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TV Squad's Bob Sassone writes, "I've been amazed at the attention this whole Miss USA story is getting. It just proves once again how disgusting the gossip TV shows are, and how lame cable news is."

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Hobe
Dec. 20, 2006, 12:05 p.m.
The backup Miss USA would have been a far better choice.....

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  Aidenag
  Dec. 20, 2006, 8:36 p.m.
  foxnews.com viewers care, just check out the full page spread they have going about the story on thier homepage LOL...
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  Illuminate
  Dec. 21, 2006, 3:26 a.m.
  Hot topics with hot babes..... Sex and Scandal sell....
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  knok
  Dec. 21, 2006, 7:44 a.m.
  Why ?
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stratton
Dec. 20, 2006, 12:41 p.m.
Just because something is in the news doesn't mean anyone could give a flip about it, it just means there's a good publicist at work. And Trump has some of the best.
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jeffery1
Dec. 20, 2006, 2:56 p.m.
Gossip and entertainment TV shows, mags, and such exist because a lot of people like to know what people they don't know are up to. It isn't about Miss USA, it's about anyone.

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  deathray
  Dec. 20, 2006, 3:13 p.m.
  If you think about it, that's a pretty bigindustry, and a lot of money goes into feeding the desire to know what her shenanigans (or virtous activites) are.
  
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    stratton
    Dec. 20, 2006, 3:18 p.m.
    Captain O'Hagan: I swear to God I'm going to pistol whip the next guy who says, "Shenanigans."
    Mac: Hey Farva what's the name of that restaurant you like with all the goofy sh_t on the walls and the mozzarella sticks?
    Farva: You mean Shenanigans?
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Natfan
Dec. 20, 2006, 4:01 p.m.
Miss Who? Is this the bootleg version of Miss America?
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Harbeas
Dec. 20, 2006, 4:31 p.m.
I quit watching the pageant years ago. I felt that a beauty pagenat should be just that a beauty pageant. But if you can sing and dance can be very friendly can give snappy answers to some rather stupid questions and you look ok you can still win. After saying alll this, beauty is still in the eye of the beholder.
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rickcb
Dec. 20, 2006, 5:48 p.m.
I can't even believe that I cared enough to click on the link to see these posts. LOL. Too much time on my hands I guess.
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jordan11
Dec. 20, 2006, 6:46 p.m.
I never could figure out why people give so much attention to 'celebrities.' Oh well. To each his own.
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Teech
Dec. 20, 2006, 8:02 p.m.
Who is Miss USA and what did she do????
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thetotalpackage
Dec. 20, 2006, 8:46 p.m.
she has awesome abs and looks kewl.
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Tango57
Dec. 20, 2006, 10:21 p.m.
Let's see...little girls at the age of 4 looking and dressing like sex symbols. They grow up to be sex objects and live for attention from men, money and sex. I'm not surprised by her behavior. I would expect that from anyone from that environment. Just look at Hollywood and the music industry, sad huh?
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stephen-johnson
Dec. 20, 2006, 10:29 p.m.
TV Squad's Bob Sassone writes, "I've been amazed at the attention this whole Miss USA story is getting. It just proves once again how disgusting the gossip TV shows are, and how lame cable news is."
Sassone must have lost his remote
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hereyago
Dec. 21, 2006, 12:32 a.m.
Yeah, it was a lame news...
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LOVEFIGHTS
Dec. 21, 2006, 2:16 a.m.
THIS IS NOT NEWS
This is entertainment
I don't even want to hear about this garbage
How do we get this junk off the web-site
This article belongs on a porn site not politics??????
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FloridaGuy
Dec. 21, 2006, 6:41 a.m.
Who gives a rat's a@@ about her or Donald. You go Rosie... you were right on.... Donald is as much a public idiot as she is....

