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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s Divorce is Now Final
In this July 2007 video LA. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Admits Affair with Mirthala Salinas and denies she is pregnantWell, it took a few years and Mayor Villaraigosa is now free to marry his current girlfriend, KTLA Reporter Lu Parker.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s marriage to Corina Villaraigosa is officially dissolved, a court spokesman said Wednesday.
Villaraigosa’s wife, Corina Villaraigosa, filed for divorce in June 2007, citing “irreconcilable differences.” She made the move to end their 20-year marriage after Villaraigosa publicly accepted responsibility for their separation, saying he felt a “personal sense of failure.”
Remember the summer of love scandal in 2007 when it was discovered that Villaraigosa had an ongoing affiar with Telemundo reporter Mirthala Salinas.
Now, he can move on and most probably end up running for California Governor in 4-8 years or the U.S. Senate when Dianne Feinstein retires.
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Day By Day June 17, 2010 – You Can’t Get Good Help These Days
Day By Day by Chris MuirThe political agendas of MSNBC and NBC in general have suddenly turned sour when George W. Bush left office. Their candidate, Barack Obama is NOT doing so well and their viewership stats demonstrate their decline.My guess is that without CNN abysmal production, MSNBC would fade away as number three in cable news.
For now, Fox News will just be the ONLY game in town – well, in DC anyway.
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Day By Day March 30, 2010 – Bite Me
Apple Computer can advertise where and when it wants. This is private enterprise.More than 200 companies have joined a boycott of Beck’s program, making it difficult for Fox to sell ads. The time has instead been sold to smaller firms offering such products as Kaopectate, Carbonite, 1-800-PetMeds and Goldline International. A handful of advertisers, such as Apple, have abandoned Fox altogether. Network executives say they believe they could charge higher rates if the host were more widely acceptable to advertisers.
However, Fox News and Glenn Beck in particular have a following and should a competitor arrive to rival Apple’s products (particularly thinking the new i-Pad) that competitor may very well pick up this business. It is not politics or political ideology – it is business.
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Day By Day by Chris Muir October 15, 2009 – Taking Heat
Chris, talk about taking heat – how about Rush Limbaugh and his attempt to be a NFL Owner/Investor.John Hinderaker over at Powerline has a powerful sum up of the FLAP, including a CNN graphic which is a blatant lie.
It’s official: Rush Limbaugh has withdrawn as a minority participant in a group that is trying to buy the St. Louis Rams. This follows opposition to Rush’s participation from Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and, shamefully, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Such opposition, in turn, was fueled by false claims that Limbaugh has made various racist statements in the past.
The most ridiculous of the statements falsely attributed to Rush was this one:
Slavery built the South. I’m not saying we should bring it back; I’m just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark.
Anyone who has ever listened to Limbaugh would immediately recognize this as a hoax; in fact, it was made up out of whole cloth by a little-known left-wing blogger. But it was reported as fact by news outlets that didn’t bother to verify their facts. CNN was especially blameworthy in this regard; it vouched for the blogger-fabrication:
Here is the graphic:
Suddenly, Flap has LESS desire to watch the “politically correct” NFL and especially NBC’s Sunday night football with LEFTY Keith Olbermann as a commentator. This demonization and outright slander/libel of Rush Limbaugh is the last straw.
College football is political enough.
So long NFL.
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Los Angeles Mayor Tony Villaraigosa Bows Out of Race for California Governor
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa gestures during an interview Monday, June 22, 2009, at City Hall in downtown Los Angeles. Villaraigosa announced his decision Monday not to run for governor of California in 2010, because he wants to finish his job as mayor
Not really a shock and Mayor Tony knows he cannot beat California Attorney General and former California Governor Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown in a contested Democrat Primary anyway.Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced on national television today that he would not be running for California governor in 2010 after flirting with a bid for higher office for months.
“I can’t leave this city in the middle of a crisis,” Villaraigosa said. Noting that Los Angeles is grappling with a $530-million deficit, a 12.5% unemployment rate and more than 20,000 people who have lost their homes over the last two years, the mayor said: “I feel compelled to complete what I started out to do.â€
Elected to a second, four-year term in March, the mayor broke the news to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on “The Situation Room,” saying he wanted to devote his full attention to Los Angeles.
