New Miss USA: I’m totally pro-gay marriage
posted at 4:05 pm on April 22, 2009 by Allahpundit
Not true, actually: She supports some form of legal recognition for gay couples but punts on the marriage label, leaving us to wonder whether she also qualifies as a “dumb bitch”. Imagine what pure spun comedy gold it would have been if she opposed gay marriage, too. No doubt the inevitable semen-stain photoshop of her on Perez Hilton’s site would have been extra semen-y.
Skip ahead to 2:05. Her answer’s probably good enough to satisfy the D-list parasites who are dumping on Miss California for not telling them what they want to hear; if she’s bothered at all by the fact that she won only because the judges were biased against her competition, she’s not showing it. I actually prefer her to Miss Cali on pure aesthetics, for what it’s worth.
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Woulda been a lot better without the unnecessary body-humour reference, AP.
Still, this doesn’t justify Perez Hilton’s actions a bit.
KingGold on April 22, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Well, then she is the “perfect” Miss USA – who’s views don’t exactly match the majority of Americans
Wow, it is like she’s the female Obama!
(Yeah, he won the most votes of those who voted…not the same as having the majority of Americans behind you.)
kybowexar on April 22, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Hmmmmmmmmmmm whoda thunk it?
milwife88 on April 22, 2009 at 4:09 PM
KingGold on April 22, 2009 at 4:08 PM
I’ll second that. I wonder if AP needs to warn himself about the level of discourse…
kybowexar on April 22, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Congratulations! You have just won the much coveted admiration of the obnoxious vulgar Perez Hilton. You should be so proud.
DeathB4Tyranny on April 22, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Trump’s newest gal!
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on April 22, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Maybe she’s afraid of being dethroned? ;)
eforhan on April 22, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Nicely prepared, Miss Dalton.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on April 22, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Miss USA is for Homo’s? God help us.
Firebird on April 22, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Well, if she wants to support gay marriage that is her choice but where does she stand on carbon dioxide and global warming? Did anyone ask her how much excess carbon dioxide two sweaty men in San Francisco produce? The nation, no the world, is in peril.
Limerick on April 22, 2009 at 4:11 PM
I’ll bet she wants world peace too.
BacaDog on April 22, 2009 at 4:12 PM
The courage of her convictions, or pandering out of fear of retribution?
capejasmine on April 22, 2009 at 4:12 PM
” Although Barack Obama has said that he supports civil unions, he is against gay marriage. In an interview with the Chicago Daily Tribune, Obama said, “I’m a Christian. And so, although I try not to have my religious beliefs dominate or determine my political views on this issue, I do believe that tradition, and my religious beliefs say that marriage is something sanctified between a man and a woman.” “
the_nile on April 22, 2009 at 4:12 PM
It’s close:
http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&d=20090420&t=2&i=9763239&w=&r=2009-04-20T025601Z_01_LAV14_RTRIDSP_0_USA
toliver on April 22, 2009 at 4:12 PM
Miss USA.
Can we start calling Obama that?
fogw on April 22, 2009 at 4:12 PM
Miss Kali’s hotter. Way.
CK MacLeod on April 22, 2009 at 4:13 PM
But at the end of the day, the only person eating crackers in your bed is the cat. :P
lorien1973 on April 22, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Her answer is not that different from Miss CA.
Gays already had the legal recognition in Vermont which was Perez’s example. The rest was just the label.
He should be just as upset with Miss NC as Miss CA.
Rocks on April 22, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Miss California is wayyyy hotter
therightwinger on April 22, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Told you she should take the other position to get some publicity.
getalife on April 22, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Nah. Miss Carrie way more has Teh Hotness.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on April 22, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Who?
faraway on April 22, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Who is this girl again? Where is Carrie Prejean?
Daemonocracy on April 22, 2009 at 4:14 PM
And, in other news, who cares?
Snowed In on April 22, 2009 at 4:14 PM
FWIW, a pic of “Mr.” Hilton
http://the3xgp.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/16290034sh6.jpg
toliver on April 22, 2009 at 4:14 PM
And that’s what’s really important about this story.
BadgerHawk on April 22, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Well, at least there’s no one on the Right who’s screaming for her to be silenced.
Perhaps this will be a lesson to the Left about who really is tolerant?
Nah…
kybowexar on April 22, 2009 at 4:14 PM
I lean towards the second but more than likely, she just wants to get back the stolen spotlight.
sherry on April 22, 2009 at 4:14 PM
And I will do ANYTHING, and I mean ANYTHING to get the attention Miss Calif is getting…
Branch Rickey on April 22, 2009 at 4:15 PM
These contest are a joke and more so all the time.
rsl775 on April 22, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Not sure what you mean. That’s what Perez Hilton does — posts photos of celebs and draws semen stains on them in photoshop. He’s famous for it.
