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Ha ha – this is rich… Howard Stern is waging war against Bush. He is telling his 8 million listeners (roughly 1/3 of the amount Rush Limbaugh has), not to vote for Bush. Correct me if I am wrong, but I would imagine that most of the smut-happy morons who listen to this guy probably wouldn’t vote for Bush anyway, (if they even bother to vote). These are the type of people who buy into all that democratic mantra that republicans are for the rich, they are prolife when the baby is unborn, but as soon as the baby...

Ex-Miss America a delegate to GOP convention January 12, 2004BY LESLIE GRIFFY Sun-Times Springfield Bureau Former Miss America Erika Harold has a lot in common with conservative columnist Ann Coulter and Florida's Republican Representative Katherine Harris. All three women will speak at the American Conservative Union's conference this month. And they've each been named "Republican Babe of the Week" by a New Jersey-based Web site geared toward young, conservative men. Harold, of Downstate Urbana, may appear on a ballot soon, too. Wednesday she became an Illinois delegate to the Republican National Convention, a move that could mark the start of...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - When the television cameras zoom in, Miss America pageant viewers see a rhinestone-studded celebration of homegrown beauty as straight as the 100-foot runway in Boardwalk Hall. Behind the glitter and the gowns, there's a side unseen by most - a huge following among gay men. Some are directly involved as local or state pageant directors, hairstylists or costume designers. Others celebrate the pageant's glam from afar, holding dress-up parties to watch the telecast or camping it up as drag queens to poke fun at the world-famous beauty contest. "It's an interesting dynamic, to have gay men...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — When the television cameras zoom in, Miss America pageant viewers see a rhinestone-studded celebration of homegrown beauty and heterosexual hegemony. Behind the glitter and the gowns, there's a side unseen to Miss America — a huge following among gay men. Some are directly involved as local or state pageant directors, hairstylists or costume designers who help prepare the contestants for competition. Others celebrate its glam from afar, holding dress-up parties to watch the telecast or camping it up as drag queens to mock the world-famous beauty contest. "It's an interesting dynamic, to have gay men...

He lays dormant for weeks or days at a time. Then out of nowhere, he trains his sights on a target, carefully fine tunes the focus on his scope, and pulls the trigger. The only difference in him and the guy that eluded police for weeks in the D.C. area is here in Chicago the sniper does it publicly and has gotten away with it for years. After all he's a radio talk show host and no matter what comes out of a radio talk show host's mouth its excusable right? Thusly this Chicago sniper shall be called Cool Kat....

Miss America Talks Abstinence Despite Being Bullied By Pageant Officials Bush Country applauds Miss America 2003, Erika Harold, for advocating abstinence in the face of bullying from pageant officials. Pageant officials had ordered her not to talk publicly about sexual abstinence, although she won the Miss Illinois crown with her abstinence platform. “In an age where beauty queens are regularly disqualified for inappropriate behavior, who would have thought a virtuous one would be silenced for her virtue?” said Sandy Rios, president of CWA. “This is blatant censorship that betrays a hidden agenda of political correctness and religious bigotry among pageant...

<p>There she goes, out of the closet and ahead of the curve(s). Who says an Atlantic City bathing beauty is all looks, legs and perfect teeth? Erika Harold is all of that, and then some. But Miss America 2003 has a little attitude, too.</p>

Miss Harold said abstinence education is an important component of youth-violence prevention because violence is directly related to sexual permissiveness and promiscuity. "I think that if a young person is engaged in a promiscuous lifestyle, it makes them vulnerable to other risk factors, so I definitely see a tie-in there," she said. "Many victims of sexual harassment believe what is said about them, and they become very promiscuous. When they're called a whore, when they're called a slut, they think, 'That's what I want to be,' and so they engage in a pattern of self-destruction that can be very detrimental...

Miss America 2003, Erika Harold, yesterday said pageant officials have ordered her not to talk publicly about sexual abstinence, a cause she has advocated to teenage girls in Illinois. Top Stories      "Quite frankly, and I'm not going to be specific, there are pressures from some sides to not promote [abstinence]," the 22-year-old woman from Urbana, Ill., told The Washington Times.      In her first visit to Washington since winning the crown Sept. 21, Miss Harold resisted efforts by Miss America officials to silence her pro-chastity opinions.       "I will not be bullied," Miss Harold said yesterday at the National Press Club,...

<p>Miss America 2003, Erika Harold, yesterday said pageant officials have ordered her not to talk publicly about sexual abstinence, a cause she has advocated to teenage girls in Illinois. "Quite frankly, and I'm not going to be specific, there are pressures from some sides to not promote [abstinence]," the 22-year-old woman from Urbana, Ill., told The Washington Times.</p>

 After knocking Miss America organizers last week for pinning a scarlet letter on a contestant they claimed lacked the morals to wear the sash, I couldn't see much point to attending the contest Saturday night.So I hit the next-best thing: The Miss'd America Pageant, a drag show for charity held the next night, a few blocks from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. (Miss'd as in, if you missed the other pageant, catch this one.)After watching both sequined spectacles, I gotta say: They put the wrong queens on TV.Sure, Miss Maryland danced and played violin at the same time.But she couldn't...

"Oh just go listen to her Kevin, give her chance," came the considerable urging of my friends. So Saturday night, there I am, finding myself winding the back roads of Rosemont, Illinois, trying to get to "the event" for the weekend - Amy Grant and Vince Gill live in concert. Arriving just on time, getting to my seat which was about 18 rows back center stage, I had just enough time left to say "Hi" to a few friends sitting nearby. One of whom could not resist. "Kev! Surprised to see you here!" "Well, hey, the opening act looks good,...

September 23, 2002, 10:15 a.m.The “Right” Miss America She’s a conservative.On Saturday night, more than ten million people watched the crowning of the best woman to repair the tarnished image of the nation's premier beauty pageant. The new Miss America may soon do the same for conservatives. There are no topless photos floating around of the new Miss America, Erika Harold, because she'd never put herself in that position — she is a leading advocate of abstinence and embraces her own virginity with enthusiasm. Miss Harold is a collection of contradictions: A Miss America who refuses society's conventions about beautiful...

Today's SF Chronicle tells us there was major pot bust, Miss South Carolina won't be allowed to compete in the Miss America Pageant, consumers will have to further subsidize wind and solar electric generation and the Governor doesn't want to debate the now vindicated Bill Simon. For months, now the Chronicle has been telling us in every breath that Simon was a "convicted" candidate having had a major judgment against him. His name was always associated with this judgment. Or course the damage has already been done. Can we expect the Chronicle to now say between today and election day,...

Wins title after speech on connection between abortion, breast cancer This year's Miss Oregon beauty pageant winner earned her crown after giving a speech on the controversial topic of the link between abortion and breast cancer. Brita Stream, 22, expressed the need for women to be educated on the abortion/breast cancer issue. During her speech on July 13, she discussed different studies that showed a link between women who have had an abortion and those diagnosed with breast cancer. Not afraid of a little criticism for her speech topic, Stream told reporters, "I think the word 'abortion' often ruffles people's...