Wonkette male makeup expert “Ratty” points out that Senator Kerry appeared on Meet the Press this weekend looking like he’d swung by the M.A.C. counter on the way to the studio. This is not the first time we have seen such horrible makeup errors on MTP in general, and John Kerry in particular. Do none of these people consult a mirror before they go onstage in their clown faces? [MSNBC]

Hey, bitters, Sarah Palin is just like you! Except for the $150,000 Saks and Neiman-Marcus shopping sprees, we mean, and the $4,000 haircut. McCain’s campaign spent this huge pile of cash — more than what all but the richest Americans earn in a whole year — immediately after choosing Palin’s name from a hat filled with all the names of people who were registered Republicans, in America. Who knew she only owned shabby Alaskan tanning-salon outfits! She needed to be properly dressed and accessorized, to create those “starbursts” from the nutsacks of wingnuts. MORE »

Yesterday, the Politico introduced us all to Mitt Romney’s $300 makeup consultant. “Hidden Beauty” in West Hill, CA is “a mobile beauty team for hair, makeup and men’s grooming and spa services,” making it the gayest thing to appear in FEC filings for the last quarter. Back when the Politico did this same deal with John Edwards and his fancy-schmancy haircut, veteran blogger Matt Drudge gave it a big link and five hundred siren gifs and said “DEVELOPING” in Courier New. The Romney story, while basically the exact same, gets no love from Matt. Why? Because Matt has a cruuuuush… MORE »