, Hillary Clinton's peeps trotted out four different colored pantsuits on to the stage to see which worked best. Did Hill choose or lose?
Filed under: Fashion Police, Style Insider, Prez Election 2008
California Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez was four lattes past hyper today in Denver. 
With the energy of the Roadrunner being chased by an ACME missile, 48-year-old Sanchez shot down any insinuation that she would be gobblin' up the free gift bags from a celebrity filled SAG party tonight -- something Congress people can't do ... well, not if they want to stay in office.
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
The three men popped in Colorado who supposedly had a plot to kill Barack Obama will probably go to jail for a long time -- but not over an assassination plot.
U.S. Attorney Troy Eid said there is "Insufficient evidence to verify that such a plot was real." But here's a list of the charges they do face:
Tharin Gartrell: possession of a controlled substance. Shawn Robert Adolph: possession of a firearm by felon, possession of body armor by a violent felon and possession of methamphetamines with intent to distribute. Nathan Johnson: possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of methamphetamines.
Filed under: Train Wrecks, Prez Election 2008
A California delegate at the Democratic National Convention lost a big one last month. He's on the hook for $35,000, after allegedly assaulting a woman a few years ago ... and we now have the 911 tape that is just insane.
Christopher Stampolis, former head honcho of the California Democratic Council, allegedly went to a storage company in L.A. back in 2005. According to a lawsuit, filed in September,2006, Stampolis approached Veronica Robinson, who worked behind the counter, and asked for access to a storage unit. Robinson told Stampolis she couldn't open the unit without keys (he didn't have them) or authorizing papers.
Here's where it gets interesting. The suit claims Stampolis "reached over the counter, grabbed plaintiff, and hit her chin." The suit claims he had to be pried away from Robinson.
The case went to arbitration and last month, the arbitrator awarded Robinson $35,000.
We spoke with Stampolis today, who said the struggle was over a folder and she was the one who threw him across the room, causing him crash into a water cooler. He insists he never touched her, but the arbitrator begs to differ.
Stampolis was a superdelegate for Hilary Clinton.
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
The point of the Democratic Convention -- to put the Dem's message out to America -- was totally lost on Charlize Theron who arrived at the Denver Airport in attack mode.
Charlize went nuts on our cameraman, who asked her about her support of Barack Obama. She would be the only person in Denver -- far as we know -- who apparently views the Convention as a private affair, peons not invited.
It's possible she's in town for a film festival, but still, she's a vocal Barack supporter and we're guessin' she knows the Convention's in town.
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
A Denver TV station is reporting authorities may have foiled an assassination plot against Barack Obama, and there's talk the suspects may be members of a white supremacy group.
KUSA-TV claims three men are in custody after a routine traffic stop in Aurora (near Denver) turned up two rifles, high-powered scopes, ammo and meth. The man in the car led authorities to a hotel where another suspect jumped out of a fourth floor window in an attempt to escape.
A third guy was busted at another hotel but the info on him is sketchy.
The arrests went down yesterday. The TV station says sources said "Two of the men had tattoos and jewelry popular with white supremacists."
The mugshot inset in the photo is of one of the suspects, Tharin Gartrell.
Story developing...
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
Either we just missed out an incredible exclusive interview with the possible future president -- or this guy we caught at the Denver airport just in time for the DNC has one helluva future as a Barack Obama impersonator.
Surely this man is Barack's evil doppelgänger. Or maybe ...
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
It's official...Oprah is going to the Democratic Convention -- or at least she'll be in the same city -- and she will not be staying at a Holiday Inn.
O is shelling out $50,000 to rent a house in a Denver 'burb, according to the Rocky Mountain News. That's even a lot for the Hamptons -- but Denver, Colo?
Her reps are still mum on whether she'll appear on the floor, but unless she's in a contest with McCain on racking up the most homes, it seems pretty clear.
Filed under: Oprah, Prez Election 2008
Barack Obama better watch his back because the Secret Service doesn't seem to be doing it so well.
