There are some topics around here at Mediaite, like Kim Kardashian and Snooki, that only end up here tangentially, much to the chagrin of those of us that would rather talk about more dignified things like Mitt Romney doing laundry and Sarah Palin‘s Facebook doodles. But outside of his feuds with the diminutive Jersey Shore star, Gov. Chris Christie is a beloved and respected political entity who may be our next-next president. If we report it every time Christie entertainingly yells insults at random people, surely a scrape with Snooki merits attention.

Early Wednesday morning, Nicole Polizzi — known to legions of reality TV fans as “Snooki” from Jersey Shore, or, “the one who was arrested after being drunk on a beach in the middle of the day” –sent out a tweet voicing her non-endorsement of New Jersey governor Chris Christie:

One of the lesser-noticed,  but perhaps most telling, moments during Mitt Romney‘s interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier Tuesday night came toward the end, at the start of Baier’s “lightning round.”

Asked what book he’s read most recently, Romney said, “I’m reading sort of a fun one right now, so I’ll skip that,” adding, “I just read ‘Decision Points’ by President Bush.”

Finally. The war on reality television has begun.

While I’ve been trumpeting the need to exterminate this blot upon our culture for years, it wasn’t until today that things really started moving in earnest. First, we got word that President Obama was an enemy of the demonic Kardsashian clan, and now the hosts of The Five spent an entire segment discussing how the Jersey Shore‘s and Real Housewives of Hades‘ of the world are destroying our nation’s children.

Yes! Let the great cleansing begin!

Jersey Shore star Snooki took Anderson Cooper out to Beach Bum Tanning on Tuesday’s edition of Anderson, stripping the newsman down to his skivvies. “I had no idea that Mr. Anderstand (sic) had muscles,” Snooki remarked incredulously, “so when he took off his shirt, he had like a huge peanut muscle! Cool.”

Whoever runs the Hollywood Walk of Fame Facebook page deserves the world’s biggest cookie. Apparently, one of their fans inquired if any of the famous Hollywood stars would be given to reality TV characters. You know, because Snooki is just as culturally important as Humphrey Bogart or Samuel L. Jackson. On Monday, the group’s Facebook page explained their position on inducting reality TV stars:

Thanks to our friends at BuzzFeed, here’s a run down of all the funniest, weirdest, most disturbing, and all around best viral stories of the past week!

This is the Anderson Cooper that we should get to see more often: doing accents, making facial expressions, and taking time out during AC360 to thank an overly tanned but heavily compensated reality star for “not sending juiceheads with bacne to beat me up.” Anderson (now to be known far and wide, Snooki style, as “Anderstand Cooper”), you make the “RidicuList” work.

And to think the world mocked Rutgers University for paying Jersey Shore “star” Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi $32,000 to give a campus talk last week–about ten thousand dollars more than the school’s paying universally regarded smart person Toni Morrisson to deliver the commencement address.

Jersey Shore caricature Snooki’s newfound academic superstardom has everyone intermittently giving up on life and cursing her existence, apparently even news anchors on live TV. Yesterday, Fox 5 morning anchors Greg Kelly and Rosanna Scotto fully vented their disdain for the tiny cultural item, calling her, among other things, “self-indulgent and obnoxious” and telling a behind-the-scenes anecdote about the time she showed up to their studio with alcohol in her bag.

This is hurting me to type, it really is. Writing a post that, in any way, seems negative about Rutgers University just goes against every fiber in my being. However, this truly depressing “sign of the times” type story is too painful to pass up. Just this past week, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi spoke at my beloved alma mater. In a couple months, Nobel-winning, Beloved author Toni Morrison will be giving the commencement address. Guess who’s getting paid more…

This morning, Fishbowl DC ran a funny little item about mediabistro founder Laurel Touby‘s in-flight run-in with two of the Mid-Atlantic’s most florescent young women: Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and Jennifer “JWOWW” Farley.

The story described a scene one might come to expect if one has ever watched an episode MTV’s Jersey Shore: a needlessly heated conversation, and some huffing and/or puffing thrown in for good measure.

Of course SNL host Dana Carvey was going to bring back his iconic (Right? We can call it iconic at this point, no?) “Church Lady” character. This time, the Church Lady found herself face-to-Jägermeister-soaked-poof with Jersey Shore‘s Snooki, whom she attempted to exorcise with the help of a priest. Was the exorcism successful? MTV executives best hope not.

Then, celebrated singing fetus Justin Bieber visited with… uncomfortable results.