Allahpundit on April 22, 2009 at 4:15 PM
That had to hurt… (laugh)
kybowexar on April 22, 2009 at 4:16 PM
sez Meghan McCain’s #1 fan.
Rest my case.
CK MacLeod on April 22, 2009 at 4:16 PM
She’d have to dumber than a rock to not know the correct answer now.
katiejane on April 22, 2009 at 4:16 PM
Not that I give more than a milli-second of concern over gay marriage mind you, but no one’s ever been able to answer this question I have.
“How does a gay couple getting married have any affect on my marriage?
Now, I’m a hetero Alpha type, and I admit to being revulsed by what gays do to each other, but, if they wanna play house and be little suburbanites happy and monogamous like I am, what do I freakin care?
Although, the monogamy thing isn’t very well adhered to in the Hetero world either, that may not be the breakpoint here.
44Magnum on April 22, 2009 at 4:16 PM
That pretty much sums up this non-story.
Snowed In on April 22, 2009 at 4:16 PM
Not sure what you mean. That’s what Perez Hilton does — posts photos of celebs and draws semen stains on them in photoshop. He’s famous for it.
That’s sooooo vulgar. Beyond my comprehension. Why in Gods name would anyone want him judging anything? Gross!!!
capejasmine on April 22, 2009 at 4:17 PM
Sorry, I sit corrected. I apologize, I wondered why you were putting all that in there. I’ve never visited the site.
kybowexar on April 22, 2009 at 4:17 PM
What??? Noone here seems to share that view, but the fact that you find Meghan McCain attractive seems to explain a lot of things.
Norwegian on April 22, 2009 at 4:17 PM
How would you know? I stay away from useless sites myself; that’s also why I avoid HuffPo and whatever Frum’s site is called.
Snowed In on April 22, 2009 at 4:18 PM
OMG – I just made a Meghan McCain looks reference. Please delete! Shows you what happens when you get on this topic. I actually think Ms McCain’s attractive and takes a great picture. It’s the total package. Ms Kali wins both aesthetically and on the total package – it’s the total package that turns her greater heat into way-ness.
CK MacLeod on April 22, 2009 at 4:18 PM
Well…butter my butt and call me a bisqu… uh… on second thought… maybe I should rephrase myself…
NAW! REALLY?! YA DON”T SAY!
CynicalOptimist on April 22, 2009 at 4:18 PM
New Miss USA: I’m totally pro-gay marriage
And I will do ANYTHING, and I mean ANYTHING to get the attention Miss Calif is getting…
Branch Rickey on April 22, 2009 at 4:15 PM
ROFL!!!
capejasmine on April 22, 2009 at 4:19 PM
How is it that the comments to any story posted by AP have to talk about Meghan McCain eventually? Is it in someone’s contract or something?
Snowed In on April 22, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Not sure what you mean. That’s what Perez Hilton does — posts photos of celebs and draws semen stains on them in photoshop. He’s famous for it.
Allahpundit on April 22, 2009 at 4:15 PM
I know, I’m sorry to say I’ve seen them myself…
not to be a kisass but Allah’s post was apropos…
max1 on April 22, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Am I allowed to notice that this kind of boring standard Playboy blond beauty is actually new ugly? Regardless of what they think of gay marriage…
radiofreevillage on April 22, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Now, if the judges had been anti-Semitic NAZIs, Arabs, skinheads, whatever, and the question had been about segregation or the like, then would it have been PC to rant away against zionism, or would standing up for what someone believes in be a losing proposition as well?
VERY curious if these judges who voted against her because of her gay marriage answer voted for Obama DESPITE his gay marriage position?
scottm on April 22, 2009 at 4:19 PM
AllahPundit has terrible taste in women..
therightwinger on April 22, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Yeah, but what’s her view on using pluripotent stem cells taken from cloned embyros?
Furthermore, does she think the Fed’s monetary policy is going to lead to a contraction in global credit since the possibility of negative interest rates will drive potential investors towards commodities instead of treasury notes?
Sillier and sillier.
And what? No swim suit photos?
SteveMG on April 22, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Yeah, she does resemble her rotund hotness, Meghan, doesn’t she?
Fletch54 on April 22, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Norwegian – if he came out and said he’s built a shrine to the woman it would not get as many hits as what he did say.
It’s about hits.
Right lorien?
kybowexar on April 22, 2009 at 4:20 PM
I’m still waiting on someone to explain how two people of the same sex get married when marriage is the union of 2 people of the opposite sex?
