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Dead Tree Alert 2: Tim Gunn Endorses Obama

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Michelle Obama, that is. Also in the current print edition of TIME, Tim Gunn escapes the suspicious Bravo fortress of silence surrounding Project Runway to take 10 Questions from the readers of the magazine. None of which have to do with Project Runway itself. (I’m told, though I haven’t listened, that at least some Runway questions made it into the additional set included in the podcast—they just didn’t make the cut for the print issue.) But he does weigh in on the presidential election, in a way:

Michelle Obama or Cindy McCain? Sharlin Aldao MIAMI LAKES, FLA.

Michelle Obama. Absolutely. She looks so comfortable and relaxed in her style, in her fashion, and she exudes that. She has a presence that gives you confidence in her.

Read the other nine questions (or listen to the podcast) here.

[Update: And here’s the video, with different questions—including some about Runway—and the full, bitchier version of his Obama-McCain answer: “Cindy McCain looks like someone has twisted her ponytail into a knot and tried to give her a facelift.” As a bonus, you get to hear my Australian colleague Belinda Luscombe render some of our silly American place-names.]