How the hell did Jonny Fairplay, the most hated man in reality TV, get in Barack's face? Look closely at the pic -- we see at least three agents and surely there are several dozen more. What we now know is a little frightening.
The photo was taken yesterday, after an appearance at Short Sugar's BBQ in Danville, Va. Some of the joint's employees tell us Fairplay "jumped out of the woodwork" and into frame, "catching Barack off guard." We're thinkin' the Secret Service was flatfooted too. As long as we're on the subject, aren't they supposed to catch people who "jump out of the woodwork"?
UPDATE: Obama's campaign tells TMZ, "The United States Secret Service agents who protect Senator Obama and Senator McCain are some of the bravest and most capable people you will ever meet."
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
An obvious breach in security in Obama's camp...
Former reality star Jonny Fairplay mugged with the prez hopeful outside Short Sugar's BBQ in Danville, Virginia yesterday.
Looks like those commercials will now have a 2.0 version.
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
John McCain is a thief, shamelessly stealing from the TMZ playbook to get elected. This according to a little thing called TIME magazine.
Columnist James Poniewozik ridicules McCain for "running a TMZ campaign," saying McCain's tactics are akin to TMZ publishing "DUI write-ups and nipple slips." Bum rap, we think. Click here for nip slips and mugshot galleries.
Poniewozik claims the ad showing Obama with a zillion flash bulbs going off is a cheap shot: "Like a snarky blog, the McCain campaign argues that Mr. Thinks He's All That is overexposed." The dude says McCain's ad "implies that Obama is an empty suit, a D lister," framing him like TMZ and others "frame celebrities like [Britney] Spears by appealing to a mix of fascination and resentment."
For the record, we have not come to bury Britney, we have come to praise her.
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
After laughing it off when a fan called him the country's "first black president" to his face, Bill Clinton's reaction when another fan gave him props for being from "the hood" is priceless!
Filed under: Paparazzi Video, Wacky & Weird, Prez Election 2008
Guess elephants have some serious short-term memory issues! Everyone knows singer Jackson Browne is a serious liberal, everyone except, apparently, John McCain. Now Browne is fighting mad and has filed suit against McCain and his party, alleging they falsely suggested he was on their side.
Browne claims the GOP used his epic hit "Running on Empty" in an ad for McCain without his permission, adding that the ad mocks Barack Obama, which Browne ain't none too happy about.
The suit wants the ad to stop running -- STAT -- and is seeking damages. Browne's lawyer Lawrence Iser says this ain't the first time McCain has done this -- he did it with ABBA's "Take a Chance on Me" and well-known Democrat John Mellencamp's song "Pink Houses." Iser says "In light of Jackson Browne's lifelong commitment to Democratic ideals and political candidates, the misappropriation of Jackson Browne's endorsement is entirely reprehensible."
McCain's rep Tucker Bounds shoots back "This was not a McCain campaign ad, but rather a local state Republican party ad. It is clear that the suit was mis-filed by an overeager Barack Obama supporter and it's 'running on empty;."
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Prez Election 2008
Former Presidential candidate John Edwards spoke about his crazy affair with ABC's "Nightline" last night, and his robotic and well prepared answers would make Bill Clinton blush.
Edwards flat out denies he had a baby with his former mistress Rielle Hunter, although he has yet to participate in a DNA test. He also claims his lord and wife have since forgiven him.
Hopefully that will still be the case after he undergoes a paternity test. Paging Maury Povich!
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
He's a liar! Former Presidential candidate John Edwards has admitted to lying about having an extramarital affair with a former staffer.
In an interview with ABC's "Nightline" that airs tonight, Edwards admits he had a sexual affair with 44-year-old Rielle Hunter, but claims he did not love her.
Edwards does say, however, that he knows he is not the baby daddy of Hunter's little girl based on the "timing" of the kid's birth in February of this year. He claims the tryst ended too soon for him to be the dad, although he has not taken a paternity test.
And the story gets better ...
Click here... it's not over yet
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
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