been working out this concept–this theme, called accelerated media. it used to be, at least in the case of politics, when one trailblazer went down, those standing in the rafters had about 2 - 4 years to take the experiences of the pioneer (both bad and good) and turn it to their own advantage.

now that sarah palin has been picked by john mccain to be the first female on a republican ticket, and quite possibly the first woman vice president of the united states, we see that the republican ticket and palin herself have the luxury of rolling through an endless sea of information on how a woman can or cannot win a national campaign because hillary has already conducted their market research. now they know, frumpy and scary does not work. but kazuo kawasaki designer glasses do. although frumpy does seem to work for angela merkel in germany. but what does this tell us about deutschland?

click on this link for cindy mccain on ‘the view’ and it will lead you to the barack obama/bill o’reilly fox interview.

u.s. weekly is known for it’s mean spirited stories. the endless articles on everyone from brangelina to bennifer are infamous. but apparently, it’s only okay for them to skewer celebrities. according to the new york post, their sarah palin cover story with her holding her special needs child alongside a headline that would make pro-family value types cringe, has cost editor-in-chief, janice min, and publisher, jann wenner (aka, obama supporter), anywhere between 1,000 and 10,000 subscribers. is this miscalculation at it’s finest?

fox news’s megyn kelly weighed in on the cover last week:

you can watch both speeches on c-span’s website. or here:

in this brief video interview with us weekly, oprah says “we have to do whatever it takes to get him in office.” that’s what she thought after attending the obama roman columns speech. does that include not letting sarah palin on her show (which the drudge report reported today). a woman who naturally fits her low rent sort of demographic? will this help or hurt oprah’s ratings?

what a difference 4 years make. according to usa today, in 2004, rosario dawson was arrested 1 block from the site of the republican national convention during an anti-republican protest. according to a post on ew.com from 2004, rosario dawson wasn’t a protestor, but just kinda got in the way of the action. fast forward 4 years to a few days back and you see she was on the floor miling around during the republican national convention.

should this be a headline? according to the drudgereport, oprah winfrey, queen of feel-good, trash tv apparently is balking at putting sarah palin on her show. did she let hillary clinton on her show during the primaries. can’t remember. but initially hill didn’t really do a whole lot of press. well maybe sarah will have to hit up jerry springer. but the best strategy might be an instant E! True Political story, if they every decide to go down that alley.

joe pantoliano, best known for his star turns in both the matrix (first and only film that mattered in the trilogy), sopranos, and christopher nolan’s genius of a film, memento, turned up at the republican national convention. as did rosario dawson. isn’t pantoliano the same guy who 4 years ago went door-to-door for john kerry in ohio? or was he actually knocking on doors for george w. bush? jon voight, who used to be known for ‘midnight cowboy’ but is now recognized for being the father of angelina jolie, could be seen in the crowd tuesday night during fred thompson’s speech.

wall street journal columnist peggy noonan got caught out yesterday going off on sarah palin, john mccain’s VP pick, as did republican pundit michael murphy. in her new column, she explains her faux pas. before you speak, make sure the mics are off.

sarah palin’s daughter bristol isn’t the first teen to get knocked up. the new york times has a funny video on it’s homepage today. one of their reporters went to anchorage alaska to ask about sarah palin and bristol. she stopped a couple of twenty-somethings to ask them what they thought of sarah’s 17 year old daughter being pregnant. the guy grimaced and shrugged his shoulders. the girl said ‘i had my baby at 16.’ and that was sort of the end of the conversation.

u.s. weekly was savvy enough to post a special photo section on knocked up celebrity teens including the star of the much beloved film ‘whale rider,’ who gave birth at 16.