Politicians might think that Washington D.C. is the one place in the world where they are the celebrity, however star of Jersey Shore, Nicole “Snooki” Politzzi proved that entertainment figures will always draw a larger crowd than a politician. New York Democrat Senator Charles Schumer learned this after Snooki snubbed him at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. Yet in Snooki’s defense, she probably had no clue who he was, or for that matter, even what a “senator” does.

The Morning Joe team addressed Sarah Palin‘s interview with Sean Hannity last night, and still seemed confused by America’s fascination with the former Alaska Governor and current lightening rod for partisan politics. In a roundtable discussion, Donny Deutsch led off the conversation with a very interesting take: we are fascinated by Ms. Palin because she essentially has the same public persona as Snooki, only for a very different demographic. Hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarboroughquickly distanced themselves from Deutsch’s over-caffeinated comments, but he actually made an interesting point.

Jersey Shore superstar trainwreck Snooki has been touring the nation to promote her new novel, A Shore Thing, and has probably had to avoid some sketchy characters during her book signings, but none perhaps as perplexing as O’Reilly Factor producer Jesse Watters, who crashed a local signing to reinvite Snooki to the Factor, and demand an answer as to why she won’t go on the show.

Taking the risk in assuming people who watch reality series can also read, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, star of MTV’s Jersey Shore, has released a novel entitled A Shore Thing. While the book will eventually be required reading for all college literature classes (an entire week of discussions will be used to analyze just the pun in the title alone), right now, it just needs to sell. So, Snooki showed up to deliver the Top 10 on the Late Show last night, listing ten reasons why you should read her opus.

Ah, reality “stars.” We build them up, and then we tear them down. Can we get the tear-down started for Snooki now? Please?

As you may have heard–and quite possibly sighed over the news–Nicole Polizzi has added to her status as a star of television’s Jersey Shore by becoming a published author. The book, A Shore Thing, has apparently gone directly to her head.

For those of you who spent the final night of 2010 wondering “whither Snooki‘s ball?”, you should be monumentally ashamed. But you shall also have your answer: MTV’s proposed plan to drop Jersey Shore star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi was rejected by Times Square in an uncharacteristic twist of good taste, but that didn’t deter MTV from going ahead and droppin’ balls anyway.

A sad bit of news for those of who who’d hoped and dreamed of celebrating New Year’s Eve by witnessing the spectable of Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi dropping out of a ball in Times Square: the ball-drop’s been scrubbed.

The Hollywood Reporter broke the bad news to surely devastated Jersey Shore fans today, saying producers of the annual New Year’s celebration in Times Square denied MTV’s request to allow the drop–and an attempt to set a world record for mass fist-pumping–all because the Snooki request arrived, Jersey Shore style, a bit fashionably late:

The Obama administration really can’t catch a break when it comes to random celebrities. Add to an army that includes Fabio, Snooki, and Jon Voight, among others, Full Metal Jacket star turned GEICO spokesman R. Lee Ermey, who railed at the president’s “socialism” at a Toys 4 Tots charity event this week. With this addition, the anti-Obama celebrity league is sure a list to rival the cast of that Norwegian sitcom promo.

On the final Saturday Night Live bOn the final Saturday Night Live before Christmas, Seth Meyers knew he had to end Weekend Update with a bang. So he found three, culled from all over the state: Princess of Poughkeepsie Snooki, NYC gadabout Stefon, New York Governor David Paterson. They gathered ’round the camera to sing “O Christmas Tree”—oh, how they sang it.efore Christmas, Seth Meyers knew he had to end this edition of Weekend Update with a bang. So he found three, culled from all over the state: Princess of Poughkeepsie Snooki, NYC gadabout Stefon, New York Governor David Paterson. They gathered ’round the camera to sing “O Christmas Tree”—oh, how they sang it.

Here is what Barbara Walters says at the beginning of the following clip: “I never got that big interview with Jacqueline Onassis or Greta Garbo—but now I have some consolation. Ladies and gentlemen, my interview with the cast of Jersey Shore.” Dear Lord.

If you’re somehow still a fan of Jersey Shore, you’ll be tickled to hear that MTV is planning to have Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi climb into a ball that will then be lowered into Times Square on New Year’s Eve. If you, like most sane people, are over Jersey Shore, we’re sorry if you just felt a part of your soul die as you were reading that last sentence.

Comedian and self-proclaimed “D-lister” Kathy Griffin hosted VH1 Divas Salute the Troops which was taped for an audience of servicemen at the Marine Corps Air Station in Miramar, California, and aired last night. The ribald and unconventional comedian set the tone for the night when she joked about Bristol Palin and her supposed weight gain while competing with Dancing With The Stars. But the joke fell flat, as the military men and woman in attendance lustily booed the host for taking a shot at Sarah Palin‘s daughter.