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Donald Trump: Irrelevant

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:54:00 +0000

Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, will go down in history as a great day for America. Not just because Barack Obama was elected to a second term, or because Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay senator in American history, or because of the strides made toward marriage equality in four states, or because a bunch of old men who want to take away your right to reproductive choice were sent on their way. That was all awesome, for sure. But it was a great day because it may well have been, after numerous false starts, the real beginning of the end of our long national nightmare known as Donald Trump.

We've tried covering our ears and going "Lalalalala I can't hear you!" for years, but he's always somehow still been here, horking out his bile. The thing about a guy like the Donald is that he's so big, so loud, so shamelessly gaudy that he's cleverly managed to make a whole career out of being terrible. Whether he's bulldozing his way through the wilds of Scotland's coastline or kicking Gary Busey to the curb, he's always managed to skate around the issue of his own repulsiveness by making that somehow his thing. He has almost 2 million followers on Twitter, and you just know at least half of them are hate follows.

Trump Cares

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:02:00 +0000

After last night's meltdown, caricature Donald Trump took a moment to consider Sandy victims. Of course, in characteristic Trump fashion, he did so by promoting himself:

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Immediately, Twitter responded:

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Like clockwork, Trump then resumed his verbal assault on NBC anchor Brian Williams, who has said that Trump has "driven well past the last exit to relevance.":

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It is a sad day to be the Donald.

Comedy Central launches “Indecision 2012″ ads

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:06:00 +0000

Comedy Central's "Indecision 2012" ads, running until Election Day, are here to tell you that the network is "about news, not awkward flirting." Today the ads explain why you should get your news from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert instead of Brian Williams and that skeezy entity otherwise known as the Internet:

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20. Brian Williams

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0000

I’m sorry, but I’m just sick of him. I’m sick of his much-remarked-upon sense of humor, notable only because a news anchor capable of verbal communication that doesn’t involve a teleprompter is treated like a dog who knows a particularly clever trick. I’m sick of his constant invocation of his blue-collar Jersey roots, I’m sick of his stories about listening to Springsteen with his old friends Lou the mechanic and Sal the bricklayer. I’m sick of his perfect imitation of the ridiculous old flat-accented voice-of-god news anchors.

NBC gave him a talk show with the deeply stupid name “Rock Center” (no one in the known history of New York has referred to Rockefeller Center as “Rock Center,” I’m sorry that “30 Rock” took the name you wanted but you have to come up with something different), where he is not quite as funny as a late night talk show host and not quite as newsy as a news show host. And, obviously, not as opinionated as a cable news show host, because as a network evening news anchor, Mr. Williams is not allowed to think for himself, or hold opinions on issues other than the annoyingness of those Brooklyn Hipsters.