The former state assembly speaker said he had been making up his mind “for a long time†and that the state’s challenges had made the decision an “agonizing†one. Villaraigosa called the situation in Sacramento “an abomination,†but hinted at the political risks of announcing a statewide run so soon after being reelected to a second term. “I was elected mayor and reelected by the people of this city.They’ve given me the honor for a second term, and I feel compelled to complete the promise that I made to them. I’m going to dream, and I want the people to dream with me,†he said.
Villaraigosa’s decision adds a dash of clarity to the race for the 2010 Democratic gubernatorial nomination which, at the moment, appears will be between state Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. Brown has yet to say if he will run, while Newsom already has announced his candidacy.
In a personal note, Villaraigosa said the demands of the campaign trail would have kept him apart from his 16-year-old daughter, whom he called the “apple of my eye.†“She’s got two more years of high school and then she’s gone, and I don’t want to be campaigning for a year, and then leading the state in Sacramento and my little precious is, you know, finishing up her high school education.â€
Pundits will say Mayor Tony pulled out because of his self-inflicted summer of love affair with Mirthala Salinas or even his latest fling with television news anchor Lu Parker but it is really the candidacy of Jerry Brown that gives him pause.
Mayor Tony will now simply wait until after Brown loses to Meg Whitman or Steve Poizner and then run for Governor at a later time or for Dianne Feinstein’s United States Senate seat when she retires.
But, Villaraigosa will be judged on his second term as Mayor of Los Angeles and he had better do a better job.
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NBC’s Early Today Bags on Sarah Palin for Calling David Letterman Pathetic As Letterman Calls Palin’s Daughter a Prostitute
From the David Letterman Show last night. David Letterman goes after Sarah Palin’s daughter, single mother 19 year old Bristol as a prostitute of former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer or did he confuse Palin’s 14 year old daughter Willow who accompanied her mother on the New York trip?Flap awoke this morning to the Early Today show on NBC. Near the end of the program the young woman anchor launches into a tirade about Sarah Palin not being a good sport or being exempt from late night comedy parody. Then she mentioned the David Letterman Show and mentioned Letterman’s Top Ten Highlights of Sarah Palin’s Trip to New York bit by Letterman on Monday night.
As you recall in his routine, David Letterman denigrates Sarah Palin by listing the following top ten highlights:
10. Visited New York landmarks she normally only sees from Alaska
9. Laughed at all the crazy-looking foreigners enter the U.N..
8. Made moose jerky on Rachael Ray
7.Keyed Tina Fey’s car
6. After a wink and a nod, ended up with a kilo of crack
5. Made coats out of New York city rat pelts
4. Sat in for Kelly Ripa. Regis couldn’t tell the difference.
3. Finally met one of thise Jewish people Mel gibson’s always talking about
2. Bought makeup at Bloomingdale’s to update her “slutty flight attendant” look
1. Especially enjoyed not appearing on Letterman
Let’s see in the top ten list he calls Sarah Palin:
- A SLUT
- A Jew Hater or anti-Semite
- A dumbass/unintelligent woman
- Anti-immigrant
- A Yokel
Ok, Sarah Palin is a POL and can take the direct criticism and can take it like she did with Tina Fey and Saturday Night Live during the campaign last Fall. But, then Letterman goes after her daughter, Bristol or Willow.
Here is the bit about Letterman saying that Palin’s daughter, 19 year old Bristol, an unwed and single mother was “knocked up” by New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez. But, it was the 14 year old Willow Palin who accompanied her mother to the Yankees game.
Is there ANY wonder why Palin responded that David Letterman was “PATHETIC?”
Letterman’s routines go way out of the mainstream of comedy and are mean-spirited and hateful political diatribes. Do you hear anyone mentioning the fact that Letterman has his own BASTARD child?
NBC News, the Obama Channel, goes out of its way to bag on Palin for saying this in response?
Come on. Letterman was way out of line and Sarah Palin’s response was appropriate.
But, NBC News goes out of its way to portray Palin as a POL who cannot take the heat in the political kitchen. By the way, did I mention that NBC did NOT mention the Letterman parodies of Sarah Palin’s daughters?
NBC News, like David Letterman are both pretty “PATHETIC.”
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Los Angeles Daily News to Mayor Antonio Villarigosa: Don’t Run for California Governor
And, KTLA television anchor/reporter Lu Parker, Telemundo television anchor Mirthala Salinas, and his ex-wife are NOT part of the rationale.Remember how Rudy Giuliani’s family life, including affairs have sunk his political aspirations? It is a whispering campaign behind the candidate’s back – but is always there. If Mayor Tony ignores this reality and does not deal with it, then put a fork in him – He’s done.
