A Little of the Old In and Out



In: The Ann Coulter Incident. Why is Ann Coulter's tush such an object of fascination and derision? What motivates people to want to "destroy her ass"? Why is "ass" always coming up when Ann Coulter's name is mentioned? What's the big ado about her object du ass? Ajai Prasad Raj was curious. Curious like a Capuchin monkey! See what he does, anyway: According to TheSmokinggun:

"... Coulter ended her lecture with a question and answer session during which attendees were invited to ask questions via microphone located approximately 15 rows away from the stage. Raj, who sat in the back row of the auditorium, approached the microphone and stated, 'so ... what do you think about conservative men that all they do with their wives is fuck them in the ass?' Raj then ran 30 yards from the microphone back up the aisle to his seat making a repeated motion with his right arm and hand, which was cupped in a circular shape, towards his crotch area .."

Isn't that -- like, punishable by death in Texas?



Out: Gemma Ward. You can't recreate the magic. Perhaps it's a Gemini thing with me. Always create, never go backwards. According to British Vogue:

"NOBODY could ever overtake the memory of Kate Moss in those timeless Calvin Klein Obsession ads, shot by Mario Sorrenti. Or so we thought until we saw IMG model Gemma Ward in the ads for the new Obsession Night � which are also the work of Sorrenti. Released in glossy magazines this month, the shots, which are bound to be traffic-stopping once they are plastered on billboards all over the world, prove the Australian catwalker's status as a bona fide star."

We prefer Kate.



Above: "Broken doll" Amy Fine Collins, wearing her traditional elven High Priestess costume, at the Central Park Conservancy.

In: The Women�s Committee of the Central Park Conservancy. Our favorite social chronicler, David Patrick Columbia in NYSocialDiary:

"This year Karen LeFrak, President of the Women�s Committee, opened the luncheon and asked the question: Where would we be without Central Park, and what would New York be without Central Park? Answer: (mine) Nowhere and Nothing. She also singled out Evelyn Lauder and the Estee Lauder Companies for their devotion, support and loyalty to the Conservancy, to Central Park, and to the FLO Awards Luncheon."

The Corsair could not fathom New York without Central Park. Or Amy Fine Collins without her peculiar magical elven qualities.



Out: John Kerry. Please. Stop. Apparently, John Forbes Kerry didn't get the memo. Allow me to read it out loud: It's over, Johnny. Head straight back to The Cape and knock back some Cutty Sark with the swell guys on the old sailboat. Northeastern liberals are unelectable nationally. Quod errat demonstrandum. Still, "JFK" persists on his quixotic quest. We understand why. Kerry is a creature of his past. He regards the 2004 loss as akin to his 1972 loss in the Fifth District of Massachusetts. The lesson he took away from which was, "try again next time, but more aggressively" As if America post 9-11 were Massachusetts, circa the 70s (Averted Gaze). He had his chance; he blew it. Now, step aside and let the other players have a shot. According to The Hill:

"The political team Kerry has hired to staff his new leadership political action committee, Keeping America�s Promise, indicates that he is gearing up for just such a showdown. Kerry has hired John Giesser, the No. 2 operative at the DNC in 2000 and 2004, to run it and Jay Dunn, who served as DNC finance director, to manage its finances.

�'Everything he is doing from a political standpoint points in that direction,' said Steve Grossman, who served as DNC chairman in 1998, of the likelihood of another presidential run for Kerry. 'That�s a very, very high-powered team that he�s keeping in place. You don�t generally spend those kind of resources and put that effort in building the A team to run for another term in the U.S. Senate.'"

Not again ...

In: Popbitch. In which, their latest issue, they write: "Guy Ritchie popped into the Versace store in Bond St the other day to buy some suits. The shop assistant asked him if he was also interested in trying on any of the Versace print shirts. Mr Madonna's response? 'No thanks ... they're for faggots.'" WTF?!

And, "The US producers of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here contacted Tone Loc to see if he'd appear as a contestant. His reply was to fax them a copy of his 2004 tax return, showing more than $1.5m in post-tax earnings. Tone Loc credits George Hamilton for showing him how to build a well-diversified portfolio of commercial and residential property."

WTF?!!