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  Doodler
  Dec. 21, 2006, 8:10 a.m.
  I was watching the CNN.com video and sincerely was appalled by Trumps harsh verbal attack against Rosie. While I am no fan of hers, or his... he maligned her outside, her insides and never actually addressed anything she said (about his multiple bankruptcies).
  I found it disparaging that he made attacks on her weight, calling her a slob.. is this how he feels about ALL overweight people? Because a person with money that understands the term 'boycott' wants to know... Doodler
  
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    Doodler
    Dec. 21, 2006, 8:13 a.m.
    PS I think the reason it bothered me was because he indicates he is much classier then her, yet it did not come across on video. To be fair, I did not like her attack on him, but she had many valid points. As far as the hair flip, to be honest, that IS what his hair looks like. as far as Ms USA, I thought there was a morals clause in her contract. I feel she was setting a bad example for my daughters, n made it worse by sobbing for her job back, vice standing tall, admitting she made mistakes and 'with some sense of backbone' (w/o sobbing it out), recognize she did not live up to her duties, and ... request another chance. I think she got caught up in the 'poor me' syndrome n did not think about how she was representing America's young women... (not all young women act as such). Keeping her on, is a slap in the face n addition. Either stand n enforce rules you have asked others to live by Trump or change them - but do not side step for every pretty face n short skit.
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Star_Poet
Dec. 21, 2006, 7:13 a.m.
Before you get too turned on... check out her adam's apple.
LOL
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esmith4145
Dec. 21, 2006, 8:06 a.m.
If she's a dewd, then I just came out of the closet, besides who's looking at her throat???

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  Doodler
  Dec. 21, 2006, 8:16 a.m.
  dude... like you never saw plastic bobbles before?
  first... a good looking body is a dime a dozen... but an intelligent, articulate woman.. uh 'lady' is very difficult to find..
  when I was that age, I was learning business, law and technology.... so... when she's my age (44)... on whose arm will she need to depend upon to get by... and at what price?
  doodler
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MajJohn
Dec. 21, 2006, 8:34 a.m.
Very few people give a crap about her or the beauty contests anymore. After a year no one even remembers who they were. Since her reign is about to come to an end, maybe this is a way to keep her in the public eye. Thirty/forty years ago being Miss America meant something, it's kept going now by tradition. You used to have talent and high morals. Now the contestants win on looks only. I certainly would want my daughters to look to Ms USA as a role model. I want my daughters to be successful and bring meaning to the lives of others, not to be going on tour making speeches about, "if I could save the word I'd...", or "we need more clams in Maine".

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  Doodler
  Dec. 21, 2006, 8:54 a.m.
  I agree with you... I want my daughters to learn how to stand on their own two feet, find their own success in life, and at the same time, have enough character to stand and admit, they messed up rather then enforcing the old sterotype that women bawl like babies and look like barbies.. [and need to depend upon mens decisions to whether they succeed or fail]
  Have respect in yourself before you can expect others to respect you... right? Have respect for the title you bear...
  ah well... deaf ears...
  Pagents are a thing of the past... How about Trump looking at finding the most talented (vice boobie-licious) and shining the spot light on them... (winning scholarships & funds based upon internal rather then external merits).
  Doodler
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joey-evans
Dec. 21, 2006, 9:03 a.m.
Who cares who's arm she will be leaning on when she is 44!?
I must commend you, You sound like someone who had to get by with "book learnin'", she on the otherhand has qualities that will certainly help her well into her future. So why bash her?
What I want is video of her supposed transgressions.
JOEY EVANS
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Renep
Dec. 21, 2006, 10:41 a.m.
I was watching PBS last night and saw and heard the opera singer Renee Fleming sing Christmas carols, with the most gorgeous smile. Now for me there is a real beautiful woman. As for the slim, blonde bimbo, as they say, they are a dime a dozen and don't turn me on.
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samsara15
Dec. 21, 2006, 10:59 a.m.
The news media love celebrities and scandals. They don't care if we care about it or not, they will saturate us with it nonedtheless.
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LABELDUDE
Dec. 21, 2006, 11:29 a.m.
"No-one ever went broke by underestimating the American Public." I think it was Howdy Doodie said that.