So we got this pic of Barack Obama pounding a brew at the Raleigh Times Bar in Raleigh, North Carolina. And guess what we found out... Barack tipped $18 on a $2 Pabst Blue Ribbon.
The bartender told TMZ he poured Ms. Obama a free PBR because, "She's a lot cuter than he is." 
Now that's a Pabst smear!
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
Tom Hanks wants Barack Obama to be Prez, and it could be one of the most effective celeb endorsements so far.
Hanks, who put his homemade video up on his MySpace page, begins by saying, "I'm Tom Hanks and I want Barack Obama to be the next President of our country. As an official celebrity, I know my endorsement has just made your mind up for you."
Hanks then gets serious, acknowledging both candidates have screwed up and associated with the wrong people, including relatives. Could Tommy boy really be saying that about Bill?
Watch, then cast your vote!
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
Barack Obama just wants Reverend Jeremiah Wright to shut up.
In a presser today, the presidential hopeful blasted his pastor's controversial preachings on 9/11, AIDS and everything in between -- saying the comments make him mad, angry and are 100% opposed to what he stands for.
Though Wright was quiet when TMZ got him and his shove-happy security yesterday, don't expect him to quit yapping anytime soon.
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
He may have single-handedly done in Barack Obama with his arrogance, but Reverend Jeremiah Wright's work still isn't done until his security messes with TMZ.
If he really wanted Barack to win, he'd just stay home.
Filed under: Wacky and Weird, Fights, Prez Election 2008
They weren't supposed to show but somehow Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt finagled their way into the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
Oh yeah, and they thought their presence helped make it an "A-list" event.
Filed under: Wacky and Weird, Prez Election 2008
Colleen Shannon wants to set the record straight -- Jesse Metcalfe did not pay for her boobs. Some reading lessons would have been nice though.
The Playmate/DJ wants us to know that she's boned up on politics since the last time we spoke to her, and her candidate of choice is "Umbama."
As in, "Um, what is this airhead talking about?"
Filed under: Wacky and Weird, Prez Election 2008
God has spoken to "Joan of Arcadia" -- and he wants her to help Americans have cheap sex! Life, liberty and the pursuit of horniness.
Amber Tamblyn met with college students and Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) in D.C. on Wednesday -- to find ways to provide access to affordable birth control. Condoms aren't just for the rich? Paging Jamie Lynn!
Tamblyn and her "sisterhood of getting in your pants" know issues like the war or the struggling economy ain't nothing if you can't have cost-effective safe sex!
Filed under: Wacky and Weird, Prez Election 2008
Deceased actor Roy Scheider still gives Barack Obama credit, and it's a big problem.
Scheider gave $50 to Barack Obama on March 10 -- problem is, he's been dead since February 10. The 50-spot was an automatic, monthly credit card donation -- which lived on, even though Roy didn't.
A spokesperson for the campaign told the L.A.Times they will no longer take from the dead.
Filed under: Wacky and Weird, R.I.P., Prez Election 2008
Barack Obama has sent a message to Isaiah Washington -- we don't want your kind.....of money.
According to official records, Washington donated $2,300 for the primaries and $2,300 for the general -- the max allowed by law. Last month, according to the Federal Election Commission website, Isaiah crossed the line by exceeding the limit and Obama had to refund $50.
It's clear Isaiah likes Barack's views ... wonder if Barack feels the same way.
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
Just having a crush on Obama isn't enough to solidify his Democratic Party candidacy -- so today Obama Girl Amber Lee Ettinger actually voted in the Pennsylvania primary.
She missed her chance to vote in New Jersey because she was sick, but has lived in both places and is able to vote in PA as well. Sadly, she didn't wear that infamous bikini to today's primary.
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
First wrestlers got into politics (Jesse Ventura, anyone?) -- now politicians are getting into wrestling. And it's on TV tonight.
Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain each taped a short video that will be played during tonight's show. It's hard to figure out which one comes across more out of touch -- Hillary (calling herself "Hill-Rod"), Barack ("Can you smell what Barack is cooking!") or McCain (calling his backers "McCainiacs").
If Hillary takes on The Undertaker, our money's on Hil.
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
John McCain has hired Miss South Carolina 2007, Ashley Zais, to be his intern coordinator -- and no she's not that South Carolina idiot beauty queen. Paging "the Iraq!"
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
McCain claims he's down with the dimwits on "The Hills," but Barack Obama has one-upped him - seems he's down with Beyonce's man! Jigga, what?
During a speech in North Carolina last night, Obama "brushed the dirt off his shoulders," you know -- like the Jay-Z song -- in response to all the mudslinging that's been going on in the race to the White House.
He's got 99 problems but a Clinton ain't one.
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
Always blame the intern: John McCain's campaign tells TMZ that it was a "low-level unpaid staff debacle" that resulted in a bunch of Food Network recipes being fobbed off as Cindy McCain's on the Senator's web page.
We're told that the intern in question has been "swiftly dealt with" and that the site's already been taken down. Apparently, McCain's peeps say, the web intern saw fit to "add Rachael Ray to our policy team" (so droll, those McCainites) and they apologize to the Food Network for the recipe-filching, as first observed by the Huffington Post.
Fear not, though: Cindy's "recipes" have generated "a tremendous amount of public interest" and they're working on getting the page back up -- with Mrs. McCain's real recipes. Stouffer's creamed chipped beef on white toast, anyone?
Filed under: Wacky and Weird, Prez Election 2008
Forget settling differences with debates and political ads -- It's all about the body slam!
The WWE has invited Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to wrestle away their woes on "Monday Night Raw." The wrestling corporation wants to see the two candidates clothesline their way to the presidency.
It would be a close match -- Barack looks like he can do a mean chokehold, but Hillary might get sneaky and tag Bill in for a double team!
We called reps for both sides, but haven't heard back. Chickens.
Filed under: Prez Election 2008
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