Rocks on April 22, 2009 at 4:21 PM
Hey, she’s at least as qualified to talk about that point as Geithner is.
Snowed In on April 22, 2009 at 4:21 PM
Did anyone ask her how much excess carbon dioxide two sweaty men in San Francisco produce?
Limerick on April 22, 2009 at 4:11 PM
ah, the l’odor de l’ardor…. smells faintly of, how do you say, zeee cornole?
max1 on April 22, 2009 at 4:22 PM
And that’s the way it is in the Land of Hope & Change. When will they start firing up the ovens to get rid of the free-range thinkers and the dumb?
RandyChandler on April 22, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Yeah, I think she’s prettier than Cali too…
ninjapirate on April 22, 2009 at 4:22 PM
since half of the judges were gay, just need to change it to Miss lesbo USA and see how the ratings go.
kirkill on April 22, 2009 at 4:22 PM
The pro gay marriage banshees have set themselves back by eons. We passed Prop 8 in November and we will keep it as the law in California FOREVER!
savvydude on April 22, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Is Miss USA REALLY that important to you people? Really?
If the gay marriage question never came up (OK, insert joke there) no one here would probably even know the pageant even happened, or who Miss Cali even was or looked like.
JetBoy on April 22, 2009 at 4:24 PM
Hey, the right lady won (I didn’t even see “the question” until much later). I might be biased, I live in NC.
c.u.shoeless on April 22, 2009 at 4:25 PM
of course that’s not true. Take it from someone who watched the competition and saw EVERY SCORE ON THE SCREEN DURING THE COMPETITION. Seriously people act like it’s some secret ballot.
Miss NC was ahead on both of the two preceding contests. . . BEFORE THE QUESTIONS. Believe me, I was surprised. . . that’s how I know. I figured they’d give it to a bigger state like usual.
Everyone says that’s what cost her. . . but she wasn’t ahead going into the last round. She was second so it must not have cost Miss CA much if any.
ThackerAgency on April 22, 2009 at 4:25 PM
Such humility….
“Come watch me win the crown.”
PrincipledPilgrim on April 22, 2009 at 4:26 PM
I think it’s more about the bashing she received aftewards and is apparently continuing with the Hollywood crowd. She gave her opinion and it was trashed. The sense of fair play is unbalanced, once again.
sherry on April 22, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Reminds me of that old anecdote about George Bernard Shaw (I think it was Shaw). He was sitting next to a woman at a dinner party and asked if she’d sleep with him for a million pounds. She said yes. Then he said what about ten pounds.
“What do you think I am?” she replied angrily.
“We’ve already established that,” Shaw responded. “Now we’re just negotiating your price.”
Given the right price/prize the new Miss USA puts out (the PC line, at least).
Wethal on April 22, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Bad answer. she said leave marriage up to politicians. She did not say up to people.
This is not the Miss america pageant. It is the me too festival.
seven on April 22, 2009 at 4:28 PM
Lol.
BadgerHawk on April 22, 2009 at 4:29 PM
ROTFLMAO
That was Photoshopped. Right? Er…right?
pugwriter on April 22, 2009 at 4:29 PM
I wonder how many people even knew or cared that there was a Miss USA contest on until this happened.
Wethal on April 22, 2009 at 4:29 PM
It’s all in jest. We used to turn every thread into how it would affect AP’s crush on KP.
BacaDog on April 22, 2009 at 4:29 PM
I share it. I think they’re both of equal hotness but still would have picked Miss USA on looks alone.
Esthier on April 22, 2009 at 4:30 PM
In the HotAir spirit of April Fool’s day, can we use Miss Cali’s picture on all stories on May Day? That might get the workers of the world to unite.
WashJeff on April 22, 2009 at 4:31 PM
and I’m certain the Donald has told them how to address this issue. The Donald is in control. And as I said on the other thread, it doesn’t really matter what these beauty contestants think. Their opinion isn’t any more or less important than anyone else’s. Miss Cali got attention because people agreed with her here. . . and obviously Queen Hilton did not.
ThackerAgency on April 22, 2009 at 4:32 PM
As a nearly 40 year old heterosexual male I feel I need to say the following….
I am not offended by gay men. In fact, I wish there were a LOT more of them. I do not like lesbians on the other hand and think that there should be a law against that!
(Ok, for you getalife {I know you are lurking somewhere} and the other libs I will explain)
See, lesbians are the competition….
Gay man is no threat….
Ask your mommy, she will explain it to you!
fumpbump on April 22, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Well, if two Lezbefriends go to a Ghey church the Woman minister can marry them before their female god.