Read the editorial here.
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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa: Political Decisions – NOT About Lu Parker
Screen Cap from KTLA Anchor/Reporter Lu Parker
So, does LU Parker agree – it is NOT about her?Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa says reports this week that he’s dating another TV reporter will not be a factor in whether he decides to run for California governor.
The Democratic mayor said Wednesday the public has scant interest in his personal life.
He says his decision on entering the 2010 contest will depend only on whether he can best serve Californians.
The mayor is reportedly dating Lu Parker, a former Miss USA who works at KTLA-TV. Villaraigosa’s wife, Corina, filed for divorce in 2007 during his affair with another local newscaster, Mirthala Salinas. The divorce is pending, and he later split with Salinas.
Villaraigosa declined to comment about Parker.
When asked whether he was in love, he said, “I love life.”
Knowing what a PIG Mayor Tony has been over the years, means it probably doesn’t matter. Lu is one of many and two years later note the Los Angeles Mayor is still not divorced.
Mayor Villaraigosa is going nowhere in the California Governor’s race anyway. If Mirthala Salinas wasn’t enough to sink him in his infamous summer of love in 2007, then the latest Los Angeles Magazine Cover calling him a failure will be sufficient.
On the other hand, the two other probable candidates for the Democrat Governor’s nomination, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and California Attorney General Jerry Brown have their own personal baggage, so you never know.
But, I am certain that Lu Parker won’t be around should Mayor Villar decide to take a 2010 political plunge.
Lu, have you scheduled that lunch with Mirthala yet?
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KTLA Reporter Lu Parker Dating Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa – Does It Matter?
A screencap of KTLA Anchor/Reporter Lu Parker reporting last Sunday of Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa’s prospects for a 2010 run for California Governor
And, to whom?After all, KTLA anchor/reporter has been removed from the local political beat which according to some journalists was not so much in any case.
Not that this is much of a demand, as it seems Ms. Parker — a former Miss South Carolina, a former Miss USA, a former model, actress, “avid golfer” and amateur skeet-shooter has petty much spent all of her adult life recusing herself from reporting seriously on anything. I base this harsh judgment on her official station bio and not from any personal knowledge.
Let’s get real folks. She’s a great-looking, emmy-winning READER of news and I congratulate my friend the Mayor for his fine taste in fine-looking women. But what’s the big ethical issue here? I, for one, am absolutely confident that Ms. Parker has never done any real reporting on the Mayor and never will. She very well migh read or introduce the stories that others do on him, but that’s about it.
And, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was recently re-elected to another four year term, apparently will not run for California Governor next year and is getting divorced anyway.
Sounds like Mayor Villaraigosa is yesterday’s news.
The pattern is interesting. You know, the dark-haired, beauty queen, local news reporter, TV personality – just like the last one, Mirthala Salinas.
This entire matter is MOST important to Ms. Parker.
Lu, have that lunch with Mirthala.
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KTLA Reporter Lu Parker Removed From Local Politics Beat – Dating Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
A screencap of KTLA Anchor/Reporter Lu Parker reporting last Sunday of Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa’s prospects for a 2010 run for California Governor
Continuing Deja Vu – All over again for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and a Los Angeles area television reporter.A Los Angeles television reporter is dating Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, about two years after his extramarital affair with another local newscaster led to the breakup of his 20-year marriage.
KTLA-TV Channel 5 reporter Lu Parker, a former Miss U.S.A., has been dating Villaraigosa since March, station officials confirmed Monday. On Sunday, while working as a weekend anchor, Parker announced a story about the likelihood of Villaraigosa running for governor in 2010.
“Now that we’re aware of the relationship, she will no longer be covering local politics,” said KTLA-TV news director Jason Ball, who defended the journalist’s ethics but declined to elaborate. “I have the utmost faith in Lu Parker’s abilities.”
You would think that Lu Parker would have learned from the lessons of Mirthala Salinas, no?
What do they say about love being blind?
By the way, Parker won’t have to worry about her boyfriend running for California Governor next year. The Mayor’s divorce is not final and he has not yet been sworn in for a second term as Los Angeles Mayor. Tony will allow his personal life to sort out and let Gavin Newsom and Jerry Brown beat themselves senseless next year in a contested California Democrat Party Primary election .
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