Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was asked about her favorite thing to eat at Thanksgiving in a recent interview with Kristi Watts of “The 700 Club.”
“It’s mac and cheese,” Rice answered.
“Sister, that is my dish, that is the one thing I can rock!” Watts said in agreement.
Though Rice’s answer wasn’t all that interesting, Pat Robertson, co-host of “The 700 Club,” thought it was downright confusing.
“What is this mac and cheese? Is that a black thing?” Robertson asked Watts on Wednesday’s show.
“It is a black thing, Pat. Listen, and you guys, other people, the world needs to get on board with macaroni and cheese,” Watts said. “Seriously, I just … OK, Christmas and Thanksgiving, we have to have macaroni and cheese and it trips me out that you don’t.”
The pair chuckled as Robertson admitted, “I really don’t, I don’t, and I have never.”
“I tasted a beer and tried a cigarette once, as a wayward teenager, and never did it again.” — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney revealing past indiscretions to People mag.
“I do fewer dumb things.” — GOP White House hopeful Newt Gingrich tellingThe Brody File how he’s changed over time.
“I’m unbelievably flexible.” — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel talking with NBC about his days as a ballet dancer.
“Africa was a country on the brink.” —Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum flubbing geography during the debate.
“I’m sorry, Blitz, I meant Wolf.” — GOP White House hopeful Herman Cainaddressing debate moderator Wolf Blitzer.
“He was awesome!” — Bristol Palin complimenting “Dancing With the Stars” champ JR Martinez.
“Never.” — Arianna Huffington making it clear that she won’t vote for Cain, Perry or Romney in 2012.
“… I think it continues to be a possibility.” — Donald Trump saying there’s still a chance he’ll run for president.
On Friday, first lady Michelle Obama — along with daughters Sasha and Malia and first dog Bo — accepted a 19-foot balsam fir, which will be displayed in the Blue Room for the holidays, according to the White House.
The tree was grown on a farm in Wisconsin and arrived at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on a red and green horse-drawn wagon.
On Tuesday, the late-night guys cracked jokes about the GOP debate and the supercommittee.
Quipped Jimmy Kimmel, “This is their 14th debate and there are still 12 more to go. The plan I think is to keep debating until somebody recognizes Rick Santorum on the street.”
Click above to hear this one-liner and more in POLITICO Playback, our daily feature bringing you the best of yesterday’s late-night TV.
There’s already Brangelina, TomKat, Bennifer and Speidi, but Dennis Miller has a new celebrity name portmanteau ready to go.
As a guest on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” on Monday, Miller spoke to Leno about the president and said, “You guys have quite a bromance there don’t you…It’s quite a relationship. I’m going to have to come up with one of those celebrity nicknames for you two.”
His suggestion? “J-Lo-Bama.”
After the audience finished chuckling, Leno asked Miller, “Is there anything you like about President Obama?” “The man has never cheated on his wife, you know they would have found that out,” Miller replied. “I love the way he is with his kids. I love the figure he cuts for the United States of America…but I just disagree with him and I would feel patronizing if I didn’t say that.”
Of Obama’s reelection chances, Miller said, “I think if [unemployment] is 9 percent he’s going to get his ass handed to him like somebody who just got outpatient liposuction surgery.”
Jason Segel On my way to the White House to screen Muppets for families of our Veterans. Truly an honor.
Donald Trump Yesterday @BarackObama actually spent a full day in Washington. He didn’t campaign, fund raise or play golf. Shocking.
Meghan McCain @MsKyUS09 historically speaking who is ur favorite politician? Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan.
Rachel Sklar Disappointed in The Roots & @JimmyFallon show for the Bachmann lead-in music. That’s a show of mensches, and that was not a mesnch move.
Amb. Susan Rice I began my visit there w/a healthy dose of Revolutionary Rap. Hip hop is alive & well in #Libya & motivating young & not-so-young alike!
Vice President Biden will spend another Thanksgiving in Nantucket this year. As is their longstanding family tradition, the Bidens will get together on the island to celebrate the holiday, according to the White House.
The veep and second lady Jill Biden departed Tuesday evening and will stay through Sunday.
The Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror newspaper reports that “Biden is expected to once again feast on a Thanksgiving dinner prepared by The Faregrounds restaurant, and stay at the waterfront estate of Louis Susman on Washing Pond Road.”
Late-night comedian Jimmy Fallon apologized to Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann last night over Twitter, POLITICO’s Alex Burns reports.
“I’m honored that @michelebachmann was on our show yesterday and I’m so sorry about the intro mess. I really hope she comes back,” he tweeted. “Actually it was a really fun interview. She helped me with my Minnesota accent. (I still sound Irish.)”
When Bachmann walked onto the set of Fallon’s show on Monday, his official band, The Roots, played the song “Lyin’ Ass Bitch.”
Questlove, drummer for The Roots, also expressed some regret about the incident. “The performance was a tongue-in-cheek and spur of the moment decision,” he said in a statement via ABC on Tuesday. “The show was not aware of it and I feel bad if her feelings were hurt. That was not my intention.”
If you like to snooze after a big Thanksgiving dinner, you’re not alone.
In a Brown family Thanksgiving greeting, Senator Scott Brown’s daughters said their father has a reputation for falling asleep after the tryptophan hits his system.
“Well, my dad on Thanksgiving, he likes to act as the man of the house so he does all the serving and he does the cutting…Mr. Mom, he’s just so good at his job. But he always falls asleep like five minutes after everyone is done eating,” said daughter Ayla.
“You can’t even find him,” chimed in youngest daughter Arianna. She also pointed out that the senator does the “cooking and cleaning with his little apron on.”
“Our family will be playing bingo, which is something we love to do every holiday, and we’ll look over and dad will just be asleep,” said Ayla. “It must be all the chores that we have him go through.”
Click on the video above for a Thanksgiving greeting from the senator, his wife Gail Huff (who works for Allbritton-owned WJLA), Ayla and Arianna.
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Nov 27 2011
