"I was thrilled," Condoleezza Rice said of her late-night encounter with Kiss frontman Gene Simmons and bandmates Paul Stanley, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer

a true meeting of the assholes

Rice, a classically trained pianist, said she has eclectic musical tastes ranging from Beethoven to Bruce Springsteen.

Hard rockers such as Kiss are included in the mix, and Rice said her favorite Kiss tune is "Rock and Roll All Nite."

wtf @ bolded text

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080530/capt.a31bff7e35814370a197b75937f3d6fc.people_rice_kiss_wx108.jpg?x=400&y=300&sig=WVV.kpM_UNrfjWqBiGHytw--

isnt gene simmons some kinda far right neo-con dude cuz of israel

5. UNFAIR POLITICAL QUESTION
Q: Does Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry have any realistic chance of winning any Southern electoral college votes?
GS: That’s a good question. I just want to say this for the record: emotionally, ethically, morally, I side with Kerry. But there is not a chance in hell I want him to be President. And I’ll tell you why. I want a complete Rottweiler to be in charge of that country, someone who is hated around the world, including in Canada. Because in a time of war, when you’ve got maniacs willing to blow themselves up to get at you, you need a madman in charge. A war president. The worst thing for America, as far as I’m concerned, is to have someone who is ethical and moral, like John Kerry, because he is going to want to sit down and have a conversation with maniacs. Not good.

I'm guessing Gene tried to bone.

I hope so.

hilarious

I don't know who I'm more ashamed of. Oh fuck, who am I kidding, Condoleeza, for giving these Hostess Twinkie motherfucktards the time of day.

Man, Paul Stanley, put the makeup back on, please.

What the hell is that thing standing next to Condi, on her right? Is that like a surprised-expression mannequin or something?

Still not as bad as Gene getting that facelift on his dumb ass show.

and Rice said her favorite Kiss tune is "Rock and Roll All Nite."

I'd be damn impressed if she could name another.

(xp) I don't know how but I missed the words "dumb" and "show" the first time I read that.

Bahaahaha

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gene-simmons-sides-donald-sterling-723569

In doing press for the new AMC series 4th and Loud -- about the Kiss-branded Arena Football League team L.A. Kiss -- Simmons was asked if he had followed the Sterling incident.

“I'm on the side of Don Sterling,” he replied, before his position was even asked. Although he admits that Sterling is “heinous,” he opines that he should have been let off with a fine, since the rant occurred in private.

He goes on to insinuate that all people make racist rants or off-color jokes in private:

“Because you say an off color joke or make a racist rant privately, that causes you to lose a job -- nobody would have a job!”

To prove his point, he offers a slippery slope argument:

“They’re going to go after Sterling and he’s going to put a few million dollars out there, because he can afford it – and he’s going to ask the paparazzi out there to find videos of all the other team members talking trash and racist rants.”

And finally, Simmons links a loss of privacy to Sterling’s fate:

“I’m on the side of free speech in the privacy of your own home or privacy of the situation. Big brother has finally crawled in bed with us.”

I'm really disappointed that Gene didn't follow that with "crawling into your bed is my job."

though he did say "in bed with us," implying he is already in your bed.