Remember that show, The West Wing, which was a show about terrible libtards talking very fast while they raced through underground tunnels? Ugh. (Maybe we are just bitter because Aaron Sorkin’s next venture, Matthew Perry’s Variety Hour For Humorless Liberals, was so awful it poisoned everything associated with him. ) ANYHOW, Jimmy Smits was apparently on this show in its waning year(s?), playing a simulacrum of hopeful ethnic Democratic nominee Barack Obama, while Alan Alda got stuck with the McCain role. MORE »

Jed fucking Bartlet has joined fellow ex-president Matthew Santos in endorsing the failure Bill Richardson for president. Both Bartlet and Santos, of course, were presidents on teevee’s The West Wing, so it was really Martin Estevez Sheen and Jimmy Smits who did the endorsing. Sheen made his announcement Sunday, while Smits’ came several months ago. Both are impressed with Richardson’s…. experience… diplom… fat…. Oh obviously it’s because they’re all goddamn Hispanic. MORE »

We continue to celebrate our last day by presenting scenes from yet another party that we neglected to attend. This one was the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts’ Eleventh Annual Noche de Gala Dinner, held last week at the Mayflower’s Grand Ballroom. Honored guests included, Jimmy Smits, Kenny Ortega, Ed Markey, and FCC commisioner Robert McDowell. And our own Liz Glover and Liz Gorman, who documented the whole affair for your enjoyment. Gorman’s gallery may be found here! And some of Glover’s reflections are after the jump.

Noche de Gala Gallery

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So earlier today we speculated that our pal Alan Colmes was the illicit love child of Rob Lowe and Kermit the Frog. We thought we presented some pretty strong evidence to support our case:

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