Or Ken and Bruthie go to the First Church of the meat cheerio and pastor cecil marry’s them before their god Mortermer, they’d be married in their gods eyes, and maybe their dogs eyes.
But here on this planet, its the State that sanctions marriages. Why that has to be, is an old and arcane reason, but really how does Hillary and Rosie or Barney and Rahm getting married affect my marriage to my beautiful blue eyed buxom Texas blonde?
Ima no think it does. /Italian
44Magnum on April 22, 2009 at 4:33 PM
I enjoyed it.
ThackerAgency on April 22, 2009 at 4:33 PM
miss CA all the way. no contest looks-wise between her & the winner.
homesickamerican on April 22, 2009 at 4:34 PM
True, completely.
But, Jet, it is messed up that Perez asked an opinion question and hasn’t stopped railing on her for her answer ever since.
Honestly, she didn’t even answer the question (of course neither did Hilton when he vlogged about how he thought she should have responded). All she really did was state her own morality on homosexuality and then added Obama’s line on marriage.
That’s not something people should be railed on.
Esthier on April 22, 2009 at 4:34 PM
See, THAT’S funny!
fumpbump on April 22, 2009 at 4:34 PM
I’m intrigued and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
lorien1973 on April 22, 2009 at 4:34 PM
I might have furiously googled “miss california nude” only a few times.
lorien1973 on April 22, 2009 at 4:35 PM
hmmm… a newsletter
nah, Hugh Hefner beat me to it!
fumpbump on April 22, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Now get your butt to my office and clean my monitor!
I think I need a coffee refill now too!
fumpbump on April 22, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Cindy Munford on April 22, 2009 at 4:37 PM
I never put two and two together, but you are right. and does this on every picture, its sick now that I realize what it is.
he also often draws a Penis with the drips coming from it, so definitely right on this.
the guy is a Perv
jp on April 22, 2009 at 4:37 PM
What does his Christian faith say about aborted fetuses?
mossberg500 on April 22, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Sorry! Aren’t people saying that the answer caused her the win because that goof ball Perez Hilton said so?
Cindy Munford on April 22, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Who?
misterspork on April 22, 2009 at 4:38 PM
nope, he is a ‘queen’
jp on April 22, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Um, but it did come up….
Branch Rickey on April 22, 2009 at 4:39 PM
perez often draws a ‘peni$’ in addition to the semen trails on his pics.
jp on April 22, 2009 at 4:39 PM
heh…you probably did that for Susan Boyle too. ?
Yeah, but Est, doesn’t the pageant have to approve of all questions beforehand?
I fully agree that she shouldn’t be trashed, much less by a judge (even if on his own vlog) for giving her answer as she saw it to be.
JetBoy on April 22, 2009 at 4:40 PM
Miss California is more glamorous. This girl comes across as the cute girl in school who will do or say whatever it takes to be popular.
Rose on April 22, 2009 at 4:40 PM
I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to so because, uh, some people out there in our nation don’t have public eductions, and, uh, I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and, uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., er, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to support gay marriage for our future for our children.
WashJeff on April 22, 2009 at 4:40 PM
Not worth much, Allah.
RobCon on April 22, 2009 at 4:40 PM
Nope – could not possibly care less. Would not even care about the gay marriage question.
However, when someone is essentially attacked for speaking her beliefs and opinions – yeah that interests me. It would the same if this had been a conservative contest and a woman was attacked for saying a liberal opinion.
kybowexar on April 22, 2009 at 4:40 PM
Come on, you know that. It’s above his pay grade.
Esthier on April 22, 2009 at 4:40 PM
but if he is gay, then what are the pict…….
Never mind, think I will go hit another thread before the mental images begin!
fumpbump on April 22, 2009 at 4:41 PM
Totally agree.
RightWinged on April 22, 2009 at 4:42 PM
If their home states had been reversed, Miss North Carolina would have been the one to get the gay marriage question, since the whole idea of asking it to that one particular person was Perez’s reaction to California voters decision on Prop 8 last November.
But 60 hours after the fact, I’m sure Donald Trump and NBC’s people had fully gone over the proper lines with the pageant’s lawyers before submitting them to the new Miss USA, so she’s know what to say in front of the media without causing any more problems (or at least the problems they’re worried about — how Miss USA will fare in her new role if the conventional wisdom is she’s pro gay marriage remains to be seen. It will definitely be a short-term gain in the entertainment world, but Miss USAs tend to fade back into obscurity after the initial publicity tour if they don’t win Miss Universe, and once there tend to gain what little new publicity they get more from flyover country than from the coastal entertainment centers).
jon1979 on April 22, 2009 at 4:42 PM
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