"For the second time in four years, Miss USA has magically turned into high celebrity drama that builds and builds to a boiling point at which Trump himself must jump in to decide whether a Miss USA contestant will be fired: 'Celebrity Apprentice,' version 2.0," gushes the NY Daily News over Father Trump's latest pr triumph, "forgiving" Miss CA USA Carrie Prejean for her "sins." (Clary/Ghetti photo)
Who needs coffee? We've got Twitter:
Sissy Willis: Trump publicity, fine, but great unanticipated consequence: Carrie Prejean = fresh new face of Republican Party
Sarah, Mary Katharine and now Carrie. Talk about beauty in unexpected places, not to mention the cojones* to go where no man has gone before. The ladies are leaving the Democrats' lame "Party of No" in the dust.
Update: "If I were [Fox News President] Roger Ailes, I would hire Carrie on the spot," Trump is telling Fox & Friends. Everyone knows "The Donald" is a genius of the big sell. Who knew he would become the Republican Party's secret weapon?
Update II: "Well, she’s got the same view on gay marriage as Barack Obama, so why shouldn’t she be popular? quips the Professor, who blesses us with another Instalanche! As we emailed to thank him for the link, we pondered
We've got Carrie, Mary Katharine and Sarah.
They've got Hillary, Nancy and Helen Thomas.
Mummy was right. Life ain't fair.
Update III: More tweets:
Sissy Willis: The Lord moves in mysterious ways.
Update IV: The Anchoress links with a oner and a keeper of a must-read "Cautionary tale for Christians."
Update V: Next day "Fox & Friends Gives Carrie Prejean Her Chance":
The decision to make her a one-day cohost was finalized yesterday — the same day Prejean and Miss USA owner Donald Trump appeared on Fox & Friends.
Weren't we just saying "The Donald" is a genius of the big sell?
Update VI, May 27: "Poor [Brian] Kilmeade. It looks like his head's going to explode when she touches his hair around the 2:00 mark," writes Jammie Wearing Fool, who's got video. She's got "it," Trump phones in. 'Looks like a keeper.
*Did you know? We just found out via Wikipedia that cojones, "a vulgar Spanish word for testicles, corresponding to 'balls' [that] has entered popular use in the United States as a slang term meaning to have a brazenly brave attitude. It is used in a way similar to chutzpah or sisu"!
You didn't know 'cojones' meant 'balls'? Really?
Posted by: Conservadick | May 13, 2009 at 09:37 AM
Conservadick: No, silly. I was referring to Wikipedia's assertion that SISU (the name of my blog) = cojones!
Posted by: Sissy Willis | May 13, 2009 at 09:55 AM
Now to get Miss CA invited to some high profile Tea Parties. No I am not kidding. She'd be fantastic.
Posted by: Peg C. | May 13, 2009 at 10:04 AM
If Trump really had a pair, now he'd fire the CA pageant flunkies who tried to throw CP under the big pink bus...
Posted by: richard mcenroe | May 13, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Dr. Sanity has it right. Denial of the real world and human nature have harnessed us with a mentally disturbed class of people commonly known as liberals. Any expression of difference of opinion such as understanding that moral codes such as a marriage is best confined to a relationship between a man and a woman are the wisdom of the experiences of mankind leads to tantrums.
Posted by: goomp | May 13, 2009 at 11:00 AM
I'm wondering if Trump will find different judges for the pageant next year.
Or
Is he loving the publicity surrounding the event and hoping it draws a larger audience next year...
Hmmm. Is The Donald working both sides of the aisle? I'm guessing the selection of judges for next year's event will tell all. Interesting.
Posted by: Teresa | May 13, 2009 at 01:29 PM
Cojones you may indeed have, Ms. Willis, but "sisu," "cojones," and "chutzpah" don't mean exactly the same thing.
"Cojones" - balls - when used in the sense of "you've got..." is pretty much interchangeable with "chutzpah" - nerve. (When used in the anatomical sense, though, no. "Chutzpah" carries no anatomical - you should excuse the expresssion - baggage.)
"Sisu," though, is more along the lines of strength and perserverance, rather than nerviness.
"Chutzpah" can be used as a compliment, but it can be a left-handed compliment... or even an insult. "Sisu," however, IMHO, can only be a compliment.
Posted by: Elisson | May 14, 2009 at 12:35 PM