Brad Womack and the President of Iran
Submitted by Sarah D. Bunting on September 25, 2007 – 3:15 AM20 Comments
What do they have in common?They’ve both made me very very tired today — the P. of I. because he clogged up traffic something fierce in midtown all day long, and excuse me, but why is he even here?Is he even here?And does he need all of the east side for his motorcading pleasure?
And BW, where to begin.I weecapped the premiere of The Bachelor for TWoP, but I warn you, the ‘cap is not that wee.However: drunk Melissa.
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This show is still on? It was five minutes ago back in 2003. Who even watches this shit anymore (aside from recappers who get paid to do so)?
Agreed, but I will say, if anything was going to get me to watch this, it would be the Bachelor this season. Damn, that guy is HOT.
Why is the P. of I. here? As far as I can tell, he’s here to piss off the American Jewish community. Shut up, P. of I. God.
P of I? “We have no gays in Iran”. What a moron! Idiot.
I have never watched The Bachelor but I always have enjoyed the recaps. I get the best of everything; enjoyable snarky commentary and no actual physical cringing or hiding behind throw pillows.
Cindi – I think he’s also here to deny the existence of homosexuals in Iran. Apparently, there are none, and you know, he’d know b/c he’s the president…I second your shut up.
I would guess it was the UN General Assembly in general, and perhaps President Bush in particular, who had East Side traffic all bollixed up. Ahmadinejad was just icing on a great big cake of clogged traffic.
This is about ten feet to the left of any point, but the P of I dresses like…I don’t know, someone’s not-quite-educably-retarded uncle, with the khaki windcheaters and the bad shoes and whatnot. Why? Any insights, anyone?
I think I’ve heard people make the same “ain’t no gays here” claims about India and China. Sorry, but “we kill them if they say anything” is not the same as “they don’t exist”.
ferretrick: He also owns his own bar, so FREE BOOZE (Maybe he should have kept Melissa around).
He seems to be a really great guy around town here which is why I hate that he went on The Bachelor because that show turns anyone into insta-douche.
And the P of I is apparently SHORT, TOO! So he dresses badly, is a shrimp, and doesn’t believe there are homosexuals in Iran. Where did this guy come from, the Iranian fairy kingdom?
No, Jen S. They don’t have a fairy kingdom in Iran.
The new Bachelor owns bars with their own (obnoxious, natch) MySpace pages. He meets 25 slutty girls in a night. Who are they fooling thinking he’s looking for a soulmate?
Jen S.
You set ’em up; one of us will knock ’em down: I believe he made it clear there is no Iranian fairy kingdom.
Ah the Bachelor… I knew something was missing in my life… the last Bachelor related show we got here in Australia was the Trista/Ryan wedding. I still run screaming at the sight of peenk… and bad poetry.
It all goes back to Hamid, that GORGEOUS doe-eyed boy who once broke his heart. A snappy dresser, was Hamid. Ahmadinejad hasn’t been able to LOOK at a natural fiber since. Not without weeping.
JayBird: since the ouster of the Shah in 1979, Iranian politicos don’t wear ties, which are considered a decadent Western affectation. There’s a little more about this here: http://www.farsinet.com/news/apr99wk1.html . Maybe Ahmadinejad’s whole Dress-for-Less ensemble is striving for the same political point.
From what I understand after reading commentary of someone who speaks Farsi, and therefore understood what el P of I was saying instead of listening to his subpar translator, he actually stated that Iran doesn’t have “as much of a problem with homosexuals” as the USA does. Which, like Jaybird said, only would lead one to believe that known “offenders” are rounded up and killed. No problem, yes?
Though he’s obviously a rampant schmuckatelli, I’d like to read P of I’s ACTUAL commentary, not the US media’s overblown, sensationalized version. Just for my own edification.
Hey, thanks, frimfram. I did not know that. As a political statement, I suppose it makes sense. I still say Ahmadinejad in particular looks hefrumpy, though.
I loved the crowd reaction at the Columbia gig when he said there were no homosexuals in Iran – they were rolling in the aisles, laughing their asses off. And hello, the Ahmadinejad’s clothes? – if you don’t have any gayfolk, you need to get some – cause that look? SO not working for you. I would LOVE to see him with the delightful Mr Jay from ANTM. He could help him with his runway too.
Mr Jay? Get him Tim Gunn!
That aside, I find it rather bothersome that he was invited to speak at Columbia, especially with the comments of the President (the president of Columbia… this could get confusing) before he spoke and about how he’d have invited Hitler too. He seemed awfully inflammatory toward the P of I, and yet I almost feel like he did it simply to raise some controversy. Obviously he didn’t expect that the P of I would be recieving a warm welcome.
Great Bachelor recap for one who has never seen the series.
Ah, the Bachelor. My husband actually protested when I tried to turn the channel (he’s a closet reality junky who won’t admit it). Two points my hubby made that I would have never known/noticed. One, “Austin girls are pretty but psychos. I know; I lived there.” (Hubby’s quote, not mine.) Two, (as the rejects were being carted off) “It is light out now! That party lasted all freakin’ night!!!” Damn.